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So, you thought the year end standings only determined the NHL Draft order? Oh no. You are sadly mistaken. It also determines when the NHL Network will put your favorite team in the spotlight for their 30 in 30 series. The Islanders finished 2014-15 with the 10th best record in the NHL, good enough to earn them ...

Mathieu Schneider, the most well liked player (was competing with Kirk Muller) traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Islanders for Pierre Turgeon and Vladamir Malakhov in 1995 has been elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2015 . Schneider, born in New York, NY played parts of two seasons with ...

The ice was removed, the banners taken down and packed away, but until yesterday, the Nassau Coliseum was still “Home of the New York Islanders” at least from the outside. This hurts a tad more than when “Home of the New York Dragons” was taken down several years back. Even ...

From Section 329 to EA Sports’ NHL 16, the “YES!” chant is now forever engrained in Islanders lure. What started as a Daniel Bryan inspired  chant from the Blue & Orange Army quickly caught on and led to numerous tee shirts, hats and everyone from John Tavares to Jiggs McDonald “Yessing.” The ...

Isles defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky, who is an unrestricted free agent, is reportedly mulling over starting the 2015-16 NHL season overseas.

Fired, Forced, Feathered, Floated, Flexed, Waffle-Boarded, Steamed, Guided, Turned Aside, Hoisted, Rattled  …. Get ready for some Doc Emrick BINGO! On Monday, the Islanders announced that the team will appear five times on NBCSN during the 2015-16 season, just one year removed from having exactly the same amount of games aired as ...

Twitter launched 9 years ago today. No Twitter, No #IslesTwitter.  Could you imagine such a world? Maybe Arthur Staple could. In honor of Twitter’s birthday, IslesBlog offers you the New York Islanders Twitter Power Rankings: 1. John Tavares (@91Tavares) – 115.2K Followers, 134 Following The Islanders Captain doesn’t take to ...

What do Travis Zajac, Thomas Vanek and Ryan Callahan all have in common? They will all make more money than Islanders Captain John Tavares this season. In fact, 60 NHL players will be paid more than the 6 million Tavares is slated to earn during the 2015-16 season. Listen, I think ...

Isles mini-camp is now three days in, and sooner than later it will be over. For some of these kids, getting better in certain areas before camp ends is the main goal as well as making a good impression on the coaching staff. Going through camp has shown these prospects the ...