IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
Our sign ’em, let ’em walk, or trade ’em round table continues just nine days before the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Today, we’re discussing Kyle Palmieri. A few things may need to happen before general manager, Lou Lamoriello, can offer the Long Island native an extension, but let’s see the ...
Read More »Simpson: Heating Up? Bailey, Eberle, and Nelson Finding Their Groove
One of the most pleasant surprises of Game 5 was that the Islanders spread their scoring throughout their lineup. Although the media has rightly highlighted Mathew Barzal’s renewed offensive success, through the first four games of the series only Barzal, Kyle Palmieri, J.G. Pageau, and Casey Cizikas had scored more ...
Read More »Farieri: Concerns with the Islanders' top line and why they need to right the ship versus Boston
The New York Islanders are moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against an extremely tough opponent in the Boston Bruins. I was the lone member of the IslesBlog team that had the Islanders bowing out to the Penguins and that was because of my concern ...
Read More »Bentivenga: Islanders' top line needs a shakeup after game two loss
The scoring woes of the New York Islanders were on full display on Tuesday night, as they dropped a rather flat 2-1 game on the road to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now two games into the series, some fans might be concerned about the lack of production in game two. What ...
Read More »Taub: Jordan Eberle needs to find his game and quickly
The Islanders are heading back home with a split of their first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had a chance to take a commanding 2-0 series lead on Tuesday night but faltered 2-1. The offense, which threw 37 shots on Pens’ netminder Tristan Jarry, failed to do anything of ...
Read More »Zella: Islanders Soul Searching as Playoffs Near
Watching the New York Islanders over the last three games has been a chore. Three straight losses to non-playoff teams are just the cherry on top of their play over the last month. As if that’s not bad enough, the Islanders have won just four games in regulation since April ...
Read More »Watling: Komarov Surprisingly Effective on Top Line, Despite Need for More Talent
After the injury to Anders Lee, it took some line shuffling, but head coach Barry Trotz seems to have settled on Leo Komarov playing on the top line alongside Mat Barzal and Jordan Eberle. While fans – myself included – loathe the decision, Komarov has not hindered the line’s play ...
Read More »Zella: Islanders' Offense Explodes, But Can They Find Consistency?
It’s easy to be excited about the Isles 8-4 victory Thursday night over the Washington Capitals, a team they’re chasing in the standings for the first spot in the East Division. Looking beyond the win column, it was the second time in six games that the Islanders put up six ...
Read More »Zella: Loss of Anders Lee huge for the Islanders
Tonight marks the first time this season the New York Islanders will be without captain and leading goal scorer, Anders Lee. It creates a huge, almost unfillable hole in the Islanders’ top-six and a major blow to the team’s leadership on and off the ice. Few NHLers can do what ...
Read More »Simpson: Isles have been Shopping in the Toy Department all season
If you’ve ever played EA’s NHL series against the game’s AI, you soon learn to orient the game on a north-south axis, with your team always going from the bottom of the screen to the top. Given how the game’s controls work, that means you will be shooting (and scoring) ...
Read More »