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Credit: Simon Bruty The Washington Capitals and Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) announced a multi-year partnership agreement today that places the Caesars Sportsbook logo on Capitals home and third jerseys worn for games played at Capital One Arena beginning with the 2022-23 NHL season. The landmark announcement marks the first ...
Read More »Greenberg: Five Players to Watch as Islanders' Training Camp Begins
After just an 89-day offseason, the Isles are back as Training Camp officially opens today. The New York Islanders will look slightly different after the departures of Nick Leddy and Jordan Eberle, but top to bottom the Isles remain a contender in the Eastern Conference. There are still a few ...
Read More »MSG Networks Announce Summer NHL, NBA Programming
MSG (Flickr/Jean-Baptiste Bellet) With the 2021 NHL and NBA Drafts and free agency periods set to get underway, MSG Networks (NYSE: MSGE), today announced special programming to get fans ready for all the upcoming action. The live draft and free agency coverage on MSG Networks will kick-off with an “NHL Draft ...
Read More »Mohr: Mathew Barzal earns recognition as a shining "Star"
Mathew Barzal is at it again. After recording seven points (three goals, four assists) in three games last week, including his fourth career hat trick during the Islanders’ 8-4 victory over the Washington Capitals, Barzal was named the NHL’s “First Star” of the week. This was the first time in ...
Read More »Watling: Isles, Barzal have big chance to shine with NHL’s ESPN deal
Five days ago ESPN announced it reached a seven-year deal with the NHL to bring hockey back to the Disney cable network for the first time since 2004. With 25 games on ESPN or ABC throughout the regular season, the bigger news comes in three parts: one being that the ...
Read More »The NHL is basically screwing the Islanders with Ilya Sorokin
Why can’t we have nice things? That’s a question New York Islanders fans have always asked themselves. First and foremost, it’s always been having their own arena. Well, it’s no longer an issue. Player decisions and the right people in charge? Yeah, they finally came, but it took years of ...
Read More »Lou Needs to Trade, But What Can He Trade?
As we draw closer to the trade deadline, Islander fans and Isles Twitter have grown restless as they watch their team’s weaknesses be exposed during every game that isn’t against the Detroit Red Wings. The last trade the New York Islanders have made as of January 29th, 2020, was the ...
Read More »Five for Five: A Barry Little Christmas
New for the 2019-20 season for Isles Blog, our Rob Taub each Monday will give you his thoughts on five important things to key on for that week’s games for the New York Islanders. The holiday season is all about giving. And for the Islanders, they’ve given their fans a ...
Read More »Taub: Beating the Bruins Would Go A Long Way for the Isles
Barry Trotz said yesterday that tonight’s game in Boston isn’t a “measuring stick” and that he’s more worried about his team’s response from their 8-3 defeat two nights ago. For once, I’m going to do something that I haven’t since he’s taken over as head coach — disagree with him. ...
Read More »Five for Five: A Different Animal
New for the 2019-20 season for Isles Blog, our Rob Taub each Monday will give you his thoughts on five important things to key on for that week’s games for the New York Islanders. There’s a theme that comes with the task ahead this week for the Isles, and no ...
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