Category: Newsday
East Notes: Dobson, Lee, Pageau, Hedman, Glendening, Motte, Ekblad
Patrick RoyIslanders star defender Noah Dobson is expected to be available for Game 1 against the Hurricanes tomorrow, head coach Patrick Roy told Newsday’s Andrew Gross. Dobson, 24, missed the final three games of the regular season with an upper-body injury he sustained last week against the Canadiens. They...
Read moreIslanders vs. Blue Jackets: We’ll try it again [Game #25 thread]
Columbus Blue JacketsThere’s only enough room for one #27 tonight. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images In which we watch, because we still can’t look away. The New York Islanders host the bad and very banged-up Columbus Blue Jackets, which means it’s another opportunity to make a loss hurt in t...
Read moreIslanders Gameday News: Big test to not pass in Boston
NewsdayI’m sure it will be fine. | Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who’s hyped for this one?! The Islanders have had a friendly schedule thus far this season, with just a couple powerhouses faced so far. The Bruins, at 10-1-1, look like the next one as the...
Read morePreseason Game #1: Islanders visit Rangers
NewsdayThe next coach of the New York Islanders observes camp. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Come for the prospects, stay for the rush to judgment! The New York Islanders have all kinds of game action Tuesday — another Blue vs. White scrimmage during training camp, plus thei...
Read moreIslanders Expected To Sign Jackson Cates To PTO
Jackson CatesIn an effort to create as much competition as possible in their forward group for training camp, Andrew Gross of Newsday is reporting that the New York Islanders have signed Jackson Cates to a professional tryout agreement. An undrafted free agent signing by the Philadelphia only three years ago, Ca...
Read moreIslanders Anxiety - Episode 250 - The Opposite of Growing Pains
NewsdayWe needed to get all this out. So we did. In an impromptu milestone episode, Mike and Dan discuss the possible contract extension for GM Lou Lamoriello before diving into an extensive vivisection of the now-eliminated Maple Leafs. Newsday reports that Lamoriello is expected to get a...
Read moreIslanders News (Updated): Lou/Lane likely back; Leafs done, now we wait for carnage
Lou LamorielloToronto sadness. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Maybe the Isles bolster or change their front office accordingly. Edits incoming because I swear Newsday waited until I posted this to release this article: After all the silence, it appears that GM Lou Lamoriello will be...
Read moreNew York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres [Game #47]
William DufourWe’ll try to do the thing. | Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images The Islanders are in Buffalo and may have some lineup changes. According to Andrew Gross of Newsday, Hudson Fasching is day-to-day, opening the possibility for Simon Holmstrom or Ross Johnston or both to...
Read moreNew York Islanders Place Oliver Wahlstrom, Simon Holmstrom On IR
Simon HolmstromNew York Islanders wingers Simon Holmstrom and Oliver Wahlstrom have been moved to injured reserve, according to a team tweet Friday morning. Both are out with lower-body injuries, although Wahlstrom is out indefinitely while Holmstrom is day-to-day. Wahlstrom’s IR placement, which is retroactive to...
Read moreNew York Islanders Recall Robin Salo
Chicago BlackhawksDecember 4: The route between Bridgeport, CT and Elmont, NY is rather traffic heavy, and Robin Salo can probably confirm. The Islanders announced this afternoon that Salo has once again been recalled from the AHL. It’s unclear if he’ll slot into the lineup tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks, how...
Read moreLou Lamoriello Needs To Get It Right
Islanders’from Neil Best of Newsday, The Islanders’ president made another one on Monday, an even bigger one than the last. By parting ways with coach Barry Trotz, saying the team “needs a new voice,” Lamoriello further put himself on the line as the better-be-right decision-maker for a core group wh...
Read moreNHL Rumors: Semyon Varlamov, Filip Forsberg, Andrew Copp, and the Colorado Avalanche
Ilya SorokinVarlamov's value may be higher now than in the offseason. What will the Jets do with Copp? The Avs have little more room for Claude Giroux
Read moreNHL Rumors: Semyon Varlamov, Filip Forsberg, Andrew Copp, and the Colorado Avalanche
Andrew GrossVarlamov's value may be higher now than in the offseason. What will the Jets do with Copp? The Avs have little more room for Claude Giroux
Read moreNew York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Bonus Jiggs time [Game #54]
Otto KoivulaPhoto by Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty Images Some temporary changes in the MSG booth. The New York Islanders host the Columbus Blue Jackets in a battle of the Metro’s also-rans. Reason to Watch: The MSG crew will have a temporary shakeup, as Newsday reports: Scratches: Brendan...
Read moreLou Lamoriello On His Team
Barry Trotzfrom Andrew Gross of Newsday, Lou Lamoriello still believes in his core players and in coach Barry Trotz and insisted he has not made up his mind yet on whether he wants to be a buyer or a seller heading into the NHL trade deadline on March 21. But the Islanders president and general manage...
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