The Ottawa Senators are going to give winger Nikolai Kulemin a shot in training camp, something of a surprise given that Kulemin has been playing overseas for the last six years.
Labor Day Weekend is over. Schools are back in session, and the Islanders play a pre-season game in less than three weeks. As the summer has flown by, the Islanders made some moves.
The New York Islanders had another brutal playoff defeat in 2023-24, losing to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round. The Islanders 2024-25 season predictions center around the first full season under head coach Patrick Roy.
The New York Islanders head into the 2024-25 season with a familiar roster. Considering how general manager (GM) Lou Lamoriello operates, the same looks to be true next season as well.
It feels like sooner or later, the New York Islanders are going to have to figure out what kind of team they want to be. New York truly feels like one of the teams in No Man's Land, not good enough to compete for a Stanley Cup but not bad enough to get top draft picks to rebuild with.
Back again for part five of the best New York Islanders by sweater number series. The last list featured the best players from numbers 31-40. It featured some lesser-known players from Islander’s history.
The calendar has officially flipped from August to September. The summer month has ended, and the Islanders will play a pre-season game in exactly three weeks.
One of the big articles from The Hockey Writers (THW) this week was the top 100 NHL Players for 2024-25, an article courtesy of Jacob Billington. The expected names at the top were there with Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov, and Cale Makar highlighting the top 10 but once the list entered the 50s, it started getting debatable.
Jacob Billington of The Hockey Writers recently conducted a poll, ranking the best players in the NHL through over 10,000 head-to-head votes, excluding goaltenders.
The New York Islanders replaced former head coach Lane Lambert with Hall of Fame goaltender, Patrick Roy, in the middle of the 2023-24 season. Under Roy, the team played to a near-100-point pace, fighting their way into the playoffs before losing in Round 1 to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Nick Robertson has remained vehemently opposed to remaining with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the upcoming season. The disgruntled 22, soon-to-be 23-year-old has received inconsistent game time.
The New York Islanders’ power play has been weak for a few seasons. Last season, they scored on only 20.35 percent of their opportunities, and it cost them.
It’s no secret the Islanders have no cap space. At this juncture, the Islanders lineup is likely set. However, the team could use some insurance on the backend, where the depth is Samuel Bolduc, the current seventh defenseman, and then a host of underwhelming Bridgeport players and first-year AHL rookies.
The New York Islanders roster is clogged with long-term contracts and no trade clauses. There is not much youth, and there is no room to break through into the top-six forwards or defensive core.
The debate over Anthony Duclair‘s decision to cut his dreadlocks and shave his beard after signing with the New York Islanders highlights the complexity of team grooming policies, especially in a diverse city like New York.
There’s been a lot of surprising late-summer movement. In case you were off the grid or on vacation recently (good for you if that was the case), here’s a rundown of all the big moves that happened.
It’s August 23, so ordinarily, the biggest NHL news that would’ve broken in the last four weeks would have something to do with a random PTO. Not this year, no, sir.
The Islanders made one of the smartest free agent signings of the offseason when they signed forward Anthony Duclair to a four-year contract.
The 2024-25 NHL season is around the corner and despite the surprise late-summer movement around the league, the New York Islanders roster looks set and they are unlikely to make another offseason move.
Dobber Hockey asked on Thursday: “Antony Duclair had to cut his hair due to Lou Lamoriello’s “cut and shaven” policy. Is this rule getting outdated, or does it still define Lou’s Team identity?” He’s not the only one wondering when enough is enough.
A pair of longtime Islanders remain unsigned for more than five weeks into free agency. That has led some to wonder if New York could find a way to bring them back into the fold at a lower price tag.
The Islanders’ pool still isn’t good, per se, but it’s much, much better.
The New York Islanders have signed restricted free agent forward Oliver Wahlstrom to a one-year contract, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Thursday afternoon.
The former first-round pick (20th overall) in 2016 will receive a $775K salary at the NHL level and a $250K salary if he plays in the AHL.
The New York Islanders announced Monday the signing of 2024 second-round pick Jesse Pulkkinen to a three-year entry-level contract, according to his agent, Dan Milstein.
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