New York Islanders

The addition of desperately needed sniper John Tavares, the No. 1 draft pick, and free-agent goaltender Dwayne Roloson as a starting-caliber backup for Rick DiPietro are two moves that could improve the Islanders dramatically. But as a last-place team, the Isles have a lot more than two h...

By Paul The Colorado Avalanche have traded Ryan Smyth to the Los Angeles Kings. Smyth spent most of the first 12 seasons of his career with the Oilers, but after failing to reach a contract agreement, was dealt to the New York Islanders at the trade deadline in 2007. continued

By Patrick Hoffman On Sept. 12, 2006, the New York Islanders signed goalie Rick DiPietro(notes) to a 15-year contract worth $67.5 million. Anyone else want to climb into the time machine to tell them they’d be desperately signing a soon-to-be-40-year-old starter to a two-year contract worth $5 million in 20...

By Paul The Edmonton Oilers’ major priority may shift away from Dany Heatley and towards finding a No. 1 goalie now that Dwayne Roloson has left to sign a two-year contract with the New York Islanders. Edmonton didn’t want to go two years on a contract extension, fearing that if Roloson – as a player w...

On Sept. 12, 2006, the New York Islanders signed goalie Rick DiPietro to a 15-year contract worth $67.5 million .

Puck Buddy Robert Brigantic, a self-identified "long-suffering" New York Islanders fan, sent over this...

Months and months of rumors and speculation regarding what New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow was...

By Alanah McGinley added 6:12pm (Paul), from Greg Logan of Newsday, A well-informed NHL source also told Newsday the Islanders received what was described as a “significant offer” for the No. 1 pick, but general manager Garth Snow turned it down. The team making the offer was not identified.

By Paul With only two days remaining before the Islanders make the first pick of the NHL draft in Montreal, excitement for the draft party planned by the club Friday night at the Coliseum is building as free ticket requests have climbed past 22,000. Team president Chris Dey said that’s a great indi...

It's draft week in the NHL, which means the New York Islanders are the most important team in hockey for the...

 Canada According to Clark Gillies, a teammate on the New York Islanders in the 1980s, Morrow had "one of the all-time beards. Kenny is the hairiest guy I've ever known. I think he shaved his face out of his body hair." Bret Hardican was an all-star defenceman ...

The pressure will be on the New York Islanders in a few weeks' time when the 2009 entry draft takes place. The team finished dead last out of the league's ... and more »

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Roy Boe, who owned both the Julius Erving-led New York Nets of the ABA and the New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1970s, has died. He was 79. Las Vegan Jesus Magdaleno advanced in the USA Boxing National Championships in Denver, winning his 119-pound ...

The last instance occurred in 1983 and 1984, as the New York Islanders made one last stand, and then succumbed to the Edmonton Oilers. In the 1983 series, the Islanders made short work of Gretzky, Messier and the rest of the high-flying Oilers, ...

The New York Islanders franchise has always been more a topic for Nassau County politics, cable TV, and real estate than it has been a sports team competing in a major professional league. Almost 34 (now 38) years after the NHL gave Roy Boe an ...

By Paul 1. New York Islanders drafting Viktor Hedman: Originally my thought was that it made sense for the Islanders to grab John Tavares to give the team a premium young scorer to build around, but the more I explore the draft possibilities the more obvious it becomes that 6-6 Swedish defenseman H...

BusinessWorld Online  WA They didn’t. The New York Islanders have won the NHL draft lottery and will have the first overall pick. The Islanders finished 30th overall this season and had the best odds of landing the No. 1 pick. Their choice this year will likely be between two ...

Malkin picked up two assists to lengthen his lead in the NHL scoring race as his Piitsburgh Penguins beat the woeful New York Islanders 6-1 late Thursday. Malkin has 112 points, or four more than reigning champion Ovechkin, the left wing who went ...

By Patrick Hoffman How will Detroit Red Wings netminder Chris Osgood do in the playoffs? Do the Washington Capitals have the goaltending to succeed in the playoffs? I think that’s debatable. What’s the over/under on New Jersey Devils’ head coach Brent Sutter not returning next season?

By Jeff - - OklahomaWingNut NYI have given up 16 goals during a three-game slide, and are perilously close to their worst finish since their 52 point total in 2000-01.  The Isles are 8-26-3 on the road. Continue reading "GDT - Game #75: Red Wings host Islanders (7:30)"

The Penguins have acquired veteran right winger Bill Guerin from the New York Islanders. The Penguins gave up a conditional draft choice for Guerin, one of the most coveted rental players available at this year's trade deadline. ... NHL Predictions: Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers...

By Paul Yann Danis made 40 saves to post the Islanders’ first shutout of the season. The Devils were also victims of the Atlanta Thrashers’ only shutout this season—a 4-0 loss on Jan. 8. Devils coach Brent Suttrer said the shutout losses to the leagues’ two worst teams in points were not a coincidence....

By Greg Wyshynski The 6-4, 225-pounder's first goal since Nov. 17, 2007 tied the game in the second period before Andrew Cogliano's game-winner in the third gave Edmonton the 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders. The puck actually went off of Strudwick's skate, but a video review awarded the Oilers the go...

By Greg Wyshynski The 6-4, 225-pounder's first goal since Nov. 17, 2007 tied the game in the second period before Andrew Cogliano's game-winner in the third gave Edmonton the 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders. The puck actually went off of Strudwick's skate, but a video review awarded the Oilers the go...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Potvin also suffered a major (thumb) injury against the Oilers (November 30, 1979) so he probably didn't like the Oilers too much either. The Oilers do too much looking back, the Islanders not enough. Surely there's something in between that would be a better plan.

By Frostee Why did it take a shootout to beat the Islanders?  Not only are the Islanders craptastically bad, but the Sabres had a two goal lead with four minutes left.  Hell, they had a one goal lead with TWO SECONDS left.  That was not good.  N.G., as my grandfather would say, “smelly” as my great-grandfath...

By rinkrat How thrilled is Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges to be playing Detroit tonight? He's scored half of his career NHL goals against the Red Wings. One against Detroit on Jan. 4, 2007 in San Jose while he was with the Sharks, his other against the New York Islanders as a Canadien on Monday night.

By Dominic Pampalon As the Montreal Canadiens was sailing towards a 3-2 victory with a little more than four minutes to do in the final frame, the unthinkable happened. Steve Bégin, Josh Gorges, and Maxime Lapierre had scored for Montreal after New York's Richard Park put the Islanders up 1-0. Trent Hunter s...

By Greg Wyshynski • Michael Nylander is a healthy scratch for the Washington Capitals tonight. Yes, he's been struggling. No, this doesn't mean that the Chicago Blackhawks should be lining up the "9" and the "2" on the back of a jersey quite yet, considering his no-trade clause. [Capitals Insider]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m. EST; TV: LTV, RSW). Gotta love Lowetide's assessment: "Should be a good game tonight, with the only real negative being the number of Leafs fans in the house." Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers gets his first home start tonight.

By Nick DeSilvio After playing their first ten games of the regular season, the New York Islanders are off to their worst start in franchise history with a 2-7-1 record, casting them into the NHL’s basement. Stay tuned for more New York Islanders coverage!

By Frank Trovato Maybe the Islanders picked the wrong season to introduce throwback jerseys of their first season in the NHL. It took the Montreal Canadiens 7:31 to score four goals on the Islanders, sending the thousands of Montreal fans who were in attendance on their 350 mile trek home extremely happy.

By Greg Wyshynski This hit by New York Islanders center Doug Weight on Carolina Hurricanes rookie Brandon Sutter was absolutely brutal. It was deemed to be legal. Now, the question is whether this hit to the head is immoral and should be outlawed by the NHL.

By Chelsea Last night, everyone tuned in to watch the Dallas Stars take on the New York Islanders in New York for what would become (as Razor said) a public flogging of the Islanders. It was not exciting in that it was that power play that gave the Islanders their second goal. At 3:28, Mark Streit scored. As...

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By Greg Wyshynski Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings, C, Round 1/Pick 11) Daniel Briere (Philadelphia Flyers, C, Round 4/Pick 62) Brandon Dubinsky (New York Rangers, C, Round 13/Pick 227) Paul Gaustad (Buffalo Sabres, C, Round 15/Pick 263) Travis Zajac (New Jersey Devils, C, Round 17/Pick 299)

By Bryan Thiel He got to the Atlantic Division and the New York Islanders before me. Way before me. As in, I was in California (not literally) covering the Pacific division, while he was breaking things down and stealing my headlines. Roster Additions: Mark Streit-D (F.A.), Doug Weight-F (F.A.)

Letang's late tally lifts Penguins past Islanders  - Mike Comrie had a pair of goals for the Islanders, and Ruslan Fedotenko notched a power-play marker. Rick DiPietro had 23 saves for New York, which dropped ... Tying goal waved off as Isles lose sixth straight Newsday NY Islanders USA Today

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) Joe and Derek talk about the Rangers, and why they can not beat the Islanders.

By Tom Well that was fast. The Stars took control right from the OT faceoff. Modano crashes the net for a rebound and puts it right past DiPietro for his second goal of the night. Dallas escapes New York with back-to-back 3-2 wins and six straight victories overall. The win also snaps the Islanders six...

New York Islanders vs. Penguins When, where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena TV/radio: FSN Pittsburgh/WXDX-FM Probable goaltenders: Penguins: Marc-Andre Fleury ; Islanders: Rick DiPietro . via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Exactly 23 weeks after opening their season with a lopsided win over the Islanders, the Coyotes quest to reach the playoffs for the first time since 200102 officially ended Thursday night.

If Chris Simon plays again for the New York Islanders, or for anyone else in the NHL, it wont be until next season. And it might not even be on opening night.

Hows this for a headscratcher? Chris Simon of the Islanders clobbers Ryan Hollweg of the Rangers across the face with his stick on Thursday and Hollweg plays two days later.

By technologyted@mac.com Zoe and Genevieve also give their updates on the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks (they are "Mighty" no more, but ironically they're even mightier than last year). Finally, I salute the Hurricanes, pine over the retiring players, and take aim with the Islanders.

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) Gary, Joe and Derek Discuss the Islanders Rangers and Devils.

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) We are joined by Star Ledger Ranger beat writer Colin Stephenson. Plus we talk about Rangers Islanders and Devils.

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) We are joined by MSG Network hockey guru Stan Fischler. Plus we talk about Rangers Islanders and Devils.

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) Islanders Play-by-Play man John Wiedeman talks about the Isles. We are also joined by Rangers beat writer Andrew Gross of the Journal News.

By JoeMcDonald@nyhockeyreport.com (Joe McDonald) The "King of Long Island" Chris King talks about the Islanders and a taped interview with Isles defenseman Chris Campoli.