Matt Moulson

Boyes Will Be Boyes (Replacing PA at a discounted price)

July 30, 2012

Isles fans have a way of forcing themselves to see the positives in most murky situations. They could hold a polluted, cloudy glass of water to the light and say “...at least its water!” The fan base is thirsty and have been parched for entirely too long. Saving the ‘stranded on an island’ metaphors, most fans that attend and/or watch each Islanders’ campaign needs something to bring them back after being consistently let down. (Photo Credit: Flickr/slidingsideways)

For the older generation of fans, the original cast that were around since the dynasty days, the reasoning is simple. They seemed to have accepted their apparent, under the table deal with the hockey demons as an exchange for those years as hockey’s prestige.

For the fans that weren’t around for those glory days, they hold on to moments or streaks of greatness. They hold the 1992-93 Islanders dear to their heart spending their days cursing Dale Hunter’s existence and asking hypotheticals about Pierre Turgeon’s unforeseen injury. They remember a good 1993-94 team that got dismantled by the Cup bound Rangers in a 4 game sweep but took the loss thinking they’d be right back eventually. How could they not?

All-Time Islanders A to M

July 24, 2012

Pete Paguaga

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The Islanders will be embarking on their 40th season in the NHL once the puck drops in October. Throughout the 40 years 441 skaters, 44 goalies and 15 coaches have wore the traditional orange and blue and at some point the fisherman jerseys.

The list below is a collection of players, coaches and front office members who have best represented the Islanders throughout the last 40 years. The list goes from A to M, because of the size of the list it has been spilt into two posts. The second part of the list N to Z will be posted next week.

Islanders Name Scott Pellerin Sound Tigers Next Head Coach

July 18, 2012

Mike Flannery

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On July 8, Brian Compton – Deputy Managing Editor for NHL.com – sent a message via twitter to Matt Moulson stating , ‘Manchester assistant coach Scott Pellerin could be in the mix for Bridgeport job.’ Moulson’s response was ‘If it’s true-great coach taught me a lot.’

On Wednesday July 18, the Sound Tigers made it official. Scott Jacque-Frederick Pellerin (Pelly) will become the eighth head coach of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

A Look At Possible Islanders Lines for Opening Night

July 16, 2012

John Link

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With the season only a few months away and a feel that the Islanders are done shopping in free agency it seems like a nice time to take a look at possible opening night line combinations.
Moulson – Tavares – Boyes
This line doesn’t show too much difference from last season besides the addition of Brad Boyes. It is believed that Boyes was bought in to fill the spot left by PA. Playing with Tavares and Moulson should hopefully bring out Boyes old scoring touch from a few seasons ago.

Pivnick's Picks (The Blackburn Edition)

July 10, 2012

Shane Blackburn

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Hey everyone, Evan is unavailable to post his weekly Link Checks so I have taken up the task of rounding up the top stories regarding your New York Islanders. I did not want to take the liberty of renaming the article (Pivnick's Picks flows so well) so I decided to just throw my name on the end of it.

Where Does Marty Reasoner Fit With The Isles?

July 7, 2012

Rob McGowan

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Marty Reasoner was signed to a two-year deal during last summer's off-season to replace the recently departed, Zenon Konopka. "Z" instilled toughness and leadership in the locker room and gave Islanders fans, as well as his teammates, a reason to stick up for themselves when getting the brunt of the NHL's toughest teams and officials. But due to some rumored internal issues, Konopka was let go to free agency and Reasoner was signed to be his replacement; a less threatening, but more productive fourth line center that could kill penalties.

To everyone's dismay, it did not take long for Reasoner to quickly become the scapegoat for most Islanders fans. He was constantly making defensive mistakes, out of position and didn't score his first goal of the season until March 29th against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He finished the year with five assists to go with that solo goal for at total of six points in 61 games played. He was also a whopping -25, the worst +/- score of his entire career.

Not exactly the type of defensive play you want from your penalty killing, depth forward, especially when he was a +2 with 32 points and 14 goals the season before.

So where does Reasoner stand now?

All Flow Team: Long Island Edition

July 6, 2012

Pete Paguaga

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Flow is defined by the credited website that is UrbanDictionary.com as sick hair that was invented by hockey players, flow has to be the perfect length and you know its perfect when you play the best games of your life with said ‘flow.’

Now flow has been seen throughout the NHL for years and almost every player at one point has tried to get some ‘sick flow.’

The Islanders might not have finished at the top of the NHL this past season but if there is one thing the Islanders do have is some ‘sick flow.’ So I will put together a starting line up for the Islanders of player with the sickest of flow, which will be called the very creative, All-Flow Team.

Alexander Semin or Shane Doan: The Answer to the Islanders' Secondary Scoring Drought?

July 6, 2012

Shane Blackburn

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It is no lie that the Islanders are in need of some secondary scoring. Of the many forwards left on the free agent market two names, Alexander Semin and Shane Doan, should be sticking out to Islanders GM Garth Snow and Owner Charles Wang. (Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated)

The Isles Were Busy, And Might Not Be Done

July 2, 2012

Rob McGowan

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The New York Islanders were very active yesterday, acquiring three new players on the open market on the first day of NHL Free Agency. Forward Brad Boyes was signed to a one-year, $1 million deal and was soon followed by defenseman Matt Carkner's three-year contract worth $4.5 million.

Not long after these signings, former Islanders forward P.A. Parenteau inked a four-year, $16 million deal with the Colorado Avalance. Although many on twitter felt that the Isles could have easily afforded Parenteau's new contract, it still made plenty of sense to let him go. Four years for a 29 year old hockey player that only had one season worthy of top line honors and only two full seasons of NHL experience is a lot to commit too. In addition, Matt Moulson presently makes less per year than Parenteau's new contract. Moulson has been a consistent thirty goal scorer since joining the Islanders and has maintained chemistry with his long-time buddy, John Tavares. GM Garth Snow must have seen the risks in possibly off-setting the locker room if he showed that he felt Parenteau was more deserving a higher salary to go along with the other risk factors involved in that contract. With that being said, I wish Parenteau the best of luck and will look forward to seeing him return to Coliseum ice.

But in every difficulty lies an opportunity, and that is what Brad Boyes has been given.

Islanders First Line: Matt Moulson, John Tavares and ?

July 1, 2012

Pete Paguaga

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Today PA Parenteau officially become an unrestricted free agent for all 30 teams, including the Islanders, to try and sign. I think you can assume that Parenteau will go wherever he gets the biggest contract and if the past, under Garth Snow, has shown us anything, Parenteau has played his final game in orange and blue.

Lets be honest the Islanders aren’t going to be able to get a top-6 forward in this free agent class and even though many Islanders fans would like to see Snow make a run at Bobby Ryan, it’s probably not going to happen. Snow is on the right track with drafting, grooming players and signing role players in free agency. So Parenteau’s successor on the first line will come from within the organization, the question is who will it be?