3 Trades the Islanders Should Make on Draft Day
The 2024 NHL Entry Draft is around the corner. The New York Islanders enter this draft in particular at a crossroads. They must replenish a depleted farm system and can…
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Islanders’ Top Free Agent Target Must Be Jake Guentzel
These days, it’s hard to know which rumors are worth believing and which are just smoke screens. Every team is moving full speed ahead where any big move can be…
Rick DiPietro: A Promising Career Cut Short
For years, Rick DiPietro has been considered one of the biggest draft busts of all time, and it’s hard to argue against it. Selected first overall in 2000 by the…
New York Islanders 2024 Free Agent Targets
The New York Islanders have a clear lack of talent on the roster and need one or two more difference-makers to get back into contention. The primary need is to…
5 Moves the Islanders Should Make During Draft Week
Draft week isn’t just about adding young promising teenagers to an organization’s prospect pool; it’s also about making hockey trades to improve the roster now and for the future. The…
Ranking the Islanders’ 10 Most Recent 1st-Round Draft Picks
With the New York Islanders in possession of their first-round pick for the first time since 2019 when they took Simon Holmstrom, it is a great time to reflect on…
Islanders’ Focus Needs to Be on Historic 2025 Free Agent Class
The New York Islanders fell in Round 1 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Carolina Hurricanes, and it is clear change is needed for the team to return…
Oilers & Panthers Prove That Islanders Aren’t Close to Contending
The 2024 Stanley Cup Final not only lived up to the hype, but it exceeded it as arguably the best Final in a decade. The series has been entertaining, with…
Islanders Need to Target Jets’ Rutger McGroarty in a Trade
On the latest episode of 32 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman discussed Winnipeg Jets’ prospect and University of Michigan star, Rutger McGroarty. Friedman states he has heard McGroarty’s name in trade talks due to his…
Islanders’ Kyle MacLean Leads New Era of 4th Line Hockey
The big news on the New York Islanders’ front was the three-year contract they gave Kyle MacLean (the big news came on a day when all the big news was…