Brock Nelson isn’t ready to put his skates away in storage for the summer just yet. With the New York Islanders season officially over, Nelson was officially added to the roster of Team USA for the 2024 IIHF Men’s World Championship on Sunday.
A little more, and a little more of the same from cleanout day. Also: The Leafs fall again. Breakup day had a very “as you were” kind of feel, but maybe there were hints that at least some changes are coming for the New York Islanders.
Fans who thought Lou Lamoriello’s inability to make some much-needed changes to his roster at the trade deadline would be his downfall can forget it. The veteran general manager who will be 82 years old by the time the 2024-25 season starts has already been told by ownership that he is staying in his post.
It goes without saying that the 2023-24 season was a long one for the New York Islanders. After every game, it’s always important to remember that the season is 82 games long and thus overreactions to every win and loss are unnecessary.
It’s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We’re getting ready for the start of the second round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. On the other hand, there are a number of teams that have some decisions to make.
As the New York Islanders step into an offseason of uncertainty, one thing is definitively clear: both team president/general manager Lou Lamoriello and head coach Patrick Roy will return to their roles within the organization next season.
The Islanders face the media as they clear out. How self-aware are they? The Islanders are clearing out today which means we’ll get more quotes and material — maybe even some post-season thoughts from management — before players scatter and the draft and free agency prep begins.
The season has finally come to an end for the New York Islanders. To the surprise of not many, the team was eliminated in the first round by the Carolina Hurricanes.
The New York Islanders’ 2023-24 season has ended in disappointing fashion. In consecutive seasons they have been eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes, and it is evident they are not as close to contention as they may think.
The Carolina Hurricanes have eliminated the New York Islanders for the second year in a row, and it was not because of a lack of effort. Even though the series was over in five games, this could have been longer if not for some poor lapses in judgment by the Islanders.
The New York Islanders’ tenure in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs was short-lived, swiftly ended by the Carolina Hurricanes for the second year in a row.
When Patrick Roy was hired as the New York Islanders’ new head coach in January, he was sporting a lustrous and luxurious beard. It was gone in the wink of an eye out of respect for general manager Lou Lamoriello’s facial hair policy.
Everyone has the same thing to say about a roster that does not cut it. The Islanders season finished the way most thought it would once the playoff pairings were set, and the post-mortems started to publish quickly, all with remarkably similar themes that reflect how obvious the situation is.
The New York Islanders only have a few contracts to sign this offseason. The major expiring deal was Ilya Sorokin’s, but he has an extension in place that was signed last offseason.
In case it wasn’t clear that the New York Islanders have a long way to go if they hope to contend, the first round showed it. They lost the series 4-1 to a Carolina Hurricanes team that was far and beyond a better team and one that looks poised to make a Cup run.
The New York Islanders’ 2023-24 season has concluded following their opening-round series loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. This was probably the most nerve-wracking season for Islanders’ fans since the 2015-16 season when they beat the Florida Panthers in the first round to break their 23-year playoff series drought.
The Islanders rallied back after giving up two goals early, but two goals off bad bounces sunk the season in a five-game series. Going in, I didn’t think they’d win the series, and I expect most of you didn’t expect them too, either.
The Hurricanes had already set a franchise record for the fastest two goals in a playoff game, so what better way to advance to the second round than to improve on that mark by a second.
Once again faced with a do-or-die situation, the New York Islanders attempt to stay alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes for Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.
There is no doubt that the New York Islanders‘ future in between the pipes is Ilya Sorokin. Sorokin, 28, was a Vezina Trophy finalist (given to the league’s best goaltender) last season and has posted solid numbers in his career so far.
We had our first double-overtime game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday afternoon, and it resulted in the New York Islanders avoiding elimination.
With his New York Islanders on the verge of being swept out of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Patrick Roy confirmed that Semyon Varlamov will start in goal for Game 4 on Saturday.
Goaltending was supposed to be the one position in which the New York Islanders might have an advantage over the Carolina Hurricanes during their first-round series. That has not been the case
The New York Islanders are making a significant change in Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Islanders head coach Patrick Roy announced after morning skate Wednesday that Ilya Sorokin will get his first start of the 2024 playoffs in Game 3 on Thursday. The Islanders are in a 2-0 hole after blowing a 3-0 lead and falling 5-3 in Game 2.
The New York Islanders had a 3-1 lead midway through the third period of Monday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Down 1-0 in the series, the Islanders gave themselves a chance to tie the series up before flying back to Long Island for Game 3 and 4.
While they wait for the start of their first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, the New York Islanders have signed a pair of prospects to entry-level contracts.
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