Mat Barzal

New York Islanders All-Star Game Representative

Tonight, the NHL announced the 32 players headed to the NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto next month. Thirty-two players, one per team, were awarded the honor. Twelve more will be voted in by the fans over the next few weeks. There will then be a draft to designate rosters for the weekend. This year’s Islanders […]

Islanders Training Camp Preview

With the Islanders official training camp opening on Thursday morning, what are the big headlines, stories, and questions surrounding the team ahead of camp? Let’s start up front on the top line. With who and where does Mat Barzal play? Isles superstar Mat Barzal played center for all of his career until the Islanders brought […]

5 Islanders Hot Takes Ahead Of The 23-24 Season

Everyone loves a good hot take, right? Well, today, I am giving you my five Islanders hot takes approaching the 2023-24 campaign. The takes will get increasingly hotter as we move on. Related Article: Top 10 New York Islanders Prospects 2023-24 Let’s Go! #5: Noah Dobson Receives Norris Votes After an incredibly strong first half […]

Predicting the Isles Opening Night Lineup

With not much roster turnover since elimination on April 28th at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes, there will be plenty of familiar faces in the blue and orange when the Islanders take the ice for opening night on October 14th at UBS Arena. Isles management will stick with their inner belief in this current […]

Islanders Mathew Barzal is Out Indefinitely

The New York Islanders have announced that center Mathew Barzal will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. He suffered the injury early in the first period of Saturday’s 6-2 loss against the Boston Bruins. It was just Barzal’s third shift of the game, logging just 1:32 of ice time before he left. A first-round […]

New York Islanders: Is the team Hall of Fame due for new inductees?

The Islanders hall of fame has had a confusing history. Founded in 2006 by then-owner Charles Wang, they immediately inducted the “Core of the Four” which included Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, Billy Smith, Al Arbour, and legendary GM Bill Torrey, all of whom already had their number retired or […]

Islanders: Best and Worst Case Scenario For Each Position

Time has come and gone since July 13th at noon EST with NHL teams signing players and making trades to fulfill the needs in their rosters. However, one team has been inactive during this period without a trace of information: The New York Islanders. While a lack of information may seem the norm in the […]

Islanders Season Review: The Offense

The season is over. Despite it looking grim at times with multiple question marks surrounding the schedule, 82 games have been started and completed, and the New York Islanders season has come to a close. They finished the season sitting at a 37-35-10 record, good enough for 5th in the Metropolitan Division, 9th in the […]