NHL Legend Patrick Roy Named Islanders HC After Lane Lambert Firing JACK MURRAYJANUARY 20, 2024   Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images It's a new era on Long Island.   The New York Islanders announced Saturday that head coach Lane Lambert had been "relieved of his coaching responsibilities" and that the franchise had named Hall of Famer Patrick Roy as the new head coach.   The Islanders are currently 19-15-11 and sit in sixth place in the Metropolitan Division. Lambert was in his second season as the team's head coach and finished with an overall record of 61-46-20.   ..read more

LAST SEASON 42-31-9 93 points, made playoffs. Lost in first round to Hurricanes in six games. plus 21 goal differential   ADDITIONS None. Absolutely none to speak of   SUBTRACTIONS Long time Islander Josh Bailey was let go. Zach Parise is likely to retire. Thats it.   Other than that, the entire team returns   TOP PROSPECTS No GM in the NHL in the past twenty plus years has drafted anywhere near as poorly as Lou consistently. None. He took over the team in 2018, five years ago, he drafted Noah dobson when he slipped to him in 2018, other than that not a single Lou player ha ..read more

Islanders Agree to Terms with Horvat Islanders have agreed to terms with forward Bo Horvat on an eight-year contract by New York Islanders PR @NYIslanders / NewYorkIslanders.com  19 minutes ago     The New York Islanders have agreed to terms with forward Bo Horvat on an eight-year contract. He was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, Jan. 30. This past weekend, Horvat represented the Islanders at the 2023 NHL All-Star Weekend, along with forward Brock Nelson and goalie Ilya Sorokin.   Horvat, 27, is averaging over a ..read more

Here comes the Islanders we waited for.  Now they are in this thing and I believe they are one of the 8 coming out of the East.  Im not so sure about Pittsburgh.  Too much love going their way and look at the two games they just got whacked out west.  Not sure what to make of Washington.  Isles are waking up ..read more

Palmieri, Sorokin lead Islanders in 3-0 win over Rangers     0:55   Kyle Palmieri tallies goal vs. Rangers Kyle Palmieri tallies goal vs. Rangers ByAP Updated: 6 hours ago NEW YORK -- — Kyle Palmieri scored twice, Ilya Sorokin stopped 41 shots for his first shutout of the season and the New York Islanders beat the crosstown-rival Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday night.   Josh Bailey also scored, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Adam Pelech each had two assists to help the Islanders snap a three-game losing streak.   ..read more

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PRESEASON OUTLOOK Knowing they were starting the year with a bataan death march as they were waiting for the new UBS Arena to open. The plan was to remain at or above .500 through the first 13 games, all on the road and then open their new arena with .70 percent of their games at home for the rest of the year and carry that to a playoff position.   FINAL RECORD 37-35-10 84 points 5TH IN THE Metro   HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR They were out of it by late October, stumbled and bumbled around most of the year and never got their traction. I guess opening the UBS arena on November 20th ..read more

New York Islanders name Lane Lambert head coach, replacing Barry Trotz 11:50 AM ET ESPN When the New York Islanders fired coach Barry Trotz, general manager Lou Lamoriello believed the team needed a new voice. That new voice is coming from inside the same coaches' room.   The Islanders on Monday named Lane Lambert as Trotz's replacement, giving his longtime assistant his first head coach job in the NHL. It took just a week from the decision to move on from Trotz with one year left on his contract for the team to conclude that Lambert was the right choice to succ ..read more

New York Islanders fire coach Barry Trotz after missing playoffs 9:55 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The New York Islanders fired head coach Barry Trotz on Monday, with president and general manager Lou Lamoriello saying the team needs "a new voice." The Islanders missed the playoffs, finishing with 84 points (37-35-10) and falling short of the Eastern Conference playoff cut by 16 points. It was the first time in Trotz's four seasons with the team that they didn't make a postseason appearance.   Lamoriello informed Trotz that the team was parting ways with him Monday morning. H ..read more

NEW YORK ISLANDERS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES   01. 1991: Mike Bossy 02. 1991: Denis Potvin 03. 1993: Billy Smith 04. 1995: Bill Torrey 05. 1996: Al Arbour 06. 1997: Bryan Trottier 07. 2002: Clark Gillies 08. 2003: Pat LaFontaine 09. 2009: Lou Lamoriello 10. 2010: Jim Devellano   NEW YORK ISLANDERS U.S. HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 01. 1990: Willard Ikola 02. 1992: James Fullerton 03. 1993: David Langevin 04. 1995: Ken Morrow 05. 1996: Reed Larson 06. 2003: Pat LaFontaine 07. 2006: Mike Milbury 08. 2007: John Vanbiesbrouck 09. 2012: Lou Lamoriello 10. 2013: Bill Guerin 11. 2013 ..read more