MSG Networks, the embattled cable TV station that airs New York Knicks and Rangers games, is in talks to reach a deal to avoid bankruptcy as soon as Friday — and insiders speculate that help could be coming from a deep-pocketed media player like Amazon, The Post has learned. The sports channel controlled by billionaire … Read more
SUMMERLIN, Nev. — The Senators did it. The Canadiens did it. The Red Wings are in the midst of doing it. Why can’t the Islanders? “I think if we’re gonna have a chance, we’re gonna need to win some [on a] streak,” Jean-Gabriel Pageau told The Post. “Not only two in a row.” Jean-Gabriel Pageau, … Read more
Optimum pulled the plug on MSG shortly after confetti rained down on Times Square to ring in 2025 – and Knicks and Rangers fans could be left in the dark well into the new year, The Post has learned. The breakdown in talks over a new contract with MSG Networks, which expired at midnight Tuesday, … Read more
For all the ceiling the Islanders had shown just two days prior, here came the thud that has acted as a metronome to the season’s first 35 games. Just when there were signs of the Islanders turning the corner, just when they had played their best game of the season, just when they had gotten … Read more
CHICAGO — At times, Oliver Wahlstrom seemed to have nine lives with the Islanders. Finally, though, his career with the club that drafted him in the first round six years ago came to an end on Saturday, as Wahlstrom was claimed off waivers by the Bruins. The New England native will get a fresh start … Read more
It’s the goalies, stupid. The Islanders can and should worry about their special teams and how their defense is constructed and whether their offense can keep up without Mat Barzal and Anthony Duclair and all of the minutiae within each of those buckets. That’s all fine and good, and it all matters plenty. But let’s … Read more
We’re just over a month into the NHL regular season, and for some teams, the high hopes and optimism of the preseason have faded away for one reason or another. The Athletic asked its NHL staff this week for each team’s biggest concern at this point. The responses covered the full spectrum, from goaltending and … Read more
It’s tough to score a power-play goal and a shorthanded goal and come away feeling as though the special teams weren’t good enough. But the Islanders managed just that in their season-opening, 5-4 loss to Utah. That’s because the power play scored once in six opportunities totaling 10:56, including a 4-minute double minor in the … Read more
Jean-Gabriel Pageau did something different this offseason: He removed himself from hockey. Not for the whole offseason, mind you. Pageau did all the preparation needed for training camp, as always. But after a season he’s acknowledged was disappointing, in which he scored just 11 goals and failed to make his usual two-way impact, Pageau made … Read more
For the first time since he helped found the conference, Providence College won’t be the Hockey East team that Lou Lamoriello watches most intently this season. Well, alright, maybe it won’t be that easy to get the Islanders general manager away from his alma mater. But Islanders fans who haven’t had a good reason to … Read more
