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
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
It did not take the Islanders long to reshuffle their goaltending staff. One day after director of goaltending Mitch Korn left the organization to join the Predators, the Islanders announced that AHL Bridgeport goaltending coach Chris Terreri will transition to director of goaltending and scouting. The Islanders also hired Sergei Naumovs to replace Terreri as … Read more
