Islanders’ 2023-24 Player Projections: Mathew Barzal

With time winding down until the New York Islanders open the 2023-24 season, and after a relatively quiet offseason, their roster remains essentially unchanged. As part of looking ahead to the coming NHL season, we’ll look at the Islanders’ roster and see what we can expect from them d...

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Islanders Need Explosive Season From Barzal

"The kid who won the Calder Trophy" has been the New York Islanders' face of the franchise for the last five seasons. In his rookie season, Mathew Barzal exploded for 22 goals and 85 points, which earned him the Calder as Rookie of the Year in 2017-18. Since then, Barzal's numbers have fluctuate...

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3 Islanders Who Need To Take On Different Roles This Year

The 2023-24 NHL season is just around the corner after a quiet summer for the New York Islanders and general manager (GM) Lou Lamoriello, aside from the eight-year extension that was handed out to goaltender Ilya Sorokin, the t...

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Islanders Must Address Their Atrocious Power Play This Summer

Two words, nine letters, and a New York Islanders fans' nightmare: power play. I would argue that very few factors have haunted this New York team more than their power play. During the 2022-23 regular season, the Islanders had the thi...

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Islanders Can Look at Panthers’ Run to See How Close They Are

The New York Islanders clinched a playoff spot in their final regular-season game with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. The win gave them the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, while the team that secured the ...

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New York Islanders’ 2022-23 Forward Evaluations: Top-6

We already took a deep dive into how the bottom-six forward group performed for the New York Islanders. Now, we will take a look at the top-six. It was a challenging season for many of the team's top forwards. Mathew Barzal was having a solid sea...

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Islanders Fans Using Social Media to Shrink Gap with Team

The New York Islanders are known to have some of the rowdiest, loudest, and proudest fans in the NHL. Nowadays, with the help of social media, much of the heckling, humor, and camaraderie within a fanbase doesn't have to end once the game is over. Specif...

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Islanders’ Barzal Must Round Out His Game to Become Elite

The New York Islanders season is over after a sudden and disappointing ending. While they reached the playoffs in a bounce-back season, they were outmatched by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round and lost the series in six games.

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Islanders Need to Make Changes This Offseason

The New York Islanders' season has officially come to an end after an overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 6 Friday night. The goal was scored off of an Adam Pelech turnover in the defensive zone, with Paul Stastny putting one past goaltender Ilya Sorokin from ...

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Islanders in Familiar Spot Facing Elimination

The New York Islanders found themselves facing elimination ahead of Game 5 of their opening-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes. Much like they have all season, they found a way to get it done with a 3-2 win forcing a Game ...

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Islanders’ Barzal Is Finding Scoring Touch at the Right Time

The New York Islanders have waited for years to see Mathew Barzal become a star. Since winning the Calder Trophy following the 2017-18 season, the bar was set high, and the hope was that the team had a star center to build a contender around. In his...

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5 Takeaways From Islanders 3-2 Game 5 Win vs Hurricanes

The New York Islanders kept their season and Stanley Cup hopes alive for one more game. Facing elimination, they stepped up and controlled Game 5, scoring the early goal and never looking back. The Carolina Hurricanes made the game close, scoring ...

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Islanders’ Depth Will Be Key to Come Back Against Hurricanes

The first two games of the First Round have exposed the weaknesses of the New York Islanders' offense. In Game 1, the Carolina Hurricanes held them to only one goal, which came ...

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4 Takeaways From Islanders 4-3 Game 2 Loss vs Hurricanes

Game 2 between the New York Islanders and the Carolina Hurricanes started out looking like a re-run of Game 1 but had a completely different ending. The Islanders trailed 2-0 in the second period but unlike Game...

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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Islanders vs Hurricanes Game 2 Preview

The New York Islanders will look to bounce back in Game 2 after dropping their series opener against the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1 on Monday. They must put the loss in the review mirror and focus on getting a split on the ...

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Islanders Keys to Beating the Hurricanes Following Game 1 Loss

The New York Islanders checked one goal off their list by punching their ticket to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They finished in the top wild-card spot and faced the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of their first-round series in Raleigh on Monday. It didn't go as expe...

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2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Hurricanes vs Islanders Series Preview

With the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin, it's time to look at the first-round matchups. The Carolina Hurricanes finished the regular season by narrowly clinching the Metropolitan Division over the New J...

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Islanders Need Horvat to Be the Difference-Maker vs. Hurricanes

It's no secret that Bo Horvat helped turn the New York Islanders' season around. They were 25-22-5 when he was acquired and were stumbling into the All-Star Break. He provided the spark that the team desperately needed and helpe...

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Islanders Need to Start Thinking Rebuild Now

It’s time for the New York Islanders to stop clinging to consecutive runs to the Stanley Cup Semifinals in 2020 and 2021 and start realizing the window for reaching the Final with this current team has closed. This just in: there is no actual awa...

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Islanders’ Depth Issues Coming to Surface Due to Injuries

Injuries are starting to pile up for the New York Islanders, and their lack of depth is becoming a major issue. Mathew Barzal was injured last week in a blowout loss to the Boston Bruins and is expected to be out "week-to-week," wh...

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