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#NYC #NYI #isles The New York Islanders first head coach, Phil Goyette, has passed away at age 92. RIP.

#NYC #NYI #isles Hey, let's put Holmstrom with Drouin and the ping pong player so he stops scoring.

#NYC #NYI #isles 11/24/25 New York Odds & Ends=Second Place: www.newyorkislanderfancentral.com/2025/11/new-...

11/19/25: Romanov IR/Warren Recalled/Win vs Dallas/20 Games www.newyorkislanderfancentral.com/2025/11/roma...

#NYC #NYI #isles Horvat is red hot but he will go scoreless in ten or more. Nice support player, not THE guy to carry an offense.

#NYC #NYI #isles Win one/lose one means no playoff contention. Six behind NJ. Would move #44-53-21-29-77-32 as fast as possible. Nice Roy pushed right buttons for a game.

#NYC #NYI #isles Happy with the win/comeback vs Columbus how the bench reacted. But this has to be about winning games and getting on a run.

#NYC #NYI #isles Happy with the recent wins, Heineman, Schaefer. Rittich was good 2x. Holmstrom, Lee excellent need Pageau away from them, Cizikas needs bench, killing Tsyplakov.

#NYC #NYI #isles Matthew Schaefer is a superstar. Did not expect this kid who just turned 18 and only played 12 games last year to dominate against NHL veterans to this degree. NY should be undefeated given how much he has played on this very flawed team overall.

#NYC #NYI #isles Bridgeport between the awful attendance and games they fade away are playing their way to Hamilton where silence on this is deafening.

#NYC #NYI #isles Lots of mistakes in two wins vs Edmonton/Ottawa but they had some very good moments also. Pageau-Palmieri-Cizikas mistakes killing this team really hurting the young forwards who are stuck with them in middle and Palmieri who is too slow to win pucks without Barzal.

#NYC #NYI #Isles I have nothing new to write since preseason, clearly nothing has happened to change what was expected beyond Schaefer.

#NYC #NYI #isles Pens are one of the oldest, slowest teams in NHL. Caps lost their openers so expect them to push pace here. We'll see what New York can do. Forgetting preseason Horvat, Barzal have to score some goals.

#NYC #NYI #isles Lamoriello would never wear a uniform and make his coach do so to sponsor some company. Darche looks awful here.

#NYC #NYI #isles Ok, talk over for New York, time to show up and win games or a new core is coming.

Islanders Announce 23-Man Roster | New York Islanders The club will carry 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders

Matthew Schaefer has made the Islanders' 23-man roster for the start of the season. #Isles will carry 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies (Ilya Sorokin and David Rittich; Semyon Varlamov placed on injured reserve) www.nhl.com/islanders/ne...

Islanders Prospect Report: Oct. 6, 2025 | New York Islanders Eiserman scores twice in season opener, while Aitcheson and Kvasnicka recognized as Player of the Week in their respective leagues in this week’s prospect report

In this week's #Isles Prospect Report:

🔹 Aitcheson named OHL Player of the Week
🔸 Kvasnicka named WHL Rookie of the Week

All that and more ⬇️

#NYC #NYI #isles 23 man roster by 5pm.
29-13-21
27-14-49
11-44-10
53-51-7
16
IR-64-18-52
cut 32=thirteen
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3-6-28-77-24-48-34-36=eight
30-33=two
Total=twenty three.
Expect MacLean as cut.

#NYC #NYI #isles Cizikas, Pageau, should go. Heineman will stay because Darche guy. Schaefer belongs. Gatcomb, MacLean should go. Ritchie Lamoriello guy-will go. Boqvist will stay/George should stay but will go. DeAngelo/Mayield just bad right side on D. Duclair ok, showed some skating, need more.

#NYC #NYI #isles Liked Holmstrom-Tsyplykov-Shabanov goal, and Duclair-Heineman winner but just flash goals no sustained pressure in Flyers end of ice. Took 11 minutes for a shot in third period. And Flyers were not good last night.

#NYC #NYI #isles Too many slow, soft, old, bad in transition in too many spots who can't score, and struggle in the corners, bad positioning in the lanes, slow sticks. Out of six games only one was prospects at Msg down 4-1 with some push back off awful goaltending from Knickshockey mistakes.

#NYC #NYI #isles I saw the Steve Stirling undefeated preseason and I saw all six games of this one. Worst preseason ever. Flyers were terrible and NYI got very little sustained pressure but a few nice flash goals. NYI played regulars and lost against two prospect teams. Special teams terrible.

#NYI #NYI #isles Schaefer should be a lock. Like almost all first round picks see him here opening night. Need someone to protect him.

#NYC #NYI #isles Roy seems guarded for saying the wrong thing to offend anyone. He also is outcoached every game.
Pageau/Cizikas are completely useless and cannot be unloaded fast enough.

#NYC #NYI #isles DeAngelo for his offense is absolutely terrible on defense as he was last season, as is Boqvist who was unplayable last year. The right side of the defense is a huge problem. Age, lack of scoring is also a problem that does not seem fixable with special teams.

#NYC #NYI #isles Most NHL camps you just want to know your team can skate, defend, put up some goals. This has been a brutal preseason where full roster NYI have been outworked, outskated by teams with prospects in all five games, with so many non-scores on a badly aging roster. Drouin looks awful.

#NYC #NYI #isles I do not see George or Ritchie on the team because both can be sent down. MacLean will likely be cut. Engvall will replace someone down the road. I think Varlamov is done. Rittich has been awful.

#NYC #NYI #isles Pat Lafontaine does not deserve another night, he had one already with a full ceremony. Persson, Sutter, Jiggs deserve their nights.

#NYC #NYI #Isles Transactions: Burke Hood (Vancouver WHL), Tomas Poletin (Kelowna WHL), and Luca Romano (Kitchener OHL) have all been returned to their junior teams.

#NYC #NYI #isles Too many forwards not enough spots. Don't see Engvall, Ritchie, and someone out of Duclair, Shabanov making the team. Heineman will be on the team after being traded for Dobson.