New York Islanders News

The only appropriate reaction to hearing Paul Maclean called a last-minute timeout in a blowout.

Goaltending is always a huge part of winning in the NHL , but its importance is magnified even further in the playoffs.

Wayne Simmonds seemed destined to continue the Flyers-only streak for the cover of NHL '14, following Claude Giroux's appearance last year.

A picture of what the new Nassau Coliseum would look like if Bruce Ratner's proposal is accepted.

Nino Niederreiter's Swiss team wins silver at the Worlds, as the Islanders look forward to which prospects will excel in 2013-14. That competition only gets stiffer next fall, and one competitor is coming off a good season and a good World Championship for a surprising medal winner in Switzerland.

May 11, 2013; Uniondale, NY, USA; New York Islanders right wing Colin McDonald plays the puck in front of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang during the second period of game six of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Middletown, N. J. - EyesonIsles continues our series of fan retrospectives with a look back at the 2013 season and what it meant to you, the reader and loyal fan of the New York Islanders .

Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh and Washington's Alex Ovechkin are once again finalists for the Hart Trophy, while John Tavares of the New York Islanders is also in the running for the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

We've had some technical hiccups over the last few days , so apologies to readers and regular commenters if things haven't worked as well.

What you see is not so much an NHL hockey player as it is a metaphor for one of the oldest debates in the sport.

The award annually honors players who are good at hockey and remarkably tolerant of tools who are not good at hockey doing stupid things to try to get such players to be less good at hockey.

Now that their season is over, the New York Islanders have time to reflect on how far the franchise has come the past few seasons.

I thought this ESPN article was awesome because of how anonymously sourced it was .

New York Islanders forward Matt Moulson, Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St.

The Rangers will take on the New Jersey Devils Jan. 26 and the New York Islanders Jan.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury makes a save as New York Islanders center Josh Bailey and right wing Kyle Okposo , of Switzerland, look on in the first period of Game 4 of their first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs hockey series at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

It was locker room cleanout and exit interview day on Long Island yesterday, as the players, coaches and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum maintenance crew officially closed the books on the lockout-shortened 2013 NHL season.

So the WHL's top 2013 bantam draft pick will wait a season before joining the Vancouver Giants on a permanent basis.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen and goalie Tomas Vokoun defend the crease from New York Islanders left wing Matt Martin in the second period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Uniondale, N.Y., Saturday, May 11, 2013.

With the Canadiens out, EOTP takes a look at the second round of matchups, and who is likely to inch closer to the Stanley Cup finals.