The Greatest Hockey Team of All Time (30 Seasons Removed) - Your New York (Brooklyn) Islanders!

Matt in the Hat · Apr 18, 2013

JT puts on a show in the land of peameal bacon. M9V1P!

Matt in the Hat · Apr 20, 2013

The Isles have gone from a nice team with a promising future to a serious ass Stanley Cup contender in the last month. It's remarkable to see.

Matt in the Hat · Apr 23, 2013

My Bullshit Hockey Team is Going to The Playoffs!

Magic number - 16

Matt in the Hat · Jun 12, 2013

Thank you Mark Streit

When does Tavares get the C?

Matt in the Hat · Jun 15, 2013

JT got screwed out of the Hart trophy in a big way

Matt in the Hat · Jul 3, 2013

DP is gone. Rejoyce!!!!

Matt in the Hat · Jul 5, 2013

And Nabby is back. Good luck Poulin, it's your team now.

Q*bert Jones III · Sep 24, 2013

I was a lifelong Habs fan until they went on strike and I decided I'd never watch another minute of the NHL. That was, like, 20 years ago.

But I have to say that with the Islanders moving a few blocks from my house and my kids taking up the sport, a small flame is being lit that maybe I should give the NHL another chance. I generally don't believe that you can change allegiance to a sports team but then I've never had a team move *to* me before. But are the Islanders just going to pack up and leave in a couple of years when they build a new arena in LI?

crazypete13 · Sep 24, 2013

Wait, what??

You were a Habs fan?

For shame.

To answer your question though - I'd say you've got a couple of lockouts/strikes minimum before the Isles end up moving out of Brooklyn.

Matt in the Hat · Sep 24, 2013

Q*bert Jones III said: ↑

I was a lifelong Habs fan until they went on strike and I decided I'd never watch another minute of the NHL. That was, like, 20 years ago.

But I have to say that with the Islanders moving a few blocks from my house and my kids taking up the sport, a small flame is being lit that maybe I should give the NHL another chance. I generally don't believe that you can change allegiance to a sports team but then I've never had a team move *to* me before. But are the Islanders just going to pack up and leave in a couple of years when they build a new arena in LI?
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They signed a 20+ year deal. They're ours

Went to the game against the Devils and loved it but that ice is going to need to move or else all the seats in the upper deck on the Flatbush/Atlantic side are obstructed past the goal line and some almost to the face off circles.

The 6th Avenue side is perfect

Billy South Philly · Sep 24, 2013

We Want Fish Sticks (clap clap clap clap clap)....

Matt in the Hat · Sep 24, 2013

Billy South Philly said: ↑

We Want Fish Sticks (clap clap clap clap clap)....
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Tonelli to Nystrom. 7:11 of overtime. Game 6. Suck it.

Q*bert Jones III · Sep 25, 2013

crazypete13 said: ↑

Wait, what??

You were a Habs fan?

For shame.
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Take it up with my Canadian dad.

Matt in the Hat said: ↑

They signed a 20+ year deal. They're ours

Went to the game against the Devils and loved it but that ice is going to need to move or else all the seats in the upper deck on the Flatbush/Atlantic side are obstructed past the goal line and some almost to the face off circles.

The 6th Avenue side is perfect
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Yeah, I was over in the 6th Ave. and Dean St. corner (sigh, I miss Freddy's) and the arena looked terrific for hockey. It wasn't as awkward as I'd feared, except for those closed sections in the corners. But WTF was up with the freaking cheerleaders? That shit is mickey mouse.

Matt in the Hat · Sep 25, 2013

Q*bert Jones III said: ↑

Yeah, I was over in the 6th Ave. and Dean St. corner (sigh, I miss Freddy's) and the arena looked terrific for hockey. It wasn't as awkward as I'd feared, except for those closed sections in the corners. But WTF was up with the freaking cheerleaders? That shit is mickey mouse.
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Charlie Wang invented ice girls. They actually serve a purpose by shoveling slush twice per period

Matt in the Hat · Oct 8, 2013

5 Points in the first 3 games and a +5 GD for the Islanders. Might as well get that President's Cup ready now.

Athazagoraphobia · Oct 27, 2013

Wow. Talk about a lopsided trade… now I don't feel as bad for the Hodgson/Kassian trade…

soo Moulson, a 2nd, and a 1st for Vanek? With Vanek being rumoured to go to mini (wanting to win a cup), there's also a huge risk he won't resign. You guys could have potentially traded a first line forward, a 2nd, and a 1st for nothing!

Even if neither resigns, that's still a 2nd and a 1st given away…

Thoughts?

Matt in the Hat · Oct 28, 2013

My response? The Wild rumor is baseless and we have 20 years of high level draft picks. It's a brilliant trade.

Now let's get Miller from the Sabres as well

EvanJ · Feb 27, 2014

Michael Grabner scored 2 shorthanded goals during the same penalty.

Bail_07 · Jul 22, 2014

Detroit Red Wings

riverplate · Aug 28, 2015

Islanders Icon, Hall of Fame Coach Al Arbour Dies at 82 - ESPN
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/sto...w-york-islanders-four-stanley-cup-titles-dies
Hall of Fame coach Al Arbour, who guided the New York Islanders to 4 consecutive Stanley Cup championships in the 1980s and ranks as the NHL's 2nd-winningest coach, has died at age 82, the team announced Friday.

The cause of death is unclear, though Arbor was battling a lengthy illness and had been living in Florida. Arbour transitioned from a successful 14-season NHL playing career as a defenseman to become one of the league's all-time best coaches.

He coached 1,500 regular-season games over 19 seasons with the Islanders after he was hired at the start of the 1973-74 season. He retired after the 1994 playoffs, but returned in 2007 at age 75 to coach one more game for the team -- a 3-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Arbour won 119 career playoff games -- an NHL record for a coach with one club -- over 15 postseason appearances and hoisted the Stanley Cup each season from 1980 to 1983. He finished his coaching career with 740 victories and was elected to the NHL Hall of Fame in 1996.

MasterShake29 · Aug 28, 2015

Arbour coached the Islanders to 19 straight playoff series wins. That's unfathomable.

russ · Sep 1, 2015

RIP Alder.Genius.

riverplate · Feb 20, 2016

This is ridiculous. They haven't even been there for one season yet! But then, the place does look mobbed...

Islanders, Barclays Eye Escape Clause To Get Team Out Of Brooklyn - N.Y. Post
http://nypost.com/2016/02/19/islanders-barclays-eye-escape-clause-to-get-team-out-of-brooklyn/

The Islanders’ relationship with Barclays Center has been on such thin ice during the club’s first season in Brooklyn that both sides are secretly exploring ways to cut ties or modify the existing terms of their lease.

Although the Islanders own one of the NHL’s top home records, their fans have been quite sour about the move, complaining about obstructed-view seating, jacked-up ticket prices, the nixing of longtime team traditions and feeling like second-class citizens in a building monopolized by the NBA’s Nets. Three-quarters through this season, the Islanders are averaging 13,424 fans per home game, ranking 28th out of 30 NHL clubs
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Q*bert Jones III · Feb 20, 2016

10-buck tickets on Stubhub.com are fine by me.

EvanJ · Apr 25, 2016

The Islanders won a playoff series for the first time since 1993.