New York Preview 8/18/26 NHL.com

New York Islander Fan Central | 8/17/2026 11:38:00 PM |
"The players, I want to tell them it's not what you're capable of doing, it's what you're willing to do to win," Darche said. "We have a lot of players that are capable of all things, but what's everyone willing to do to be able to win?"
They can't score enough to win, forty one games two goals or fewer, and they got to fifteen games over .500, sixth in the division with two weeks to go. Then everything that was expected not to work, stopped working for good. No more overtime games after Schenn's debut, injuries on defense. As soon as my view was they did it for almost six month's with all their issues, what's two more weeks? We found out as Flyers, Pens and all teams chasing them, passed them. No group of players could buy-in more, Roy still paid with his job. Now it's on Deboer to get scoring out of eight forwards who don't score with Lee gone that simply cannot produce the goals needed, in a real season now without a ton of tired teams in a condensed schedule. I like the defense/goaltending.

New York Collapse Still Resonates

New York Islander Fan Central | 8/11/2026 12:11:00 AM |

New York Hires Evan Gold

New York Islander Fan Central | 8/03/2026 11:48:00 AM |

Sorokin Speaks About 2025-26

New York Islander Fan Central | 7/31/2026 11:33:00 AM |
Sport Express/Russian professional media outlet on 2025-26 season. Darche vs Lampriello/Shabanov/Tsyplakov why team failed to make the playoffs/media.
NYIFC Comments:
Too much fluff for me, I'll stick to the hockey part. Ok, this team was fifteen games over .500 in a solid playoff spot for most of the season, the very ugly/not our best wins, two goals or fewer in 1/2 the games, the powerplay improvement which got them to only 30th overall, the games they got to overtime where they went 10-0. This was as unconventional as it get's. Then Schenn trade happens and after game one vs Blues, they never got another game to overtime for the remainder of the season where they still finished with 91 points, enough to qualify the previous two years.
It was not a save or two more despite Senators game, it was the flat out bubble breaking vs Pens/Flyers combined with not having a real home at Belmont or customers who can't afford 10/12 games there because it's an unfit location.
Sorokin wants to say he was tired? Ok, he got a three week break to go with that 82 game condensed schedule to be refreshed, and as players often used to say everyone's hurt by the end of the season, and he acknowledged other goalies, and feels he must be better trained by a team that game him his goalie coach to immediate dividens. This team has two full time newspaper beatwriters, Sorokin rarely speaks, he's not going to make headlines which is what you want along with playing at his current level. Shabanov got a very fair chance, Tsyplakov was not given a fair chance from day one.

Jefferies Signed

New York Islander Fan Central | 7/24/2026 12:02:00 PM |
One year/two way.