Romanov Season Over......Again

#Isles Injury Update: Alexander Romanov will require surgery to repair an ACL tear in his right knee. He will be out 6-8 months. https://t.co/2ANqRbHy24

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) October 7, 2026

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Now they are stuck with his contract for the full term/less insurance.

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#NYC #NYI #isles So now a LD is called up for Romanov or Schaefer goes back to LD and Mayfield slots back in as RD.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) October 7, 2026

Dravecky Three Year ELC

#Isles Transaction: The New York Islanders announced today that the club has signed defenseman Vladimir Dravecky to a three-year entry level contract.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) October 7, 2026

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Wish he made the team as a RD now, has ability/vision to move puck and find open spots. Good signing.

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A Win For New York

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Every year is different/every team is different. A win is a win. All teams will likely win 25-30 games, usually even the worst NHL teams.

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Cliche time over.

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I saw a New York team that allowed too many shots, did not move puck well on powerplay but got a goal. Like last season we saw another Devils goalie who made a few good early saves, then like Markstrom/Allen last year pucks started going through their goalie, they did not clear their own end due to turnovers, and New York got their goals. I don't think New York get's more then a goal against a sharp goaltender. Eklund/Ritchie had a nice steup. Schenn finished the Daws mistake, and set one up. But it's something to be happy about, I don't care if they win every game this way, but that's not happening. Enjoy this for a few days.

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#NYC #NYI #isles For this to work beyond one game, Maccelli, Duclair, Palmieri must produce. This is a 1-0 game against a hot goalie. Daws was not that guy. Schaefer's shot got through for rebounds. Happy tonight, scorers need to score. Devils still mediocre Devils.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) October 4, 2026

#NYC #NYI #isles Getting any win nice, some good moments, all goals came off turnovers by Devils and a goalie who imploded, what's needed is sustained pressure which as expected did not happen.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) October 4, 2026

Darche spoke, said he tried to make trades all summer

News and notes from Mathieu Darche ahead of tonight’s season opener. ⬇️

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 30, 2026

#NYC #NYI #isles Nice man, not personal but they need scoring and defense, Pageau gives them nothing but a bounce off three guys every 15-25 games, and is not a good defender. You go take a chance on Tarasenko's skating hands and let Pageau bring a moderate return. It's not tough pic.twitter.com/vUnQ6aCYzi

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) September 30, 2026

New York Roster Issues

#NYC #NYI #isles Every line has problem forwards. 21-10-44-53-81 with 32 in the stands. Now they have Stanley/Kessel on D who are frankly journeyman, Romanov. Is Mayfield outside the mix? They don't have the scoring/speed up front to win pucks nor can these forwards play D.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) September 30, 2026

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It's that simple. Darche did some renovating to his defenders, removing George again for two journeyman + Mayfield, and Romanov will not be the physical factor he was two years ago. It's almost time to ask the question can Pulock/DeAngelo stay healthy? Anything is an improvement on Boqvist/Soucy so there is that.

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Nothing 21-44-53-32-81 can do to help this roster, and 10 is another declining 30 point player. Last year despite the massive flaws the two goals or fewer in 40 plus games, they did get to 15 over/6th seed on 3/29/26, two weeks to survive. But Schenn's arrival mean going from getting 18/64 games to overtime (10-0 record) to Schenn's debut getting to overtime, then 0-17 the rest of the way. Now we are here with Palmieri who can't defend or score back, and everyone else who did very little back a year older + Barzal clearly hurt.

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Hopefully the prospects in Hamilton can do enough, and the veterans here do so little it forces out some veterans for good. I don't think Darche's acquisitions are going anywhere.

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