Pascal Dupuis/Player Development

#Isles News: The New York Islanders announced today that the club has hired Pascal Dupuis as Director of Player Development.

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— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) June 23, 2026

#NYC #NYI #isles Eric Cairns is no longer listed in the teams directory as long time director of player development.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 23, 2026

#NYC #NYI #isles At this moment Johnny Boychuk, Rod Pelley, Marty Reasoner & Dennis Seidenberg all remain in player development. Pelly is only person who never played for NYI.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 23, 2026

#NYC #NYI #isles Outside of a co-ownership of the
Shawinigan Cataractes, Pascal Dupuis, has never worked on the business side of an NHL franchise.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 23, 2026

Worcester Picks St Louis over Darche/NYI: Why?

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The ownership/manager in Worcester made clear there were no problems with NYI affilation/no screaming matches over money, their gm made clear Darche was there from the Sharks era, did not like Lamoriello tenure and felt switch for Darche would be good for them but did not happen. Now here's my issue. He made clear the distance to Hamilton was a big reason for not renewing because of the distance, and noted they had long distance affiliations in the past.

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#NYC #NYI #isles
Worcester to Hamilton (NYI) 477 miles
Worcester to St.Louis (Blues) 1154 miles

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 21, 2026

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So they not only went back to the west coast, but picked a team over 700 miles further away?

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New York Notables

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Quiet time for New York beyond a few AHL signings of lower-tier players. Feels like one who got two years needed more to relocate to Hamilton, who must hate making money on selling uniforms. I don't see Lee re-signing before 7/1 and DeAngelo testing market. Any more then one year he should not be signed. LD is decided, Darche signed Romanov, George will not have the spot even Deboer felt he was ready to take in the NHL. I do trust Trent Klatt at the draft table, but Darche and Lamoriello could be sitting there after we saw Lou at the final Bridgeport game.

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Unless something unexpected happens I intend to be postinng during the NHL draft in two weeks both days.

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Jay McKee Named Hamilton Head Coach

Islanders News: The New York Islanders announced today that Jay McKee has been named Head Coach of the Hamilton Hammers, the Islanders new American Hockey League affiliate.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) May 29, 2026

Foudy Resigned

#Isles News: The New York Islanders have signed forward Liam Foudy to a one-year, two-way (NHL/AHL) contract.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) May 26, 2026

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This now obligates Foudy to play in Hamilton.

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