Injury Updates/Corporate attendance bumps?

#Isles Injury Updates: Simon Holmstrom is day to day with a lower body injury and has been placed on IR (retroactive to 12/23/22). Oliver Wahlstrom is out indefinitely with a lower body injury and has been placed on IR (retroactive to 12/27/22).

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) December 30, 2022

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I find it interesting a team that has had six dollar seats again they could not give away, had all tickets prices over $100.00 and a standing tailgate over $75.00 the last two games with a massive crowd of kids. The building was absolutely packed and I do acknowledge the holidays is usually a time the Islanders historically sold out or came close. This is a franchsie that had 11,000 in first place in March 2019 in Nassau vs Columbus. Is Leiweke, UBS, all corporate partners/sponsors given tickets as perks to inflate prices on the secondary market and activate a standing room tailgate? Something smells very funny about this like NYPD-NYFD which seemed to be the most well attended game in advance in 2020-2021 when this failed location at Belmont opened.

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Ticketmaster had prices on 1/10/23 vs Dallas at $30.00 which is what's it's been all season as even opening night vs Florida was hardly packed.

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So where are all these kids coming from, it looked like a game at Dolan's other arena after you get past his facial recognition, and are not on his ememies list or have ligitation against him or his friends.

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New York 2nd in Division In Goals With Non-Scoring Roster....How?

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It's kind of hard to explain NYI goals for number being second best in division with a roster filled with non-scorers and middling veterans who struggle. They had big wins early vs Ducks/Sharks but also games where they scored 4 goals and lost like Nashville/Blues. Dobson, Nelson are putting up big numbers, Lee despite his slump is going to go hit 20-30 goals. The high goal totals vs some top teams have to be given their due along with wins vs Canes, Leafs, Vegas, Devils, Colorado, now Pens. Having written this they went 0-2 vs Arizona, 0-2 vs Nashville with 5-4 loss. They seem to score a lot of garbage time goals both way but in a win you have to score to get to garbage time. It's not Trotz lowest-scoring/top defense teams as they allow more w/better D. NYI go into games and I frankly expect them not to score but here we are at 36 games and a roster with 8-9 non scorers produce. You never know where the next goal is coming from unless Dobson scores or sets it up. But here we are.

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Still today they are a bubble team outside the play-offs and have some seperation vs teams below them despite the games in hand.

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Injures pile up for New York

#NYI #isles Many of these day to day injures seem month to month now, and Schneider's going to have to play. And it's a matter of when Cizikas is likely out again with his two goals.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 28, 2022

Season Slipping Away For New York

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No, it's not last season, however for 7/8 playoff seeds if they keep up winning 7/8/9 out of ten, it will be, while NY muddles along playing five hundred with an injured/flawed forward group when healthy.

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New York Transactions:

#Isles Transactions: Cal Clutterbuck has been placed on IR (retroactive to 12/16/22). Hudson Fasching and Simon Holmstrom have all been recalled from loan (Bridgeport). Cory Schneider has been emergency recalled from Bridgeport.

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) December 21, 2022

Why is Lamoriello so happy/satisfied?

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The same Lou Lamoriello who ran Devils that fired coaches in 1st place in March. Teams are passing NYI all over the conference, and all the players on notice are still not producing much of anything? 92 shot attempts by Colorado, Sorokin stealing a point with over 45 saves. Colorado's announcers saying NYI were not interested in playing any offense after first period. So why was the gm so happy/satisfied today in the NY Post? Lee has two goals in about 19 games, and to expect Nelson to have his slump sooner or later who's carried them with Dobson, and a mobile defense while the usual old/overpaid suspects don't produce a thing. And Colorado at best is a middling team this season.

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Nikita Soshnikov Unconditional Waivers/GONE

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This is goodbye time. If he clears at what he makes he likely returns to KHL.

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Kabanov, Petrov, Golyshev, now Soshnikov. Owners, buildings, management changes but players who come here this way simply don't stick.

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Enjoy the preseason goal.

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Odd Win in Vegas For New York...Varlamov hurt, Holmstrom 1st...

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They needed win but only kept pace, feels like mild, mild west very beatable with Vegas top team not impressive. Varlamov left late, for some odd reason he's getting 1a treatment with Sorokin. Fasching had a nice move looking like Bellows who scored with same move. Nice first for Holmstrom, Barzal was largely invisible, Lee did what he must do. ENG late for Nelson, and Parise will look better on scoresheet but not answer. Reilly Smith has been killing NY since 2016 playoffs. Too many shots against but doing this without Pelech as Salo struggles to find puck movement of last year. Bailey deserved an assist on Vegas first goal. Still too many veteran passengers. Thompson's body language was like Arizona's goalie--terrible. Now we see with Varlamov. Bottom line one forward/one back with several teams on winning streaks not close to getting it done. It's how you finish near five hundred again.

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#NYI #isles New York is 0-4-0 vs Nashville/Arizona that's why you don't make the playoffs. Buffalo despite standings is making a big push with a great offense while Wings are doing a repeat of last seasons falloff. But if Caps, Pens, Knicks hockey win not going to happen for NY.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 18, 2022

Standings Tell Story for New York.....

#NYI #isles What's different is last year Trotz team had a winning record vs bad/terrible teams, awful record vs top teams, this year they are 6-4-1. They did have 9th seed in extended garbage time last year as in early November. Burke sold Belmont win streak hard in 2nd half.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 18, 2022

#NYI #isles The notion #11,12, 21,44,15,53,17,32 and Beauvillier just not good or inconsistent w/Wahlstrom who also rarely scores is just not an offense that can get a team on a winning streak, and that's with Dobson one of best in NHL.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 18, 2022

#NYI #isles Dobson, Aho, have been excellent with few mistakes. Pullock had his 4 assist game. Salo does not look like puck carrying machine since season began. Pulock had 4 assist game, and defensive struggles. Mayfield's been solid. Romanov has been solid also.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 18, 2022

12.14.22

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This as many know has been the footer to the prospect page since 2012.

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Bottom Line for New York

#NYI #isles This stretch until 12/23 will tell us the story, they either stay in contention & move up the standings toward 10 over 500, or the bubble breaks and under 500 they go which is the expectation unless they get the scoring needed to survive.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 7, 2022

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If you are counting on Parise, Hudson Fasching, or more goals like Martin was gifted with against Hawks, book your draft party early. It's not going to happen. As expected unless Lee/Nelson are scoring this team is not winning. Mayfield had two bad turnovers, Sorokin had a rare soft goal. Bailey fell asleep as Blues forward went to net, went down via Romanov, and Bailey was slow to get to net on a great second effort rebound with Romanov still on him. No wonder Bailey flew up the ice to set up Parise to fend off another healthy scratch.

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Pelech looked like head/neck, not legs, we'll see. No hiding from Devils, Blues, Canes, at Colorado. Bottom line feels like 2017-18 when team eight over fell back to 500 because scoring dried up and they could not win 6-5, 5-4 anymore. This is different in that they need ugly 3-1, 2-1, 1-0 games and that regulation loss number is just not going to get it done, losing in overtime/shootouts are points.

New York Notables: Who really owns Value Retail Site?

#NYI #isles So where is words Value Retail, how come NYI team office address is listed but not NYI. Why is this now Belmont Retail project. Did Malkin walk away from this & now it's Belmont Park's retail village, not NYI majority owners project? And what happens from Jan-Aug 23 pic.twitter.com/qqef8ZKvP8

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 5, 2022

#NYI #isles Looks like Failed Experiment Retail Village at Belmont has an actual schedule the home owners received. Funny Newsday did not publish this? pic.twitter.com/eZlWQAJRBj

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 5, 2022

Plus hotel, plus race track massive renovation, plus tunnel, plus maybe a casino.

— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 5, 2022

Baudreau sent back down 49/20 shots: Another regulation loss/one goal

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Simply put a lineup filled with non-scorers healthy catches up to them, now they have injuries & more non-scorers. Regulation losses kill. Could not expect comebacks every game same as 2017-18 teams lack of defense took them from eight over to 500. Not a question of effort, 49 shots, no regulation goals allowed with best goalie in NHL and unless Lee/Nelson scoring it's not happening.

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New York Recalls Cole Bardreau, Hudson Fasching

#Isles Roster Updates: Kyle Palmieri is being placed on IR (retroactive to 11/21/22), Cal Clutterbuck is day-to-day with an upper body injury, Cole Bardreau and Hudson Fasching have been recalled from loan (Bridgeport).

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) December 1, 2022