#Isles Transaction: The New York Islanders have acquired Robert Bortuzzo from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the team’s 7th round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft.
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) December 8, 2023
#NYC #NYI #isles Obviously not good news with Pulock going on IR and Pelech on LTIR, and Aho still out but sometimes you discover the depth is good enough to survive this. Someone's going to beat Kings 11-0 on road, why not our team? Things work backwards here a lot.
— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) December 8, 2023
This is not last season where they lost to bad teams, and beat teams they were not expected to win against. It's also not 2021-22 where the over 500. teams dominated them. 2023-24 is one where they are fragile, give up 35-40 shots vs almost everyone, are rarely blown out, and without scoring from so many, rarely lose in regulation with an aging/slow forward group. My estmimate is they need 17 over to qualify. Many times I have written the name of the game is don't lost in regulation, but all seasons produce new trends, and this one has been how fragile they are when other teams make a push in games that should have been wins. It's as odd as a 6th overall powerplay that just has inflated numbers because of bounces/Dobson's skills.