Good morning, Islanders Country.
Welcome to November.
In the latest episode of “The Red Line,” Phil Farber (@PhilzFacts) and David Tuchman (@TuckOnSports) are back and trying their best to maintain a hint of positivity despite the Islanders’ offensive struggles.
The Isles lost the identity line and now don’t appear to have an identity, at least not yet. The defensive structure has been better, and the possession stats are solid, but the quality of shots and their repeated inability to score has been hard to overcome. Plus, the coach can’t settle on the bottom six, and players and the roster’s depth players aren’t making the most of their opportunities.
Find and listen to Isles Fix podcasts on additional platforms:
Listen and enjoy!
⏭ NEXT UP: The Islanders are up in Buffalo tonight to take on the Sabres. Face-off is set for 7:00 PM EDT.
📊 STANDINGS:
📚 SOUND SMART: Per Eric Hornick in The Skinny, the Isles did not take a penalty, so they remain perfect in road penalty kills (7 of 7). At least one Isles defenseman had earned a point on 12 of the last 13 goals (1-12-13). The Isles have scored only three second-period goals this season – all on the road. The Isles allowed an empty-net goal for the third straight game.
🎥 ISLES REWIND: On November 1, 1977, Bryan Trottier became the first Islander to score four goals in a game, and Mike Bossy tied an Islander rookie record with five points (1-4-5) as the Islanders pounded the Atlanta Flames 9-0 at the Nassau Coliseum.
The combined shutout was credited to Billy Smith and Goran Hogosta, who only appeared for the Islanders. Hogosta made four stops in 8:35 time in the crease. It was the first 9-0 win in club history and matched the club record for the most one-sided victory (which still stands today).
🔗 NY Islanders ranked in the top half of most valuable NHL franchises by Michael Stahurski, Eyes on Isles “The NY Islanders have come a long way from the mid-1990s and early 2000s when they struggled to get fans inside an aging Nassau Coliseum. Today, Sportico released their annual NHL valuations, with the Islanders finishing in the middle of the pack ranked 15th overall with a value of $1.68B - an improvement from 18th in 2023.”
🔗 The Islanders’ approach with Pierre Engvall can’t go on like this by Ethan Sears, New York Post “Pierre Engvall has been back with the Islanders for all of five days and it is already becoming a question of how long this situation will be tolerable for either side. The hope, as expressed by Lou Lamoriello on Saturday, was that Engvall took his initial demotion to the AHL at the end of training camp as a wake-up call and applied himself in a more consistent way, proving he should be in the lineup every night and helping the Islanders win game.”
And we leave you with this…hat tip to anyone who’s attempted this!
Thanks for reading! Follow us on Twitter for regular updates until the next newsletter.
And please check out our newsletters about the Knicks and Mets, too.
Share this post