The Islanders are in Philadelphia Saturday afternoon because the schedule says they must be, but we’ll see who shows up after an embarrassing 9-2 loss on home ice to the other New York team.
Even the official team preview notes the Isles are only “technically” still alive in their extinguished playoff chase, since Montreal was unable to clinch against Ottawa last night.
One bright note for today is we see ol’ Isles assistant and interim Brad Shaw behind the bench. Happy for him, maybe they remove the interim tag and he gets a run with that squad?
First Islanders Goal picks go here.
Islanders News
- The preview in question. Also runs those Patrick Roy quotes about his handling of Tristan Lennox’s NHL debut. [Isles]
- Different expectations but the same outcome: The Islanders and Rangers both sucked this year. [Newsday]
- Island Ice podcast: Wacky rivalry game. [Newsday]
- New York hockey is woeful this season. [Newsday]
- Marcus Hogberg’s post-injury form and Semyon Varlamov’s season-ending something makes the summer shopping need clear. [Post]
- Cole Eiserman (and Kamil Bednarik too) seeks a frozen championship tonight. [NHL]
Elsewhere
Friday’s finals included the Red Wings and Flames also staying alive, to varying degrees of “technically.”
