Isles Need Big Trade To Become Contenders and Eiserman & Bednarik Bromance Reminiscent of Barzal & Beauvillier’s
Plus, we take a look at break out candidates for each team for the upcoming season.
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Islanders Need a Blockbuster Trade to Become Serious Contenders
July 30, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The New York Islanders entered the offseason with clear goals for each position group. Forwards needed a top-six forward and multiple bottom-six forwards, the defense needed to get healthy, and goaltending needed to forget about last season. While the defense and goaltending issues were addressed, the forward core still needs to add a top-six forward.
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Islanders’ Eiserman & Bednarik’s Bromance Reminiscent of Barzal & Beauvillier’s
August 2, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
When the New York Islanders selected teammates and Boston University-commits Cole Eiserman and Kamil Bednarik at the 2024 NHL Draft, fans’ memories immediately returned to the 2015 NHL Draft. In 2015, the team chose best friends Mat Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier with their first two selections before they developed into strong NHL forwards. Eiserman and Bednarik have a lot of work left to develop into NHLers like Barzal and Beauvillier, but it is fun to compare “bromances” since they share many parallels.
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Every NHL Team’s Breakout Candidate in 2024-25
August 1, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The biggest moves of the 2024 offseason have passed and the 2024-25 season is close to two months away, meaning it is the perfect time to start predicting how each NHL team will perform. Every season comes with countless shocking results and breakout stars. This season is expected to be no different as the caliber of skill in the league is at an all-time high. While it is obvious Connor McDavid and Cale Makar will continue their stardom, who are the lesser-known players poised to break out?