5 Moves Islanders Should Make on Draft Week & Jake Guentzel Must Be Top Free Agency Target
Plus, more on free agent targets and a look back at a once promising career of Rick DiPietro.
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5 Moves the Islanders Should Make During Draft Week
June 25, 2024 by Anthony Russo
Draft week isn’t just about adding young promising teenagers to an organization’s prospect pool; it’s also about making hockey trades to improve the roster now and for the future. The New York Islanders are in a position where both drafting and making deals will be equally as important.
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New York Islanders 2024 Free Agent Targets
June 26, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The New York Islanders have a clear lack of talent on the roster and need one or two more difference-makers to get back into contention. The primary need is to add more scoring in the top six, ideally a left-wing, but anything would help. Luckily for the team, there are many options set to hit the free agent market this offseason.
Rick DiPietro: A Promising Career Cut Short
June 26, 2024 by Dayton Reimer
For years, Rick DiPietro has been considered one of the biggest draft busts of all time, and it’s hard to argue against it. Selected first overall in 2000 by the New York Islanders, he was immediately hailed as the team’s goalie of the future and around whom they would build their franchise. Yet 13 seasons after he was drafted, the team bought him out of a deal that they will be paying until 2028-29. It’s a black mark on the organization, there’s no question about that, but very little of what happened is DiPietro’s fault.
Islanders’ Top Free Agent Target Must Be Jake Guentzel
June 26, 2024 by Mike Fink
These days, it’s hard to know which rumors are worth believing and which are just smoke screens. Every team is moving full speed ahead where any big move can be made, and it wouldn’t come as a surprise. Maybe Mitch Marner is traded? Could Sam Reinhart, who is coming off a contract year, sign a big deal with another team just days after hoisting the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers? It’s not far-fetched.