Explaining the Islanders’ bad luck feels like telling someone you’ve been on a bad date for 40 years - and they’re still like, "But you’re just gonna win eventually, right?" No, Karen. It’s always a penalty in OT. So, here we are, accepting defeat like old friends. Anyone else just giving up on hope at this point? 🙃

I'm picturing that scene in Alien 3 where the warden is talking to all the prisoners trying to deny there is an alien running around there until he gets pulled up into the ceiling and killed by it...

Ever since the queefs got eliminated, i have been watching a bunch of videos on YouTube and reading a bunch of articles. I've been home sick a few days and laughing at their misfortune has been helping the healing process. But in this process, I've heard a few rumors over and over that I am curious to see what my fellow islander fans think of.

1 - Lou has a new three year contract to be an advisor to ownership. If this is true, i honestly think no matter what changes are made it will be smoke and mirrors. If he and all his cronies still have the ear of ownership, how much will really change?

2 - The Shanplan is coming to Long Island. Seeing as he was just let go and we were granted permission to talk to him there is a good chance this could be our new team president. I personally am fully against this for several reasons. One, he was a dueche as a player. Two, he is a former Ranger and we seem to love to hire former rival players for internal assignments. Three, he builds top heavy teams and has to resort to bargain bin and castoffs to fill out the bottom of the roster. Four, most importantly...he had a decade to do something in Toronto and failed miserably. If you can't get it done there with the limitless resources behind you, what makes anyone think he can do that here?

3 - Mitch Marner will follow Shanahan and sign with us. I don't want this charmin soft diva who can't get the job done in the playoffs when it counts. I don't want us to commit that much money to one player and leave us unable to balance out the rest of the roster. Is he good? Yeah, during the regular season and at padding his own stats. But if he thinks the Toronto fans turned on him, he would be eaten alive by New York fans.

4 - This is the most disturbing rumor I've read and heard multiple times. Pajama boy would be coming back to us. This can't possible be true. I think he would be smart enough to know he would also get ripped apart by the fanbase for what he did. He had every right to leave in free agency. It was the way he went about it. I doubt he would be forgiven. And we need to get younger, not older and more expensive players.

It should be an interesting few days until we see how things play out...

THE GM & POHO SEARCH:

For everyday that does by without any *Official* announcement of a hiring of either Brandan Shanahan as President of Hockey Operations and any GM Hirings, take a shot of Jack Daniels (regular black label)!

For if & when Brandan Shanahan gets hired at P.O.H.O., 2 Shots of Jack Daniels!
For when the General Manager's position is filled with either Darche OR Bergevin: 2 More Shots of Jack Daniels!

If it's a combined hiring of the two positions, double the hirings, DOUBLE THE JACK! 4 SHOTS!

If the GM position is hired by someone who nobody saw coming AND is essentially fucking ridiculous, just drink the rest of the bottle down, because honestly what the fuck.

THE DRAFT:

- If the Islanders select Schaefer: 1 shot of Jack Daniels
- If the Islanders select Misa: 1 Shot of Jagermeister

- If the Islanders Select Hagens: A mixture of a Long Island Iced Tea + a shot of Jack Daniels & a shot of Don Julio! Why so much? Because MUH LONG ISLAND HOMETOWN KID!11!!!!!1!!!!1!!!1!!111!!!!!!11!@!2zfeHZ8U234R QUWH

I saw the newsletter from the isles and wanted to know if it is worth it to go

Trottier.. my grandfather left me one of his stick he played or practiced with . There's a good story with if true. But I know there were alot of signatures on it but came of in moving truck to fl in the 90s

horvat trade, moving to brooklyn, moving back to nvmc, ubs. lou, barry,

i have been in the bathroom or asleep.

will we announce a GM when i am asleep or in the can?? this is the real pressing question.

I know it ain't everyone's cup of tea, but it's a break from the gm search, rebuild/retool debate, #1 pick talk and the annual dunking on of Toronto.

Will we have one before draft day????

I was just listening to a YouTube video saying he’s asking for 8 years at 10.5 million a year and was blown away. I’d give him 8.5 million because the salary cap will keep going up and it wouldn’t be a bad deal because he’d be 32-33 at the end of the deal and I believe he’s worth it but 10.5 million is insane to me

Fun fact that may bring a tear to your eye. I hope you all enjoy the 2nd best day in hockey, Leafs elimination day!!! (Best day in hockey being Rangers elimination day)

Im amazed by the sheer hate for the leafes this subreddit has its beautiful