I try to stay away from any sort of distractions and just focus on what I can control.” Lamoriello did trade core member Brock Nelson to the Avalanche. Of course, Lamoriello acknowledged he tried to ...

The great unknown of trading Brock Nelson was always going to be in what it did to the Islanders dressing room.

It’s safe to say that these players have scored a lot of goals in their careers – but one has to stand out, surely. So any ...

Outside of Matt Martin, no one knows Cizikas's game better than former linemate and current MSG Networks analyst Cal Clutterbuck. Clutterbuck doesn't strike me as the biased type. He continued to ...

While no extension has been agreed to as yet, the two sides are close enough that it’s believed they can work something out ...

Alex Ovechkin is an exceptional goal-scorer. He is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s great record, and he doesn’t have many goals left ...

Other long-term, valued Islanders have left in recent years — Cal Clutterbuck, Josh Bailey, Anthony Beauvillier, Jordan Eberle, Nick Leddy. But this was the first time under Lou Lamoriello ...

Brock Nelson wasn't a superstar like Mike Bossy or Denis Potvin but he's a franchise icon who embodied the Islanders recent ...

The Islanders have watched Anthony Beauvillier, Josh Bailey and Cal Clutterbuck — all staples of the dressing room — walk out the door in recent years. But losing Nelson, an alternate captain ...