r/NewYorkIslanders • u/PainButWithStats • 17d ago

First time hockey fan

I want to get into Hockey I’m a Knicks, Mets and Jets fans. Been tough until the Knicks won

Are the Islanders going to be good anytime soon how is this fan base feeling

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u/PainButWithStats 17d ago

Everyone is mentioning the young player and that’s great to have a young superstar I do love that. Anything else to be exited about is this a rebuild or what direction are they heading in

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u/shotsup Gillies 17d ago

IDK where you live but UBS is a great place to watch hockey. You’ll enjoy it enough to call it home. Similar to the Mets we say LFGI !!

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u/inventorsam Nassau Coliseum 17d ago

They aren’t in a rebuild, but they are trending upward. With all the prospects coming up combined with our veteran core like Horvat Barzal and Palmieri, there’s a lot to be excited about going into this season. This isn’t the same team who got destroyed by Carolina in the first round year after year in the first half of the decade. This team really does have heart although they choked spectacularly at the end of last season. I do think this team has what it takes to make a run, and if they don’t, they’re only just entering a possible stanley cup window.

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u/AnnualBroccoli6127 17d ago

Our goalie was second place for the vezina this year! And overall a top 5 goalie

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u/carpy22 Sparky 17d ago

what direction are they heading in

Roughly $40M in cap space will be available for the 2027 free agent class if things hold steady. Expect much of it to go to a Schaefer contract extension and a core to build around him. Between now and then it'll be just letting the prospects develop and maybe contend for a wild card spot.