Brian Strait is the latest waiver wire addition in the New York Islanders rush to accumulate as many defensemen as possible.

Keith Aucoin is a career minor leaguer with a history of production at the AHL level. Now he'll try yet again to earn a spot on a bottom six line in the NHL.

As the New York Islanders prep for a mid-camp scrimmage with their AHL affiliate, Jack Capuano is asked about Nino Niederreiter and shorthanded goals.

Some players are drafted and automatically ticketed for the NHL. And some players, like Colin McDonald and Jon Landry, have a much longer road to take to get there.

It's a defenseman a day for the New York Islanders, who also drafted seven defensemen and acquired homesick Lubomir Visnovsky at the 2012 draft.

In Joe Finley, the Islanders have added a very large, mean defenseman to their organizational depth chart.

What will the lines be for training camp practices and scrimmages, open to the public for New York Islanders fans this week?

With Lubomir Visnovsky still AWOL, the Islanders make touch-ups to blueline depth throughout the organization.

According to Bridgeport Sound Tigers beat writer Mike Fornabaio, the Islanders will invite 6 players to training camp/week. Surprisingly none of them are named Nino or Matt. Fornabaio reported...

A look back at the 2010 New York Islanders training camp reminds us how opportunity and chance play a huge part in who makes the NHL, and who ends up having to take their career to Europe.