Select the First Islanders Goal (FIG) for the game in this thread. If you're new to this, here are the instructions. Remember: 1) Picks must be in before puck drop. 2) You only get one pick (unless you learn your guy is scratched and change your pick before faceoff).

Season leaders are usually noted at the end of the last FIG thread, though we reserve the right to lag with two matinees this weekend.

Select the First Islanders Goal (FIG) for the game in this thread. If you're new to this, here are the instructions. Remember: 1) Picks must be in before puck drop. 2) You only get one pick (unless you learn your guy is scratched and change your pick before faceoff).

Season leaders are usually noted at the end of the last FIG thread, though we reserve the right to lag with two matinees this weekend.

Forbes on the Blackberry Make It Seven guy: "...his company’s stock price dropped by 70% last year. Part of the reason for the sharp decline is that the BlackBerry’s US market share went from 44% to 9% in a year. Yet, what was Jim Balsillie focused on just prior to and after the iPhone was introduced? Buying a hockey team."

Grantland's Katie Baker with a cool write-up on Nielsen and the Islanders' future potential (among other NHL topics), which includes a shout-out to Lighthouse Hockey. She's written for Deadspin before and appears to have grown up a Rangers fan, but don't hold that against her. Check it out.

Select the First Islanders Goal (FIG) for the game in this thread. If you're new to this, here are the instructions. Remember: 1) Picks must be in before puck drop. 2) You only get one pick (unless you learn your guy is scratched and change your pick before faceoff).

Season leaders are usually noted at the end of the last FIG thread. (Captdallas still leads by a good margin, but last game's results were excellent because those who picked "shutout" both won the FIG and saw an Isles "win."

4 more years of the Danish Backhand of Judgement

NHL.com recently posted three mock drafts. Obviously, it's WAY too early to determine both teams' draft positions and the prospects' final rankings, but it's interesting to see how draft analysts perceive, even at this early stage, the needs and wants of all NHL teams. While two draft analysts predict the Islanders will draft Moosejaw blueliner Morgan Rielly, the 3rd analyst has the Isles selecting Goalie Malcolm Subban with the 6th overall pick with the comment: "Do the Islanders need another goalie? No. Do they need a good one? Yes."

Given (1) the Isles recent reluctance to use their 1st overall selection on goalies, (2) that a different NHL.com article positioned Kevin Poulin as one of the league's top 10 goalie prospects, and (3) the Isles' glaring need to improve their blueline depth, does anyone else see the chance of the Isles using their 1st overall pick on Subban as remotely unlikely?

Select the First Islanders Goal (FIG) for the game in this thread. If you're new to this, here are the instructions. Remember: 1) Picks must be in before puck drop. 2) You only get one pick (unless you learn your guy is scratched and change your pick before faceoff).

Season leaders are usually noted at the end of the last FIG thread.

He's right now 4th in the NHL among forwards in the takeaways category, ahead of grabner too. Interesting and likely means JT is an even better defensive/2-way forward then one would think(although takeaways aren't everything).
Looking at the list though, there are a lot of isles in the top 30, so take this with a grain of salt, but still JT is likely an above average puck theif in the NHL easily.

Not Isles related, but hilarious.