BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello’s mandate was to improve this team as quickly as possible. Free agency would have served as a way to achieve his objective. It would have made Islanders fans feel good that he has his eye on the prize of making this team …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images) This can’t be easy for any New York hockey fan to say. Certainly for me after watching my Islanders get denied by the Tampa Bay Lightning of the Stanley Cup Final twice in the last two seasons. It will always hurt no matter what. I understand the …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images) The Rangers and their Johnny-come-lately fans can go celebrate their moral victory against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning this offseason. Too bad there won’t be a banner for that up in the Madison Square Garden rafters. The Lightning and their passionate fans can …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) So much for the Rangers sweeping the two-time Stanley Cup defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning showed the Rangers what was up by evening the series at two when the series shifted to Tampa after the Rangers led the series at 2-0. This turned out to …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Lane Lambert was the only choice to replace Barry Trotz as the Islanders head coach. It was the right move to hire someone who earned the right to be a head coach for the first time after paying his dues for years as Barry Trotz’s associate head …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) If any Rangers fan wondered why they haven’t seen their team hoist the Stanley Cup since 1994, it’s because their best players never came through in a big moment in the playoffs. Their core players never had the goods to get it done, especially Henrik Lundqvist in …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The Islanders made news that had everyone talking. There were not even reports that Barry Trotz would be in danger of being fired at any point of this season. The Islanders coach sounded like a coach who wants to make things right next season. He had a …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO ((Photo by Justin Berl/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Pittsburgh Penguins took liberties of hitting the Rangers in the first two games of the series, especially in Game 2 when Jeff Carter knocked Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin on his keister when he went back to the net after playing out the puck. …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The NHL unveiled its new Stanley Cup Playoffs logo on Monday, which means the second season will be here before we know it. With 29 games left of what has been a forgettable season, the Islanders played like a team that won’t be participating in the playoffs …
