Lighthouse Hockey

The Knight of the Rink, the 1997 Guldpucken winner and many other accolades. With Mike under the weather, Dan is joined by Canadiens prospects and Swedish hockey expert Patrik Bexell to discuss Jörgen Jönsson, brother of Islanders’ defenseman Kenny Jonsson and a European star with a brief stay in North America. After winning just about everything he could in his home country, … [Read more...] about Weird Islanders: The Podcast! – Jörgen Jönsson (with guest Patrik Bexell)

(Alternate) Captain America. | Photo by Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty Images Of course they implode against the Rangers. Do you believe these loser Carolina Hurricanes? They’re about to get swept in the one matchup where we have to “root” for them. God, I hate these losers. I feel confident in saying that if it was the New York Islanders playing the New York Rangers in … [Read more...] about Islanders News: Carolina sucks!

Here’s a guy who knows a bit about hockey in Utah. | Photo by Dennis DaSilva/NHLI via Getty Images We watch the NHL playoffs, where fast teams are doing fast things. The Islanders should be going through post-season analysis and exit meetings, but it’s very doubtful we’ll hear the outcome of any of that until free agency decisions and re-signings are announced at a … [Read more...] about NHL News Bits: One day the Isles will play the Utah blankety-blanks.

A surprise early Lou Lamoriello sighting! Mike and Dan examine the Islanders clean out day interviews and exalt in an epic edition of Master Leaf Theatre. While most of the players sounded similar and stuck to familiar talking points, a few stood out for either their emotion or perspective. We also had the pleasure of hearing from Lou Lamoriello earlier than normal, which was a … [Read more...] about Islanders Anxiety – Episode 293 – We Gave It Everything

Take stuff with you. | Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images The players are allowed to grieve and feel like they were close, but hopefully management sees the big picture. On the latest Islanders Anxiety podcast, Dan and Mike dissected the “we’re not far off” talking point that came out of clean out day, where Islanders players implied that because each game … [Read more...] about Islanders News: But that’s not the lesson here…