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We’re going over the New York Islanders offseason so far, and how Mathieu Darche needs to be stopped.
We’ll be going over the Noah Dobson trade for Emil Heineman, as well as Matthew Schaefer, Maxim Shabanov, and others.
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Noah Dobson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 29 of the draft went as follows:
1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
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29 Comments
Lgi
I'm impressed with how the Islanders have had a nice revitalization through the trades they've made. That being said I don't think they will be very competitive for the year. Maybe next one ?
Stan Darche needs to be stopped
A month ago @legorocks99 was talking about how the Isles were going to trade Horvat and Barzal for other teams' dog poop, I see you Detroit and Vancouver and Montreal, and NOW all of a sudden there is a realization that the Islanders are a legit NHL team with a real future. Thanks for catching up to speed with what everybody following the NYI team knew for a while now.
Keep it up Darche
Alvin should take notes
But he won’t
As an isles fan, keep it up, we love to see it!
Great offseason so far! They needed to get younger and faster which they did. Lou probably would have maintained the status quo meaning borderline playoff team again. First time I’m excited for the future in a while. Team is still a borderline playoff team but with a way better prospect pool and 2 first rounders in a strong draft next year.
The experts, particularly the Canadian hockey media, has been talking about Noah Dobson like he's Larry Robinson or something. He's a good player, no doubt, and I think will be better on the Canadiens than he was on the Islanders because he'll be the #2 instead of the #1, and he's better suited for that position. But I've seen a number of commentators say they're surprised that Islander fans aren't more upset about losing Dobson.
Maybe that's because Islander fans have seen a lot more of Dobson than the commentators have and weren't overwhelmed by what they saw while commentators can only see "6'4, right handed D, he scored 70 points" without ever really watching him play. Maybe there are subtleties to Dobson's game that are beyond what we dumb fans can see, but right now we can see a guy who, yeah, he's a good player, but he's not the all-world, all time great that he's all of a sudden become just because now he's a member of the great Montreal Canadiens.
As an isles fan I couldn’t be happier with this off season
I like the Habs but they’re not getting what they think they are. Feel bad.
Isles suck.
now trade quinn for schaefer and horvat
They identified Darche as their guy. John Collins is no joke he knew exactly what he wanted in the new GM. Ownership is fully supportive, willing to spend, and comfortable with letting him run the show. He is Bolstering this current roster with cheap, but possibly high reward players. I also think the vets in the locker room know Darche has zero attachment to any of them. I think they will be more motivated than they have been in the past. Lol 😂 he is also going to look to pile up young prospects and draft capital. The Training Camp is going to be highly competitive, you’re going to see NHL names on waivers and shipped to Bridgeport. Lou’s Country Club is closed, vets are going to have to fight for jobs. Pressure to perform is going to be real. The roster is overstocked, the kids are coming. Bottomline if you’re not hungry Darche is going to trade or wave you. Riding the AHL bus down in Bridgeport should be motivating. Same with ice time Patrick isn’t going to play, he has options and a GM that gets it. They aren’t as talented as most teams, but can they create the hunger that compensates for that. Barry did it, I believe Patrick can too. Happy to see Lane Lambert get the Seattle job. There wasn’t anything wrong with him either, it was the team!
Mathieu Darche may turn into a Bill Torrey who brought multiple Cups to Long Island.
Improve special teams…climb the standings
Mathieu Darche like the movies he made,,in trades or sign
Darche is on a tear. Dobson is awful in every zone
Let’s go islanders
Btw, Isles fans, how has Romanov been? I miss that guy.
Let's Go Islanders! Right path? Hell yeah. If you keep the content flowing, we will keep engaging.
Darche Vader go man
keep up the isles coverage! as an isles fan I've enjoyed your videos on my boys,
LGI!
Let’s go Islanders!
Most exciting time to be an Isles fan since the 80s. No doubt
The isles finally got it right. Darche has not only made this team very competitive for this year, but more importantly, for the future as well. many top stars will now want to come to NY, & I dont mean Manhattan. thank you John Collins for getting it right. lets go islanders.
I'm so happy with Darche. He is switched on and also isn't scared to be transparent in front of cameras. I'm in shock we actually made a great gm hire and hope he's here for a long time
I hope a bunch of these prospects besides Shaefer can make the roster coming out of camp.
As an Isles fan, I haven’t seen this much excitement around the team in decades not even when they made their deep runs in the playoffs. Finally have a coach GM and ownership group with a shared vision for the future let’s go isles.