2008 NHL Entry Draft

Josh Bailey was drafted with the 9th pick in the 2008 NHL entry draft. Crazy to think that this coming June, it will be 10 years since that moment. Looking back to that time, it wasn't exactly an ideally situation. The islanders had the 5th overall pick going into that draft. They would trade that to the leafs and swipe first round picks. The isles would move back to the 7th pick which was then moved to Nashville and they would end up picking Bailey with the 9th overall pick. 10 years after there

The NHL draft, once beyond the second round, can be likened to shooting fish in a barrel, as the saying goes. There is no clear cut way of determining what the end result of a players potential really will be once he has gone through the rigors of your organization’s development plan. And that’s not to say the development plan is all that shapes the player. There are many other intangibles and personal factors that come into play as well, ultimately separating the Shea Weber’s from the Michael Del

stick. One of the premier puck-moving defenders in the QMJHL, Chabot has quietly gone about his business and improved in each consecutive season in the league. The Ottawa Senators have to be pleased, as the 18th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft is heating up and climbing up the scoring charts. Thomas Chabot goes coast to coast for a lovely goal in the QMJHL pic.twitter.com/T9gfnKOefh— Robert Söderlind (@HockeyWebCast) November 7, 2015 And more from Thomas Chabot.

Islanders Open Training Camp Under Cloudy Skies The summer is over. Fall has arrived and with it, the return of the National Hockey League. Training camps around the league will all be opening for business, with the first on-ice sessions slated to begin Friday morning. For the New York Islanders, it seems every year lately has been ‘make or break’, for a variety of reasons. This year, however, the term might never be more accurate as the team looks to re-sign their franchise captain, finally bring

the four losses, have allowed a staggering 20 goals while showing up for, arguably, four out of 12 periods of play (two in Ottawa and two in New Jersey). In four of their last six games, they have put less than 25 shots on goal. They are 26th in the NHL in 5v5 possession (47.4%) and have a PDO of 100.6, showing they are not garnering results due to inflated shooting or save percentages. Brock Nelson has no goals in 10 games, collecting only 4 assists in that span. Ryan Strome has 3-2-5 in the same

It's never been easy for an expansion team in the NHL to succeed in their first few years; ask the 1975 Washington Capitals and their eight total wins that year. But for the first time in league history, an expansion team has started the season 3-0, outperforming nearly everyone's predictions on what the team was capable of. Are they the real deal, or are we seeing an abnormality in what will be the worst season record in the league this year? It's important to look at who's been on the other end

There were no Canadian teams in the playoffs For the first time in 46 seasons, there were no Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs. The last time this occurred was 1969-1970 season where there were only 12 teams in the league and two from Canada being the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The league has grown to 30 teams (and is in the process of expanding), with seven of them being north of the border. Although there are only seven teams representing the red and white, it’ surprising to

Islanders fans have been desiring a ‘true’ first line for some time now. To be more specific, a true ‘first-line winger’ to play with captain John Tavares. Last season, it wasn’t quite good enough for some that Josh Bailey combined with Tavares and rapidly improving Anders Lee to forge a line that combined for 75 goals, 31% of the team’s overall production, and 174 points. This year, through 13 games, it’s even higher at 48%. ‘He’ll regress’, they said. ‘He will come back down to earth and be

Senators sign Jack Rodewald to Entry Level Contract Ottawa Senators have signed forward Jack Rodewald to a two-year entry-level contract. Rodewald was on a two-year AHL contract that is now a two-year Entry Level deal. The contract carries a value of $650,000 in the National Hockey League and $70,000 in the American Hockey League each season. (Ottawa Senators.com) The 23-year-old has three goals and one assist in five games this season for Belleville. He ranks first in goals scored while third

auction market occurs during the NHL draft. The draft lottery is a weighted system implemented to determine the order of selection in the first round of the draft. The 14 teams that missed the playoffs during the previous NHL season are awarded the first 14 picks. Teams 15 through 31 are set after the Stanley Cup playoffs. They draft in order of the fewest points scored in that season to the most points, subject to the results of the draft lottery. The Draft Lottery is utilized to assign the