Holy shit. The Islanders won the draft lottery and Mike and Dan know exactly what they need to do (Draft grifters and prospect perverts be damned).
Despite having a 3.5% chance of winning and no general manager in place, the Islanders walked out of the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery with the first overall pick in this season’s draft. As Isles legend Ken Morrow - a man who only knows winning - looked on over a video call, his team got an instant ticket to erase the nonstop weirdness of this season from Hell. And of the available players at the top of this year’s draft lists - including big defenseman Matthew Schaefer and Saginaw forward Michael Misa - only one is from Long Island and grew up a die hard Islanders fan.