Islanders: Best Player To Wear Number 24

Continuing our best of series, today we will look at the best player to wear number 24 for the New York Islanders in their history.

After back to back strong days with number 22 and 23, we have a bit of a dud with number 24 and the New York Islanders. 24 players, ironically, have worn number 24 starting with Ron Stewart in 1973.

Some other notables who have worn the number are Walt Ledingham, Mikko Makela, Radek Martinek, Brad Boyes, and most recently Scott Mayfield starting in 2018. of that group, Mikko Makela will be our honorable mention.

Makela came up and put up production right away. In 1986, he had 36 points (16 goals, 20 assists) in 56 games. The following year, he had 57 points but…