New York Islanders Sober Reflection Over Individual Awards

At the start of the season, I tried to project what New York Islanders players could challenge and maybe even win an individual award. And boy, I was off.

It’s been years since the New York Islanders were frequently involved in individual awards. Since that dynastic run in the 80’s the Islanders have fallen off the relevancy radar of the NHL. And thus nowhere near the awards ceremony.

Sure the Isles had that run in 1993 when they went to the Eastern Conference Finals, but that was a blip in an unremarkable number of decades since Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier, and Denis Potvin ran the show.

Rarely have the New York Islanders had representation at the NHL Awards ceremony? Rarely have one of their…