Last year, arguably the biggest weakness the New York Islanders had was their power play. They finished 29th in the league in power play percentage (14.5 percent) and they were tied for second to last in the total number of power play goals with 33.
It was Scott Gomez’s job to run the power play, and after an abysmal season, he kind of just disappeared into the night. We didn’t hear a lot about him this offseason and then one day he just wasn’t here.
In June, the Islanders added Jim Hiller to the staff.