2012-09-13 12:53:00
A budding team with loads of promise, is this the year the New York Islanders finally take a major step towards or into the playoffs, or will they languish in a lottery slot once again? John Tavares leads the charge, but there are still questions that linger on Long Island.
Today's THN Puck Panel continues our look at 30 teams in 30 days by analyzing the New York Islanders, who THN pegged to finish 15th in the East.
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"If we do pick first, we're leaning more toward one of those three forwards."
- Colorado's executive vice president of hockey operations, Joe Sakic, on what the Avalanche plan to do with the first overall pick at the June 30 entry draft. Many were expecting Colorado to take defenseman Seth Jones.