Cant Knock the ISLES

Guess who is one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now... Yup I know you didnt guess the New York Islanders, but they are. Today they royally roughed up one of the top goaltenders of this season and all time as they defeated Martin Brodeur and the NJ Devils this afternoon on Long Island (4-0). They have won 9 of their last 11 including 4 straight with two of those being victories of 6-0 and 4-0 over Detroit and NJ. They also are making their move in the conference towards the final playoff push. Currently they sit in the 8th and final playoff spot but are only 2 points back of 5th. The Isles also are 3-1 this season vs their cross town rival Rangers .  Great news came last week as the Islanders welcome back the return of franchise player and goaltender Rick Dipietro. He has had 2 injury plagued seasons and is finally healthy. His last 2 starts he defeated Top place Buffalo in a shoot out 3-2 and today he posted his first shutout in 2 years. With him in net back to his old self look for the Islanders to cause some damage in the upcoming months. With solid goaltending from DP and Dwayne Roloson, a veteren defense led by Andy Sutton and Mark Streit, combined with their youth on offense which is headed by Kyle Okposo, Matt Moulson and John Taveres and  look for the islanders to be strong contenders for the NHLs second season.

Future Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur