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New York Islanders: A Year In Review

Dec 31, 2016; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; New York Islanders fans reacts at the glass when New York Islanders player Andrew Ladd throws a puck prior to the game between the Winnipeg Jets and the New York Islanders at MTS Centre. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2016; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; New York Islanders fans reacts at the glass when New York Islanders player Andrew Ladd throws a puck prior to the game between the Winnipeg Jets and the New York Islanders at MTS Centre. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-USA TODAY Sports /
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November 22, 2016; Anaheim, CA, USA; New York Islanders celebrate the 3-2 shootout victory against the Anaheim Ducks during at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
November 22, 2016; Anaheim, CA, USA; New York Islanders celebrate the 3-2 shootout victory against the Anaheim Ducks during at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /

November by Michel Anderson

We wanted to make this year in review as positive as can be, but November was a terrible, terrible month for the Islanders.

It started with an awful 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The first of three losses to Tampa in just under two weeks to the Lightning. Three losses where the Isles were outscored by a margin of 14-2.

The losses didn’t stop there. The Isles went 4-5-5 the entire month of November. Picking up 13 points from a possible 28. And soon the Islanders found themselves at the bottom the Division, Conference, and the League.

It was bad times for the boys in orange and blue.

This was supposed to be a year of growth, like the two before it. But somehow the Islanders had regressed and regressed badly. Almost as if they had done a full 360, to the years before John Tavares, where they regularly toiled at the bottom of the standings.

Was it the guys they let leave in free agency? Like Kyle Okposo? Who was having a seemingly great time in Buffalo. Or the guys that they brought in to replace them? Like Andrew Ladd, who only had three points by the end of the month.

Whatever it was, November wasn’t a good time.

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