New York Islanders Best All-Decade Starting Lineup

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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 01: The New York Islanders skate out to play against the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 01, 2018 in Uniondale, New York. The Islanders were playing in their first regular season game since April of 2015 when the team moved their home games to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Islanders defeated the Blue Jackets 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

What is the New York Islanders best lineup throughout the last ten years? If you could pool all the players that played for the Isles between 2009 and 2019 who would make your starting lineup?

Recently ESPN posted a few great pieces looking back over the last decade. The New York Islanders didn’t feature in their Best and Worst teams of the decade but featured twice with Barry Trotz’s Jack Adams win in 2018-19 and Mathew Barzal‘s rookie season in 2017-18 in their all-decade award piece.

It’s easy to see why the Islanders didn’t feature in either the best or worst team section for the decade. They’ve been nowhere good enough to be the ‘best’ only won two playoff series in the last 25 years. And with seasons like the 2016-17 Avalanche who had only 22 wins over the season, the Isles were nowhere near the worst either.

But with Barzal and Barry being named in the all-decade award winners (and deservedly so), the New York Islanders have quality on the roster (or in the organization).

So it got me thinking, what is the New York Islanders best all-decade starting lineup?

If I built a team of players who played for the Islanders between the 2009-2010 and 2018-2019 seasons, who would play in each position?

Points clearly mattered but I also looked at points-per-game and length with the team. I also allowed myself to take a player that didn’t play a particular position. (You’ll see).