The 25-year-old signed with the Islanders as an undrafted free agent in 2019 after wrapping up his college career at Miami (Ohio) and was capped to a one-year entry-level term due to his age. Hutton’s first full professional campaign was a decent one as he posted 21 points in 55 games with AHL Bridgeport, good for third among Sound Tigers. All because the Islanders brass wanted to sign 31-year old Semyon Varlamov to a four-year deal at a $5 million cap hit. The theme of the 2019-20 season and likely the biggest factor in.
Have you ever looked at a sports photo and thought of a funny caption? We have, and here’s a collection of some. If you enjoy this one, leave us a comment afterward. We will do a series called NHL Comic Captions by team collecting some photos with humorous captions to entertain you during this suspension in play… and perhaps cheer you up a bit. Today we cover the New York Islanders comic captions for the 2019-20 season.
New York Islanders Comic Captions for 2019-20
Mathew Barzal
The Islanders know they have a good one in Mathew Barzal. His worth will be displayed as as the team realises that his entry-level years are over. He will certainly get a contract that’s worth his performance. The issue may be the salary cap restrictions seeing that if the cap stays put, the team will only have about $10 million in cap space with other players contracts expiring as well. His 2015-16 season was considered an entry-level slide due to his young age.
Barzal was the winner of the Calder Trophy in 2017-18, given to be the best rookie. He had 22 goals, 63 assists for 85 points in that season. His power play production was off the charts. He had five goals and an amazing 22 assists.
Over his short career he has 59 goals and 148 assists in 234 games. His playmaking ability helps his team every time he steps out on the ice. He followed up his rookie season with 62 and 60 points respectively. The pace for the current season was slowed due to the pandemic shortened season. He was scoring 0.88 points per game before the season halted.
Barzal is surely the future of the New York Islanders. He is an explosive skater and always a threat to test the opposing team’s defence. Iexplorer 4 3 7 32.
Here’s our New York Islanders comic caption for Matthew Barzal.
“Wow Alex am I regretting having that pizza with anchovies I had before the game.”
Mathew Barzal, forward – New York Islanders
Brock Nelson
Brock Nelson has been a solid performer over his seven-year career for the Islanders. His career marks are above average. He has participated in 548 games with 150 goals and 145 assists good for 295 points or 0.45 points per game.
It would seem for what the New York club is paying him with his six-year $36 million contract he signed in May of last year that he’d contribute more. The Isles are just not a good offensive team. They are ranked 24th in the NHL with just a 2.78 goals-per-game average.
Nelson did his share this season with 26 goals which tied his best output he had during the 2015-16 season when he played in 81 games. Most assuredly, he would have surpassed this had the season not been interrupted by a pandemic. He had 28 assists to give him a total of 54 points. He is a very accurate shooter with a career shooting percentage of 13 percent. It’s a no-brainer to get him the puck more often if the Isles want to improve their offence.
Here’s our New York Islanders comic caption for Brock Nelson.
“Jonathan let me introduce you to the boards, you two were meant for each other.”
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Brock Nelson, forward – New York Islanders
Anders Lee
Anders Lee is excellent forward on the Islanders’ team. The soon to be 30-year-old native of Edina, Minnesota signed a seven-year $49 million contract in July of last year. His career numbers show why the Isles wanted to keep him on their roster. In 493 games he has collected 172 goals and 129 assists for 301 points.
Lee, is a physical forward coming in at 6′-3″, 231 pounds. He has used that size to hand out 1.74 hits per game. In other words, if you see Lee coming your way you had better seek shelter.
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This season he accumulated 20 goals, and 23 assists for 43 points in 68 games. Again, he like Nelson are great shooters with Lee gathering a career 13.5 percent shooting accuracy. With what the Isles gave both of these forwards considering their excellent shooting ability, the puck should be on their sticks more often.
With the Islanders facing an unpredictable Florida Panthers team, both Lee and Nelson need to hit the net turning on the red light with frequency.
Here’s our New York Islanders comic caption for Anders Lee.
“Comeon Vincent you could have at least used a tissue, for crying out loud!”
Anders Lee, forward – New York Islanders
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With the 2019-20 NHL season on hold we are going to take a look at where each NHL team stands at this moment with a series of posts examining their season. Have they met expectations? Exceeded expectations? Who has been the surprise? All of that and more. Today we look at the 2019-20 New York Islanders.
2019-20 New York Islanders
Record: 35-23-10 (80 points in 68 games), positioned sixth in the Metro and ninth in the East. Islanders would rank ahead of Blue Jackets by points percentage (and thus be in the postseason by that metric).
Leading Scorer:Mathew Barzal – 60 points (19 goals and 41 assists)
Leading Scorer:Mathew Barzal – 60 points (19 goals and 41 assists)
In-Season Roster Moves
- Acquired Andy Greenein a trade with the Devils for David Quenneville and a 2021 second-round pick.
- Landed Jean-Gabriel Pageaufrom the Senators for a 2020 second-round pick, a conditional 2020 first-rounder, and a conditional third-round pick in 2022. The Islanders went on to sign Pageau to an interesting contract extension.
Season Overview
The Islanders may very well have been the coldest (relevant) team in the NHL before the pause.
Most obviously, the Islanders found themselves mired in a seven-game losing streak, the worst “active” slump in the league. While the Isles managed to squeeze four points from that skid (0-3-4), that’s still troubling.
When you zoom out, their struggles stretch back further. The Islanders managed only two wins since Feb. 4k video downloader 4 11 3g. 13 (2-7-4), and just six victories since Jan. 11 (6-11-7). Such struggles opened the door for the Rangers and other usurpers to push the Islanders out of the playoffs entirely.
It was quite the fall for an Islanders team that was flirting with at least a round of home-ice advantage during hotter stretches of 2019-20.
But one also cannot deny that the Islanders deserve credit for that hotter stretch. Barry Trotz’s system combines with strong goaltending from Thomas Greiss and Semyon Varlamov to form a team that’s tough to score against.
While the Islanders were slipping quite a bit, and facing a road-heavy stretch that would have seen them play eight of their would-be next 11 games on the road, they also were in position to return to the postseason. Technically, the Blue Jackets (81 points in 70 games) rank ahead of the Islanders, but only by a point, while the Isles hold two games in hand.
Will the Islanders get to prove they can right the ship? Can they justify spending around the trade deadline on J.G. Pageau and Andy Greene? Loopback 2 1 3 x 2.
We may never find out those answers, yet Trotz cemented once again that his defensive schemes can keep his teams competitive. After all, few teams would be too troubled if you told them they’d have a 35-23-10 record through 68 games.
Highlight of the Season for 2019-20 Islanders
Islanders fans savor opportunities to roast people who’ve predicted that their team would flop. With that in mind, the earlier parts of 2019-20 served up a decadent buffet.
After a brief stumble out of the gate, the Islanders rattled off a 10-game winning streak from Oct. 12 – Nov. 5.
The Islanders avenged the Penguins ending their 10-game winning streak by beating Pittsburgh twice to extend their point streak to a franchise-record 16 games. The Islanders rumbled to an impressive 16-3-1 record, ascending to the top spot in PHT’s Power Rankings for late November.
Islanders 2019-20
If you want an individual highlight, credit Pageau with scoring a goal and getting in a fight to celebrate his Islanders debut. Watch the scrap below:
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Islanders 2019-2020 Results
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Islanders 2019-2020 Roster
James O’Brien is a writer forPro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at[email protected] or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.