The NHL held its first decentralized draft outside of the COVID year. It took away from the interesting parts of the first ...

Islanders GM and EVP Mathieu Darche is “beyond excited” winger Victor Eklund and defenseman Kashawn Aitcheson were available ...

Schaefer played only 17 games last season before breaking his collarbone in December, but Schaefer’s acumen on both ends of ...

Matthew Schaefer, weeping, kissing the cancer ribbon on the New York Islanders jersey adorned with his name, moments after they chose him first overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.

But, fast-forwarding to Friday in his current position as Montreal’s executive VP of hockey operations, Gorton oversaw the trade for Dobson by sending the Islanders the 16th and 17th selections in the ...

Matthew Schaefer is excited to get going with Isles after first-overall selection after putting up 22 points (7G, 15A) and a ...

Another first-round pick from that year who didn’t pan out the way anybody imagined was defenseman Nils Lundkvist, who was ...

The Islanders received Swedish wing Emil Heineman, 23, and picks Nos. 16 and 17 in the first round of Friday night's draft.

Both former New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson and new general manager Mathieu Darche disclosed that their split, ...

“We’re going to beat the Rangers every time we play them,” defenseman Matthew Schaefer said Friday night after the Islanders ...

Tracking all of the latest NHL trades, including the Islanders trading Noah Dobson to the Canadiens, per report.

Schaefer is the first draft pick made by new Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche, who was just hired last month. The Islanders did not renew Lou Lamoriello's contract after the 2024-25 season, ...