He's BAAAACK!!

Isles are officially .500 18-18-8 to be exact. They are relatively healthy and should have the system down pat. Weight is healthy and DP makes his long awaited debut tonight. Rolo has proven he is legit and if DP can begin to play even close to his ability they should make a run for the playoffs. All these talented young kids are starting to click. The isles have 4 lines that can put the puck in the net. They have 3 very solid pairs on defense. Take Biron and his 2-12-2 record out of the mix and they should finally start putting together a string of points. It is now or never for this team. Either they extend their current hot streak of 5-1-1 or they will trade vets for picks at the deadline. If they continue to stay in playoff hunt Snow has said Wang wants to spend some money. I would expect them to add one or 2 big time vets at the deadline (they have tons of cap room). That does not mean Snow is going to trade any of the young guns. Tavares and Okposo will be Islanders for a long time (tambellini, schremp, meyers.. may be packaged if it can land a Kovalchuk or nash).

Speaking of JT ; He has hit a bit of a dry spell as of late. He looked like he was finally getting angry about it in the last game. I expect him to start scoring again in these next 2 games. He is no longer avoiding contact and has started crashing the net. As all these other first round picks like Bailey, Okposo, Nielson, Schremp, Commau, and Tambellini are starting to score this team is becoming dangerous. .. 2010 they will continue suprise a lot of people.