For every draft boom, there is a draft bust, and some of the largest draft "busts" have taken the stage wearing a New York sports team's logo. Here are ten busts.
Sometimes your glass is half-full. Sometimes your glass is half-empty. It's tough to look at getting fired from a storied franchise, which you helped return to glory with back to back Stanley Cup semi-final appearances one season ago, as a half-full event. However, in some cases, the grass may actually be greener or "hoppier" on the other side.
The New York Islanders may have missed the playoffs this season, but the decision they made today will do nothing to improve their team in future years.
He changed a franchise. He changed a community. The New York Islanders were building a great franchise but when Mike Bossy came along, something clicked. The Islanders had a goal scoring machine. Two years later, #22 was hoisting the Stanley Cup, the first of four straight for the Long Island NHL franchise.
John Spano bought control of the New York Islanders' franchise in 1996, or so we thought. Do you remember when he was discovered as a multi-million dollar fraud?
On Friday, the Nassau Coliseum turns 50 years-old. Every major musician from Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Paul McCartney, to Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, U2, Matallica, Billy Joel and some form of the Grateful Dead 44 different times, targeted a concert run at the Nassau Coliseum. It's an intimate venue to play with 14,000 of your best friends.
Nearly a decade before he was drafted, current New York Islanders' forward Oliver Wahlstrom went viral, for a shootout goal that would change his life forever.
It has been a bad decade in New York sports. The New York Giants Super Bowl victory in 2011 is the last major championship in the Big Apple. I say that all changes in 2022! Let's look into our 104.5 The Team crystal ball and see what happens in the New Year!
New York sports in 2021 was fully of drama, progress, disappointment and another year of zero 'Big 4' championships. However, it's always a good year in Big Apple sports. That's because there is always something fun to talk about. There are enough major sports soap operas to interest a few cities, nonetheless one. This year was no different. I'm not going to spoil the ending but you know that somehow COVID 19 will find its way on to our list.
Robin Lehner's career was revitalized with the New York Islanders. What fans may have not known at the time, however, was that his time on Long Island saved his life.