This is awesome. Johnny is my favourite player. I, like many Canadian hockey fans, watched him in junior for 4 years. Saw him play live in the hometown rink against the local team, Niagara ice dogs. But I think its amazing that so many American fans knew how great he was, despite the fact that he was just a teenager playing in a Canadian city. the show he put on against team USA at the world juniors on new years Eve was absolutely monumental. To be down 3- 0 after one and watch him lead the charge back is hockey magic seldom seen. I'm glad the isles got him. Good fans in nyc , and they clearly appreciated the news of his coming.
Agree. It took 4 or 5 top 2 picks for Pens to get out of the bottom of NHL. Tavares can't make Islanders contenders by himself. We need to stick to the plan, trust youngsters and continue to rebuild.
not a chance dude, Duchene will be a fine player. There is a reason why every GM in the league ranked this kid a clear cut number one, and although 3 games is an incredible small sample size, I feel they are gonna be right
k whoever says this is not much are completely wrong, this offseason has been the miracle that the isles have been waiting for, they have an amazing forward and 3 top nautch goaltenders now...
Can somebody tell me why did Islanders get DiPietro, Roloson and now Biron in the same team? Have I missed something? Am I crazy or is the half of the Islanders money going to goalkeepers only?
@Avalancheforlife1319 same amount of goals. Duchene had one more assist. And thank you for proving my point. Yes, JT was relied on much more, playing with less talented linemates and playing on the first line all year. Whats that mean? It mean's Taveres was constantly paired up against other teams top line and top defensemen. And your really gonna start comparing post season stats now when Tavares hasnt even played in any games? Man, Avanlanche fans are really starting to become disillusioned.
@Avalancheforlife1319 oh really? thats why they tied in points despite the fact tavares disappeared completely for 31 games...they will both be great, completely different players. avalanche fans need to get themselves in check. comment again in 3-4 years not after rookie season of 2 19 year olds.
Because we see this as the turnaround of our Isles team. He's a big missing piece in the puzzle. The Isles have had such bad history of picking against the fans' wishes and taking a bad pick. This is different.
This is awesome. Johnny is my favourite player. I, like many Canadian hockey fans, watched him in junior for 4 years. Saw him play live in the hometown rink against the local team, Niagara ice dogs. But I think its amazing that so many American fans knew how great he was, despite the fact that he was just a teenager playing in a Canadian city. the show he put on against team USA at the world juniors on new years Eve was absolutely monumental. To be down 3- 0 after one and watch him lead the charge back is hockey magic seldom seen. I'm glad the isles got him. Good fans in nyc , and they clearly appreciated the news of his coming.
lccarnegie is what a fan should be...rooting for another team's success after seeing them down for so long. Class act.
yeahhhh JT is an islander!!
what a great day the june of 26 for our isles.
greets from germany :-)
yes, the Islanders had a draft party at their arena and had an amazing turn out
Is it weird that I still get goose-bumps more then 3 months later??
Finally a NY team makes the right draft choice!!
LET'S GO ISLANDERS!!
look how awesome the islanders are now first place in metropolitan division
Agree. It took 4 or 5 top 2 picks for Pens to get out of the bottom of NHL. Tavares can't make Islanders contenders by himself. We need to stick to the plan, trust youngsters and continue to rebuild.
its like they won the cup. If he turns out like Crosby or Malkin Islanders will have a great team some day.
not a chance dude, Duchene will be a fine player. There is a reason why every GM in the league ranked this kid a clear cut number one, and although 3 games is an incredible small sample size, I feel they are gonna be right
k whoever says this is not much are completely wrong, this offseason has been the miracle that the isles have been waiting for, they have an amazing forward and 3 top nautch goaltenders now...
Can somebody tell me why did Islanders get DiPietro, Roloson and now Biron in the same team? Have I missed something? Am I crazy or is the half of the Islanders money going to goalkeepers only?
wow, hockey
It doesnt mean much....
but its a start
@Avalancheforlife1319 same amount of goals. Duchene had one more assist. And thank you for proving my point. Yes, JT was relied on much more, playing with less talented linemates and playing on the first line all year. Whats that mean? It mean's Taveres was constantly paired up against other teams top line and top defensemen.
And your really gonna start comparing post season stats now when Tavares hasnt even played in any games? Man, Avanlanche fans are really starting to become disillusioned.
ROTFL!!! Ya know the Isles have been down for a while, when people get this charged up over the draft.
I love how people are getting hard ons for a guy who hasn't even played 1 second in the pros.
LOL @ Jets
check back in 2 or 3 years
not at all man, everytime i see this video i still do as well.
@Avalancheforlife1319 oh really? thats why they tied in points despite the fact tavares disappeared completely for 31 games...they will both be great, completely different players. avalanche fans need to get themselves in check. comment again in 3-4 years not after rookie season of 2 19 year olds.
Because we see this as the turnaround of our Isles team. He's a big missing piece in the puzzle. The Isles have had such bad history of picking against the fans' wishes and taking a bad pick. This is different.
@nymets6986e Try 2 years later :)
lol at this comment