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On Easter Sunday the Islanders cracked the head coaching egg, firing Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer. The firing came as a shock with just four games remaining in the season and New York being a playoff contender, just one point out of a secured playoff berth. Despite being in close contention, the club will most likely fall fully out of a playoff spot before Thursday’s home game against the Maple Leafs. Roy had a tenure that was full of ups-and-downs and the true reason

A dominant power play unit is something that the New York Islanders have lacked for nearly a decade. Over the past eight seasons, beginning with the 2018/19 team, has seen only the Ducks and Flyers post a worse man-advantage success rate than New York’s 17.2% mark. If the Islanders were to get a grade, it would be an F or at least a very borderline D-. As the season draws closer to the finish line and a narrow playoff race heats up, the Islanders rank 28th out of 32 teams in