This draft, the Chicago Blackhawks did things a little differently. They surveyed their pipeline, full of smallish, skilled ...

Lamoriello, who used four successive first-round picks to acquire Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Kyle Palmieri, Alexander Romanov and ...

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

The New York Islanders selected defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first overall pick at the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday in ...

LOS ANGELES – The expectation always was for the Islanders to select defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first pick in the ...

Corey Pronman details what to expect from the New York Islanders’ new prospects and how they fit into the farm system. 2025 ...

Acquired as part of the Noah Dobson deal with the Canadiens, the Islanders selected Eklund, the 18-year-old Swede, with the ...

After a strong showing at the 2025 NHL Draft this weekend, the Islanders padded their organizational depth with a couple of ...

LOS ANGELES — The New York Islanders selected defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft Friday night.

New York surprises nobody by using its first No. 1 selection since 2009 on the 17-year-old Schaefer, a 6-foot-2 blue liner ...

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