I also want to give a shoutout to Todd McLellan who played 5 games with the Islanders in 1987-88. I wanted to put him in the list but I couldn’t find a picture of him on the Islanders.
You could have told me Kozlov played 4 seasons there and I would have believed it. Seemed like more than one year for some reason.
penguins8766
A couple of these clips remind me of just how terrible the Reebok Edge rebrand was in 2007-08 for a lot of teams. The Isles jersey from that period is god awful.
Anxious-Reading-3678
I feel like Vanek and Marc Bergevin are on half of these lists…
Also, is it just me or does it look like Cliff Ronning is wearing equipment from 5 different teams in that photo.
Condolences to Pandolfo for having to wear *that* jersey.
Boboar
That Ryan Smythe card is hilarious. My first thought was the orange looked right because it’s close enough to Edmonton, until you notice the logo. But then the banner says « Colorado Avalanche » and I’m like, make up your mind, Ryan.
moosebaloney
Ronning’s gloves….
Repulsive-Minute-559
You can do an edition with Vanek and Bergevin lol
Hockeymask27_
Vanek as an islander seems like something I should remember
Caniac1017
Reebok produced pure shit in Jersey designs. Holy shit some of these from 2008-2011 are flat out bad.
trance1g
It’s funny with Ryan smyth because it’s the same colors he wore forever just a different circular logo hahaha
SauceHankRedemption
Seems like mathieu Schneider is in like every one of these
Devilishdozer
Idk should Neiderreiter or Luongo be considered unusual considering they drafted both of them?
Little-Aide-5396
How was Zajac rocking a goatee with Lou in charge? Was it the playoffs?
saucytopcheddar
Wendel Clark’s 58 gp?
golfy_m8
Kozlov and Filppula were actually super solid for the Isles.
SomethingFoul
Fascinating to see the NJD → NYI pipeline even before Lou made the move.
SnowshoeTaboo
Gotta admit, I look forward to this post daily! Thanks man.
BigBlackSabbathFlag
Ron Hextall peeps
project305
Should be noted that the Isles drafted Luongo and Niederreiter
discofrislanders
There’s a guy I know who has a podcast that covers « Weird Islanders, » so this is cool.
Also, I cannot stress this enough, FUCK KIRK MULLER
flamethrowingfoe
“Now with Islanders”
DFF_Canuck
« Now with Islanders » written right on Brodeur’s hockey card is poetry.
CaptainJingles
Luongo is a weird one since I heavily associate him with the Islanders due to them developing him.
xxfatpigxx
I’m happy my boy Zajaculation signed his one day contract to retire a Devil, the guy was solid as they come during such a rough era of the team. Glad they did try to give him one more shot at the Cup with the Isles though that year. He deserved it as much as anybody.
Boner666420sXe
Kirk Muller 😠
sharkterritory
Evgeni Nabokov should be on this list
Agreeable_Abroad_82
My god, that Ronning helmet!
Dull_Alps1832
I had no idea that half of these guys played for the Islanders. I definitely don’t remember Corey Schneider, wtf that was a thing?
CoryEETguy
Lotta ex-devils here… weird.
JohnYCanuckEsq
Wendel Clark should be on this list
Conical
It would have been entertaining to include Chara, since his one year stint before retiring was 60 years after his first stint.
For fun it’s worth noting that both Carter Verhaeghe and Jared Spurgeon were also Islanders property at one point. Verhaeghe attended camp and played a few preseason games with the Isles after coming over in the Micheal Grabner trade and as well as some games for Bridgeport before being traded for Kristers Gudļevskis because they badly needed a starting goalie.
Spurgeon was actually a rare gem find by us, we drafted him in the 6th round in 2008 but the Islanders used up his years of team control and never made a decision with him.
Itspanzertime
Trevor Linden
cleofisrandolph1
The fact that you didn’t include Trevor Linden is wrong. there is no man who looks worse in the Islander jersey than him.
TheDeadReagans
Luongo’s time with the Islanders:
– Drafted 4th overall in 1997
– Played 24 games in 1999-00
– Traded to the Panthers so the Islanders could draft Rick DiPietro in 2000 off season. The trade was Luongo and Ollie Jokinen for Oleg Kvasha (that was the Panthers’ centerpiece in the deal) and Mark Parrish. Mark Parrish himself publicly has said he thought that was a terrible trade.
Mike Milbury was so bad at his job that it should be illegal for him to ever watch hockey again.
jay5627
❤️ Andrew Mcdonald
tom_servo99
That one game he played for the Isles was Corey Schneider’s final game in the NHL
AwesomeIslander918
They really made a Corey Schneider Islanders hockey card after just one game.
buckyhermit
I’m surprised Trevor Linden didn’t make this list.
EldraziAlbatross8787
I think I was too hard on the Oilers orange jersey – the one Smyth is wearing here for the Islanders is truly revolting.
replayer
Potvin is the only one here that really feels weird to me. You should have included Wendel Clark and Ron Hextal.
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I also want to give a shoutout to Todd McLellan who played 5 games with the Islanders in 1987-88. I wanted to put him in the list but I couldn’t find a picture of him on the Islanders.
Here are the previous editions:
[Anaheim](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e068lx/players_on_unusual_teams_anaheim_edition/)
[Arizona](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e12rgm/players_on_unusual_teams_arizona_edition/)
[Atlanta](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e1s59m/players_on_unusual_teams_atlanta_edition/)
[Boston](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e2px9i/players_on_unusual_teams_boston_edition/)
[Buffalo](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e3e67l/players_on_unusual_teams_buffalo_edition/)
[Calgary](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e48cy1/players_on_unusual_teams_calgary_edition/)
[Carolina](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e5325e/players_on_unusual_teams_carolina_edition/)
[Chicago](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e5sre7/players_on_unusual_teams_chicago_edition/)
[Colorado](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e6mhws/players_on_unusual_teams_colorado_edition/)
[Columbus](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e7dlhi/players_on_unusual_teams_columbus_edition/)
[Dallas](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e819fk/players_on_unusual_teams_dallas_edition/)
[Detroit](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e8toeo/players_on_unusual_teams_detroit_edition/)
[Edmonton](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1e9pg4w/players_on_unusual_teams_edmonton_edition/)
[Florida](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1ebby6u/players_on_unusual_teams_florida_edition/)
[Hartford](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1ec4v7n/players_on_unusual_teams_hartford_edition/)
[Los Angeles](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1eczjx4/players_on_unusual_teams_los_angeles_edition/)
[Minnesota](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1edufsn/players_on_unusual_teams_minnesota_edition/)
[Montréal](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1eejzvt/players_on_unusual_teams_montr%C3%A9al_edition/)
[Nashville](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1efzm52/players_on_unusual_teams_nashville_edition/)
[New Jersey](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1ehioqh/players_on_unusual_teams_new_jersey_edition/)
You could have told me Kozlov played 4 seasons there and I would have believed it. Seemed like more than one year for some reason.
A couple of these clips remind me of just how terrible the Reebok Edge rebrand was in 2007-08 for a lot of teams. The Isles jersey from that period is god awful.
I feel like Vanek and Marc Bergevin are on half of these lists…
Also, is it just me or does it look like Cliff Ronning is wearing equipment from 5 different teams in that photo.
No Chris Osgood?
https://preview.redd.it/38pun0abkcgd1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a166b507b6a6c0135250aff2492827ef5e7c690b
2001 – 2003
Condolences to Pandolfo for having to wear *that* jersey.
That Ryan Smythe card is hilarious. My first thought was the orange looked right because it’s close enough to Edmonton, until you notice the logo. But then the banner says « Colorado Avalanche » and I’m like, make up your mind, Ryan.
Ronning’s gloves….
You can do an edition with Vanek and Bergevin lol
Vanek as an islander seems like something I should remember
Reebok produced pure shit in Jersey designs. Holy shit some of these from 2008-2011 are flat out bad.
It’s funny with Ryan smyth because it’s the same colors he wore forever just a different circular logo hahaha
Seems like mathieu Schneider is in like every one of these
Idk should Neiderreiter or Luongo be considered unusual considering they drafted both of them?
How was Zajac rocking a goatee with Lou in charge? Was it the playoffs?
Wendel Clark’s 58 gp?
Kozlov and Filppula were actually super solid for the Isles.
Fascinating to see the NJD → NYI pipeline even before Lou made the move.
Gotta admit, I look forward to this post daily! Thanks man.
Ron Hextall peeps
Should be noted that the Isles drafted Luongo and Niederreiter
There’s a guy I know who has a podcast that covers « Weird Islanders, » so this is cool.
Also, I cannot stress this enough, FUCK KIRK MULLER
“Now with Islanders”
« Now with Islanders » written right on Brodeur’s hockey card is poetry.
Luongo is a weird one since I heavily associate him with the Islanders due to them developing him.
I’m happy my boy Zajaculation signed his one day contract to retire a Devil, the guy was solid as they come during such a rough era of the team. Glad they did try to give him one more shot at the Cup with the Isles though that year. He deserved it as much as anybody.
Kirk Muller 😠
Evgeni Nabokov should be on this list
My god, that Ronning helmet!
I had no idea that half of these guys played for the Islanders. I definitely don’t remember Corey Schneider, wtf that was a thing?
Lotta ex-devils here… weird.
Wendel Clark should be on this list
It would have been entertaining to include Chara, since his one year stint before retiring was 60 years after his first stint.
forgot [someone](https://isolatedcards.com/products/325-wendel-clark-new-york-islanders-1995-96-upper-deck-hockey) 58 games 95-96
Felix Potvin was an aesthetically pleasing goalie in every uniform he wore.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 28 games
Ya gotta shoot to score
Definitely would have liked to see Andy Greene on here
https://preview.redd.it/ee45qtyt5dgd1.jpeg?width=430&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf6d248669a6e79eb8ad00b655f09dfd6de1f50a
I’d like to add Trevor Linden to the list.
For fun it’s worth noting that both Carter Verhaeghe and Jared Spurgeon were also Islanders property at one point. Verhaeghe attended camp and played a few preseason games with the Isles after coming over in the Micheal Grabner trade and as well as some games for Bridgeport before being traded for Kristers Gudļevskis because they badly needed a starting goalie.
https://preview.redd.it/snkv652vddgd1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1e21a8877ffc65e7c65bd0e2f1c5ce9c861fda3
Spurgeon was actually a rare gem find by us, we drafted him in the 6th round in 2008 but the Islanders used up his years of team control and never made a decision with him.
Trevor Linden
The fact that you didn’t include Trevor Linden is wrong. there is no man who looks worse in the Islander jersey than him.
Luongo’s time with the Islanders:
– Drafted 4th overall in 1997
– Played 24 games in 1999-00
– Traded to the Panthers so the Islanders could draft Rick DiPietro in 2000 off season. The trade was Luongo and Ollie Jokinen for Oleg Kvasha (that was the Panthers’ centerpiece in the deal) and Mark Parrish. Mark Parrish himself publicly has said he thought that was a terrible trade.
Mike Milbury was so bad at his job that it should be illegal for him to ever watch hockey again.
❤️ Andrew Mcdonald
That one game he played for the Isles was Corey Schneider’s final game in the NHL
They really made a Corey Schneider Islanders hockey card after just one game.
I’m surprised Trevor Linden didn’t make this list.
I think I was too hard on the Oilers orange jersey – the one Smyth is wearing here for the Islanders is truly revolting.
Potvin is the only one here that really feels weird to me. You should have included Wendel Clark and Ron Hextal.
Where’s Vanbiesbrouck?