New York Islanders

There sure are a lot of questions floating in the Atlantic: Will the Penguins be as formidable after bleeding free agents all summer? Will Simon Gagne be healthy enough to put the Flyers over the top? Can the Devils...

The National Hockey League' 2008-09 pre-season schedule runs from Saturday, Sept. 20 through Monday, Oct. 6. The 110-game slate features the four NHL clubs who will open the 2008-09 regular season in Europe -- the...

SIGNED: Corey Perry (Ducks), Brendan Morrison (Canucks), David LeNeveu (Rangers) Steve Montador (Panthers), Brennan Evans (Sharks). Josh Green (Canucks), Drew Miller (Ducks), Joakim Lindstrom (Blue Jackets, trade)

On balance, newly appointed New York Islanders coach Scott Gordon is entitled to say whatever he wants about the future of what is currently one of the NHL's most downtrodden franchises.

Last week's whitepaper on surviving your team's nuclear winter of struggle drew a fair amount of opinion, heated and otherwise, from readers. Before I turn the floor over, I'd like to salute those athletes who make...