Team: 2022-23 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 3, 2023

Published: Apr. 3, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

If the Isles make the playoffs, I can see them going far unlike Pittsburgh and Florida. I thought the Isles were fine until they lost the btb this weekend. They should be able to win 3 of their last 4 games. That should be the enough because they hold the tiebreaker over Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh still has to play Jersey and Minny. They also have to play Detroit which they have problems beating. Pittsburgh does end the season with Chicago and Columbus. Florida right now has the same # of RWs, but have a game in hand. Florida plays Buffalo, Ottawa, Washington, Toronto, and Carolina to end their season. I can see them massively underperform or come up clutch. Matt Barzal should be back for the playoffs and he should be able to get Bo Horvat going again. I can see Ilya Sorokin outduelling Linus Ullmark or Freddy Andersen in the playoffs. Ullmark and Swayman has limited playoff experience. The Canes won't have Svech. Both Andersen and Raanta are injury prone. If Barry Trotz was still head coach, I'm sure there would be more people taking the Isles as a dark horse.