Skates at the Stakes 2

Jake and Ryan are back to give thoughts on the Islanders start through 9 games, injury crisis, positives in their performance and wrap around the NHL to laugh at the bad teams.

Jake & Ryan are joined by Stefen Rosner to discuss the Islanders massive home opener win against the Devils and a potential big swing. The the boys discuss the upcoming Rangers game, potential Varlamov return and the open to Hamilton's season.

Ryan and Jake are back to recap a "meh" Islanders opening night and cover the Logan Stanley signing as well as the Athletic's Mathieu Darche feature.

Ryan and Jake host Theory of Hockey founder Nick Zararis to cover the metro division before the season kicks off!

Jake and Ryan welcome Phil (@IslesCave) onto the show tonight to cover the first two games of Islanders preseason, Barzal's injury and early training camp impressions as the Islanders ramp up to the season.

Jake and Ryan catch you up for Islanders training camp this week!

Ryan and Jake are back with a Summer Catch Up Episode of Skates at the Stakes. The episode questions whether the Islanders truly improved after a quiet, messy offseason and breaks down the key roster changes, prospect battles, and early-season pressure points. Ryan and Jakob also dive into the jersey‑contest and Hamilton moves that could shape New York’s long‑term future.

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Anders Lee’s exit and the open captaincy

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Maccelli gamble and Vanecek as Sorokin’s backup

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Kessel/Chaffee depth additions and Thompson’s power‑play impact

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McKee and Gold’s development roles

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Eiserman/Eklund's path to the roster

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Fan‑designed jerseys

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Early schedule tests and rookies to watch

Jake and Ryan are back to discuss the New York Islanders moves and lack of moves leading up to the 2026 NHL Draft. They then discuss the team's performance at the 2026 Draft, Pascal Dupuis hire, Qualifying Offers, dev camp and preview free agency !

Jake and Ryan recap the Canes Stanley Cup finals victory, lessons learned, cover the 2026 NHL draft as well as potential islanders buyouts and trades.

Islanders don't win the lottery and that is okay! The boys are back to talk Toronto's lottery win, talk about guys the Isles can pick at 13 overall, preview the NHL free agent class and riff on other happenings around the NHL.

This one has everything:

- No Fail Darche Decisions

- Mini Draft Preview

- B-islanders playoff preview

- Massive Mailbag

The boys are back on the podcast to discuss the feeble end of the 2025-26 Islanders, assign blame and discuss where to go from here.

Full Stack tonight going over:

- Peter Deboer !!

- Goodbye Roy

- Right Timeline?

- Islanders Vent Session

- Prospect Corner ELC Edition

The boys discuss the playoff race in the East, St. Pat's win over the Leafs, disappointing losses to Ottawa and Montreal and a huge win against Columbus. The second half of the episode will be ranking the futures (cup in the next 3-5 years) for teams in the West.

AJ and Ryan are back this week to discuss an overall positive week for the Islanders, which Anaheim ducks defenseman is most intriguing, debate whether or not Simon Holmstrom has the best shot anyone on the Isles in our lifetime, talk some Schaefer/Schenn, NCAA seasons ending and rank all of the futures (cup in 1-3 years) for teams in the eastern conference.

Ryan and Jake are back this weekend to record recapping the moves made by the Islanders at the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline (Schenn, Pageau) as well as the moves they didn't make. We stick around for some trade grades in the second hour as well as talking Duclair / Shabanov's future.

Ryan and AJ come at you guys to talk about three massive (ethical) Islanders wins against Montreal, Columbus and Florida then take one final look at the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline (Kyrou, Tippett, Trocheck).

I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play
The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small

AJ is back, the takes are hot, the trade deadline is previewed and the whole world is watching the Olympics

Jake and Ryan are back to catch up on this Islanders season mid-season, analyze Soucey & Palat trades, look at some underperformers, discuss trade targets and discuss Olympic Hockey!