The boys cover debatably the most depressing game of the season, being shutout at home by one of the worst teams in hockey. That same team decided to pick up Austin Czarnik on waivers…fucking Seattle.

The boys give their opinions on the struggling Islanders and it’s not very pretty.

The boys give their apologies to Kieffer “Wayne Gretzky” Bellows, as the Islanders win two games in a row before another awesome outstanding extravagant two week break from playing games.

The New York Islanders won a hockey game plain and simple. The month hiatus from Maxime Nightingale is over and it is do or die time from the boys in orange and blue.

The boys reconvene after a terrible home stretch by the Islanders, where there have been more British artists performing at UBS Arena (1) than Islanders wins at the new barn (0/4).

The thirteen game road trip is over, AJ has a few rants, and the season starts Saturday LGI.

Skates At The Stakes gets a new member of the crew, Ryan @rattmartin, and the trio breakdown all of the Islander games during the stretch of both breaks.

The boys talk about the rough start the New York Islanders have had to the 2021-22 season. As it’s only been four games, but there certainly are some concerns and talking points early on.

Jake and AJ give their Islanders season predictions and hot takes while going over some random events going on in the first few days of the NHL season.

Jake and AJ discuss the first two preseason games and give their takes on certain players such as Robin Salo, Erik Gustafsson, and Antoli Golyshev.