After a month without an episode (Mike's fault btw), we're back to attempt to make sense of an Isles team that sits in last place, yet only 2 points out of a playoff spot. We discuss and debate how much of this is a reflection of effort vs talent, rooting for wins vs draft picks, hypothesize the Isles equivalent of the Huberdeau/Weegar for Tkachuk trade, and dive into Stan Fischler's riveting Iggy Piggy tweet routine.

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Much like the Isles much like the world, the podcast is fighting through being banged up, giving you our takes, to the extent we can even assess a team as injured as the current squad. Dive in and ponder how close we are to a Situation, what type of friend we think Romanov is, and what of Dobby Downer Noah Dobson's play so far this year.

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Another episode? A week later? We're putting more work in than Pierre Engvall this season. Mike is out so we had Ryan Doyle from the Filthy F'n Casuals wrestling podcast draw into the lineup to talk about the different reads you can make into the Isles 1-1-1 start, unpacking the multiple storylines that the team and organization has hitting all at once, and fantasy booking ideas for gamechanging trades.

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Another episode? A week later? We're putting more work in than Pierre Engvall this season. Mike is out so we had Ryan Doyle from the Filthy F'n Casuals wrestling podcast draw into the lineup to talk about the different reads you can make into the Isles 1-1-1 start, unpacking the multiple storylines that the team and organization has hitting all at once, and fantasy booking ideas for gamechanging trades.

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The Isles are coming out of training camp hot, and so is Through The Island, as we are joined by long-time Isles writer Arthur Staple of the Athletic to discuss his indie rock journalist days interviewing the likes of Oasis, horrible hotels, the new-ish look Islanders forward corps, and the differences between the Barry Trotz and Patrick Roy training camps and overall attitude of the team. Afterwards, Desmond and Mike go down the Isles 22 man opening night roster and who some of our dark horses and concern spots are.

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Desmond and Mike are back with another watchalong in our recently retired friend Kyle Okposo Eras series, this time with game 2 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, where Kyle punches the Isles into competition against the Penguins. A lot of good talk about Miller's Ale House, buying a PS5 with a credit card, quitting your job, converting Kanye West transgressions and controversies into penalty minutes/game suspension amounts, and weighing in on whether the results of this series can be overturned by the US Supreme Court.

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Mike and Desmond open up with some reflection and mourning on the tragic loss of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. Afterwards, Desmond is joined by Moe (@moebeknowin) of the No Words Barred Podcast (@NWBarredPodcast) to continue the Kyle Okposo watchalong series with a power forward origin story type performance against those bad guys on Broadway. We discuss high and lowlights of Isles draft parties of our youth, growing up as POC Islanders fans, the Duclair haircut discourse, and pinpointing exactly when you gave up on Rick DiPietro.

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We start our summer watchalong series, Kyle Okposo Eras, with our old friend and new Stanley Cup champion's first career NHL goal. Watch the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDXdCbcxN8

We talk about whether 2008 was "a different time, how dreary and bleak rebuilds truly are, Tim Walz talk, and Dane Cook revisionism.

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We start our summer watchalong series, Kyle Okposo Eras, with our old friend and new Stanley Cup champion's first career NHL goal. Watch the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDXdCbcxN8

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For the last "regular" episode of the season, Pete Judge, friend of the pod and scout for USHL's Dubuque Fighting Saints, joins the pod to go over the Isles free agent signings of Duclair, Tsyplakov, and Reilly, then deep dive the Isles surprisingly strong draft picks in Vegas. Also, a summer programming announcement that should be a real KO.

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