It's opening night for the Isles, the hottest prediction pick in the league. Desmond and Mike discuss the long-awaited return of the best team in New York/the universe, managing the headspace of high expectations, and announce additions to The List.

Also, the Pulock extension got announced right as I finished editing this episode so we don't talk about that (I will speak to Lou about this privately)

Mike & Desmond discuss the upcoming Islanders season, Stanley Cup expectations, potential lineup combinations, a running list we'll be keeping & much more.

First episode in almost a month, so we attempt to touch on a multitude of off-ice and on-ice on-goings, on and off the Island. From Luke Prokop's coming out, Mattis Kivleniek's tragic death, the detestable decisions made by the Habs drafting, and the growing evidence of the Blackhawks/Brad Aldrich cover up, there is a lot of off-ice, non-Islander stuff covered in this one. We also get into all the latest roster movement expectations, hopes, and rumors surrounding the Islanders.

Mike & Desmond reflect on a great season & even better playoff run. We also answer listener questions.

The Islanders are one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup, and Desmond "The Host" Zantua has tagged in Ryan Doyle from Filthy F'n Casuals (@filthyfncasuals) to fill in for Corporate co-host Mike who is going on a business trip for the weekend. The makeshift team talks about being in the building for games 4 and 6 respectively, the unfortunate shmelting accident of game 5, and revel in how great it is to be a fan of this team and this run right now.

Mike is back & everyone is really thankful for it. We've got a lot to say, but also not a lot to say about the first three games of the Islanders / lightning ECF (semi-final, whatever)...

We also formally denounce Pepsi & take on Punchy as one of our own.

Corporate Co-host Mike gives a historical anecdote and an Isles-TBL prediction before leaving the podcast to finish doing business with the refs from game 5. Desmond enlists Tom from Bardown Breakdown (@bdbpodcast) and Ryan from Filthy F'n Casuals (@filthyfncasuals) to rejoice in unpacking the Daniel Bryan-like series victory over the Bruins and looking ahead to The Rematch.

Des and Mike talk about the Battle with the Bruins so far, Des talks about the Queens NYC Isles Meetup (@IslesMeetupQns on twitter!), Mike defends Pierre McGuire (his friend), and we share a laugh at the Leafs obviously.

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Mike & Desmond talk about games 4, 5 & 6 (Islanders won all 3 btw) of the Islanders winning series against the penguins, the upcoming bruins round 2 series & more over an ice cold seltzer + a pepsi blue with tito's (official drink of the pod)

Mike & Desmond vent about game 3, talk about games 1&2 + cover the rest of the playoffs around the NHL.