Islanders Anxiety: A New York Islanders podcast
For fans of the New York Islanders.
Episodes
June 17, 2025 • 108 mins
Joined by Hockey Night in New York's Sean Cuthbert, Mike and Dan "examine" the Islanders' new hires and a potpourri of different subjects.
It's been quiet around the Islanders lately while still-new GM Mathieu Darche conducts his business. But the team has announced some fresh blood in the form of new assistant coaches Ray Bennett and Bob Boughner and most recently, new assistant GM/Director of Player Personnel Ryan Bowness. We ha...
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Along with Will Stevens of Isles Meet Ups NYC we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Islanders' sojourn to Brooklyn's Barclays Center and some of the players we connect to that era.
In October of 2012, the Islanders announced that they would start play in Barclays Center for the 2015-16 season, ending 40+ years of glory and struggle at Nassau Coliseum. Even the most hardened haters were encouraged by the news... for about five m...
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June 9, 2025 • 66 mins
[Please enjoy this bonus episode of our Patreon-exclusive Country Club Atmosphere podcast. If you like what you hear and want more, sign up for the Country Club tier at Patreon.com/IslandersAnxiety to access the full archive of Country Club Atmosphere episodes.]
Mike and Dan talk about fan conventions, one Mike created and one where Dan finished a quest that took over 30 years to complete.
Years ago, Mike was one of the driving ...
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June 2, 2025 • 98 mins
Mike and Dan recap Mathieu Darche's introductory press conference and his first decisions as Islanders GM.
The most amazing thing about Darche's first press conference as Islanders GM was just how normal it was. From streaming it on the team's website to the little jokes about learning everyone's names, the hour-long presser was as by-the-book as it gets, which is why the new guy came off pretty well. Announcing there would be new...
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Joined by friend and Skates at the Stakes co-host Ryan, we discuss defenseman James Wisniewski, who is more remembered for one regrettable incident than his quality play.
Wisniewski was already well-traveled before he was acquired by the Islanders to augment their blueline offense. But when Mark Streit went down with an injury in the preseason, Wisniewski became a key contributor and point producer... until one game against the Ra...
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May 27, 2025 • 118 mins
Mike and Dan react to the hiring of Mathieu Darche as the Islanders' new general manager and the blank slate the future holds.
As Islanders fans across the U.S. prepared for Memorial Day weekend, the Islanders dropped the news that their GM search was over. Mathieu Darche seemed like an unlikely choice given his lack of experience running an NHL club, but he won the owners over and beat out former GMs like Marc Bergevin and Jarmo ...
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May 20, 2025 • 135 mins
Mike and Dan discuss the Islanders GM search and enjoy another Maple Leafs elimination with an epic Master Leaf Theatre.
The Islanders still have no general manager but that may change soon. Second interviews are happening and two final candidates have emerged (assuming no one else shakes loose from the recently eliminated) who represent experience versus new blood. Even without a GM, the Islanders' scouts are hard at work decidin...
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May 16, 2025 • 74 mins
Dan is joined by former Islanders GM Neil Smith, who talks candidly about his his long association with the club and 40-day tenure in the front office.
While he is still mostly connected to their chief rival, Smith has been part of the Islanders going back to their very beginnings. He was a draft pick, a player and a scout before finally getting his chance to be their GM in the summer of 2006. But the unorthodox ideas of owner Cha...
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May 6, 2025 • 96 mins
Holy shit. The Islanders won the draft lottery and Mike and Dan know exactly what they need to do (Draft grifters and prospect perverts be damned).
Despite having a 3.5% chance of winning and no general manager in place, the Islanders walked out of the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery with the first overall pick in this season's draft. As Isles legend Ken Morrow - a man who only knows winning - looked on over a video call, his team got an i...
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May 5, 2025 • 113 mins
Mike and Dan discuss some of the news leaking out of the Islanders lately about GM interviews and misguided decisions.
Since letting go of Lou Lamoriello, a lot of names have popped up around the Islanders' vacant general manager (and possibly team president) role. While some names are new and intriguing, some are old and tired. But without Lamoriello keeping a lid on things, any name getting out is new territory. We discuss a few...
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Along with author Allan Kreda, Mike and Dan celebrate Ken Morrow and some of the Weird Islanders he played with in his incredible career.
Morrow was the exact opposite of a Weird Islander - he was a reliable, steady presence for a decade as the Islanders dominated the NHL. Even off the ice, the lanky defenseman is far more normal and humble than a gold medalist and a four-time Stanley Cup champion should be. But as we trace Morrow...
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April 23, 2025 • 91 mins
Mike and Dan react to the news that Lou Lamoriello has been let go by the Islanders and examine his legacy and possible replacements. Lamoriello was far from perfect as a general manager. He operated under his own set of old school rules and made mistakes in service of loyalty to players rather than making changes that would advance the team towards a Stanley Cup. But The Lou Lamoriello Experience is one we'll never forget, and it ...
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April 22, 2025 • 106 mins
Mike and Dan recap the last games of the Islanders season, pay tribute to Matt Martin and look ahead at an uncertain (and unannounced) future. With two final wet farts, this depressing campaign finally came to an end. The players barely looked like they cared although at least one passed the starting goalie on the goal scoring list. The best parts of both were the opposing teams lining up to say goodbye to Martin, who has been a wa...
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Along with podcaster and Canucks fan Ryan Schaap, Mike and Dan learn about Pius Suter, who attended a training camp with the Islanders before starting a productive NHL career for three other teams. Suter came over from his native Switzerland to try the NHL on for size and attended camps for both the Senators and Islanders before finally signing a contract with the Red Wings. After two solid years in Detroit and one in Chicago, he s...
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April 14, 2025 • 114 mins
Mike and Dan recap a week with three embarrassing losses that finally led to the Islanders' official elimination from playoff contention. After a wild 7-6 OT loss in Nashville, a butt whipping at home to the Rangers and a goofy shootout loss in Philadelphia, a season in which no one had any fun was put out of its misery. The players look mad, the coach thinks everyone played well and nothing has been done to show fans that this is ...
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April 11, 2025 • 33 mins
In this free sample of our Patreon-exclusive Monthly Mail Bag podcast for April 2025, we reveal (or maybe re-reveal) the origin story of Islanders Anxiety and how two guys who only barely knew each other started a podcast that's now going on its 10th year. We also talk about some of what goes into making an episode. Spoiler Alert: It does not involve a whole lot of planning.
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April 7, 2025 • 111 mins
Mike and Dan examine the Islanders' role in Alex Ovechkin's record-setting day and Anthony Duclair's time off. By beating the Capitals and Wild, the team remains mathematically alive for a playoff berth while realistically out of it. But the big story on Sunday (and for the rest of time) was Ovechkin passing Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's all time leader in goals. The Islanders showed a great deal of class during the extra-long in-game...
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April 4, 2025 • 70 mins
Joined again by friend Tyler Gildin, we remember Tom Chorske, a useful player and ace penalty killer who gave both an undermanned Islanders team and a kids summer camp some important depth. Chorske came from a Cup winning organization in New Jersey and played on some blossoming Senators teams before landing on The Island via waivers. The 1997-98 Islanders had all the makings of a playoff team, except they didn't. But they came clos...
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March 31, 2025 • 113 mins
Mike and Dan talk about bad calls and blown games as the Islanders erase their recent charge towards the playoffs. In the first of four losses this week, the Islanders were the victims of an egregiously bad no goal decision but did themselves no favors by once again playing like assholes for the two periods before and overtime and shootout periods after it. They followed that up with an inexcusable performance against another despe...
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March 24, 2025 • 108 mins
Mike and Dan discuss the Islanders' latest point streak and unlikely reappearance in the Eastern Conference playoff race. With a makeshift lineup full of forgotten players and total nobodies, the Islanders have risen from the ashes through hard work and (finally) a little luck. They came from behind to beat the Penguins, toppled the Habs in overtime (not that anyone from Montreal even noticed them) and gave away a point to Calgary ...
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