Roster to Start Season Announced

The final roster cuts from training camp have been made. 2008 first round pick Josh Bailey has made the team to start the season. My guess is that he will not be with the Islanders more then the 9 games he is allowed before being able to return to his junior team. That being said, if he plays well enough in these handful of regular season games, it is going to give Snow and Gordon their first real tough decision of the year. The Islanders are also starting the season off with 8 defensemen on the roster, including Jack Hillen, who impressed us all last year with his play against the Rangers after being signed as a FA toward the end of the season.

Forwards (Lines are Projected by me)
Tambellini - Weight - Guerin
Comrie/Bergenherim - Bailey - Okposo
Sim - Park - Hunter
Hilbert - Nielson - Comeau

Knowing that Hilbert will be in the lineup makes it impossible to have a truely energetic 4th line of Bergenheim - Nielson - Comeau; which to me would not be a true 4th line. Having Hilbert out of the lineup would allow this line to play together give allow us to roll 4 real lines.

Defense
Witt - Martinek
Streit - Freddy
Hillen - Bruno
Pock-Skinner

Goalies
DP
Joey MacDonald

Players Starting the Year Injuried
Sillinger, Campoli, Sutton