
Winners, losers from the very early days of Islanders’ Mathieu Darche era
NY Post
Barely a week into the Mathieu Darche era on Long Island, the new general manager’s vision is already taking shape.
The Post picks the (very) early winners and losers from the Darche Era.
Patrick Roy
Not only is Roy back behind the bench as head coach, but he gets a larger say in shaping his assistant coaching staff after John MacLean and Tommy Albelin were let go and has a general manager who sounded very much aligned with him on how the team should play.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












