Annual Returns
January 3rd, 2009 by Tom
The Islanders lost their first contest of 2009 (really, how the hell is it 2009? We are living in the future, man) to the Coyotes 5-4 last night, giving them an 0-1 record for the calendar year. That got me to wondering what their record has been over the last few calendar years. I know it doesn’t mean much because it takes into consideration the performance of teams with different personnel and coaching (for example the guys who played and coached for the Isles in the Spring of 2008 are vastly different than the guys filling those positions in the Fall of 2008) but I still thought it was interesting.
The results:
2008 Islanders 27-44-11 65 points
2007 Islanders 41-31-11 93 points
2006 Islanders 38-37-7 83 points
The team’s best month over that span was February 2007 when the OrangeAndBlue went 9-2-2 (20 points). They were also strong in November of that year going 8-5-1 (17 points). In the 21 months we looked at over the years 2006-2008, the Isles had just 10 winning months.
Not surprisingly, the Islanders’ worst month was December of 2008. That one is fresh in all our minds. The Coliseum Heroes went an abyssmal 2-10-2 (6 points) in December. Other recent stinkers came in March 2008 when they went 3-10-1 (7 points) and October 2008 when the Isles posted a 2-6-1 record (5 points).
As you can see, 2008 kicked the Islanders in the teeth as much as it did the rest of the world. The year that gave us the full brunt of the subprime mortgage crisis, epic collapses on Wall Street and escalating unemployment also did in the OrangeAndBlue. Here’s hoping 2009 is a better year for the Islanders and everyone else, save for guys like Bernie Madoff. He deserves a lifetime of 2008s.
Happy New Year. Go Isles!
