That was a significant reason the Islanders signed Tony DeAngelo, a known power-play specialist, on Friday before trading for Scott Perunovich on Monday. In DeAngelo's season debut, a 3-2 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, the power play went 0-for-3 with just two shots on goal.

Tony DeAngelo is “fortunate” and “grateful” for opportunity with Isles, looking to impact power play and on defense

Yes, his most recent former coach opined, it was surprising that it took controversial defenseman Tony DeAngelo, who made his Islanders debut on Saturday night, this long to find a new job in the NHL.

Tony DeAngelo’s first morning on Long Island consisted of a quick skate, a short introduction to his new teammates and getting ready to play in his first game in the new digs.

Tony DeAngelo’s timing could not have been much better. Just two weeks ago, the former New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, and Philadelphia Flyers defenseman was playing with St. Petersburg in the Russian KHL.

Tony DeAngelo is signing with the Islanders for the rest of the 2024-25 season after leaving his Russian team earlier this month.

For a first impression, you could do a whole lot worse than Tony DeAngelo did in his Islanders’ debut on Saturday night.

The biggest story is that the Islanders have won six of their last eight games! Not some trade or anything like