Best Islander to wear #19

[Mr Misunderstood]

Craig Cameron 73-75
Bryan Trottier 76-90

Not a poll. Trotts now and forever.

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[Strummergas]

Quite possibly THE best Islander of all time.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Quite possibly THE best Islander of all time.

Calder
Hart
Ross
Smythe
Clancy

500 goals
1353 points

4-time top 5 Hart vote getter (that guy Gretzky was playing)
1-time Selke runner up

1 sweet mustache

Doesn't get much better than that

 

[crashthenet]

Calder
Hart
Ross
Smythe
Clancy

500 goals
1353 points

4-time top 5 Hart vote getter (that guy Gretzky was playing)
1-time Selke runner up

1 sweet mustache

Doesn't get much better than that

I wonder how he would viewed if he played for one of those darling franchises? Not sure he gets enough respect when that discussion of greatest centers of all time takes place. And Potvin was better than Bourque. Not sure how anyone can think otherwise. Just saying.

 

[Throttle]

Post-playing career has been interesting.

 

[xIsle]

Quite possibly THE best Islander of all time.

He's third on my list behind Bossy and Potvin. But the three are pretty close.

 

[19 in a row]

Came here just to see if anyone voted for Cameron to troll us..

#19 is the only number I have ever worn on an Islander jersey since I was a kid(you can say sweater, I have just always said jersey)... although my kids keep telling me they will get me a #12 jersey soon.

 

[PolishPrince21]

I wonder how he would viewed if he played for one of those darling franchises? Not sure he gets enough respect when that discussion of greatest centers of all time takes place. And Potvin was better than Bourque. Not sure how anyone can think otherwise. Just saying.

whenever i think of Bourque i can't help but think of Brad May at the same time, even though that play was really all Lafontaine.

 

[19 in a row]

Quite possibly THE best Islander of all time.

I love all of those dynasty players but from an all around perspective Trottier was our best player with all due respect to everyone . During the dynasty, Arbour called Trottier the best player in hockey, without reservation. Arbour also said , "Gretzky is an offensive genius for sure. But at this stage Trots gives you more things. Defensively, he's outstanding. And he's physically tough. He comes up with his 100 points a year, automatically, along with everything else!

I can't recall if it was Nystrom or Gillies but they asked one of them who was the best fighter on the Islanders. The answer was Trottier, but he just didnt do it but he was a strong mother f***er. .

Could do it all .. 1425 points (1353 with us) in 1279 games (1123 with us).. He had a 95 point season his rookie year, two years before Bossy hit the scene. 6 cups as a player.

He was a superstar wit a a blue collar two way gritty player style.

 

[Lights911]

Best Islander of all time.

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

Post-playing career has been interesting.

He was such a highly-touted assistant coach. Going to NYR went so horribly for him.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Came here just to see if anyone voted for Cameron to troll us..

#19 is the only number I have ever worn on an Islander jersey since I was a kid(you can say sweater, I have just always said jersey)... although my kids keep telling me they will get me a #12 jersey soon.

Not. A. Poll.

 

[doublechili]

The greatest Islander.

 

[RMimagery]

If Bossy didn't have a bad back and had a few more stellar seasons...but it's hard to argue against Trots as the best Islander.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Quite possibly THE best Islander of all time.

He is definitely the best Islander of all time.

 

[Islander Class]

He is definitely the best Islander of all time.

Truth. Thank God his stint as NYR HC didn’t amount to anything. Imagine how awkward that would be?!?! Lol.

 

[Bones45]

And being caught on a hot mic, tossing insults like an 8th grader to the opposition certainly doesn’t hurt his status for me either.

 

[PolishPrince21]

Truth. Thank God his stint as NYR HC didn’t amount to anything. Imagine how awkward that would be?!?! Lol.

i was at that game the rags shut us out 5-0 at nassau with him behind the rags bench. Yuck.

 

[Okposofan21]

Trottier by default that he was the best all around foward to ever play for the Islanders imo.

 

[LBloor]

I still wear 19 in beer league cause of him

 

[JKP]

I still wear 19 in beer league cause of him

And Yzerman wore 19 in the NHL because of him.