“We’re going to beat the Rangers every time we play them” Matthew Schaefer addresses the Islanders draft party at UBS Arena (via Greg Wyshynski)

Welcome to New York, Victor Eklund!

Welcome to New York, Kashawn Aitcheson!

Kashawn Aitcheson 😮‍💨

"The last couple days have been pretty crazy, pretty surreal - major dream come true" Kashawn Aitcheson during his first practice with the Islanders:

Kashawn Aitcheson says he models his game after Charlie McAvoy

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Connor McDavid, Matthew Tkachuk, and Wayne Gretzky are among those that have reached out to Matthew Schaefer He also spoke with Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat today

"I think it's egg and cheese bagels? Am I right, is that the go-to thing here? Ah, bacon, egg, and cheese, that's what it was" 🤣 Matthew Schaefer, who had never been to Long island before, says he'll have to try the local delicacies

Matthew Schaefer is hoping to wear #48 with the Islanders

Matthew Schaefer plans on going to Citi Field tomorrow night to attend Mets-Brewers

The Islanders have signed G David Rittich to a one-year deal

"I thought we had a great draft. There's a lot of good young guys coming into this organization" A bearded Patrick Roy talks about the Islanders' offseason:

"I really like this kid a lot." Patrick Roy on Matthew Schaefer:

Patrick Roy says he plans to apologize to Anthony Duclair in-person after saying Duclair was "godawful" following a loss to the Lightning in April of last season:

"I think he'll be a GM one day somewhere" Patrick Roy talks about having Matt Martin in the Islanders' front office:

"My goal is to play at the end of the season here in the Island - on the Island, sorry" Matthew Schaefer was asked if he's thought about the route he's going to take after being drafted first overall by the Islanders:

Matthew Schaefer says he wants to improve his cooking game 👨‍🍳

"I might get chirped a bit on this coffee order..." Matthew Schaefer says his coffee order is a caramel iced coffee with extra cane syrup ☕

Matthew Schaefer threw out the first pitch tonight at Citi Field! ⚾