2003–04_New_York_Islanders_season

2003–04 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season

The 2003–04 New York Islanders season was the 32nd season in the franchise's history.

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2003–04 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2003–04 record	38–29–11–4
Home record	25–11–4–1
Road record	13–18–7–3
Goals for	237
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Steve Stirling
Captain	Michael Peca
Alternate captains	Adrian Aucoin Kenny Jonsson Alexei Yashin
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	13,693 (84.3%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Team leaders
Goals	Mariusz Czerkawski (25) Trent Hunter (25)
Assists	Oleg Kvasha (36)
Points	Oleg Kvasha (51) Trent Hunter (51)
Penalty minutes	Eric Cairns (189)
Plus/minus	Adrian Aucoin (+29)
Wins	Rick DiPietro (23)
Goals against average	Rick DiPietro (2.36)
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Offseason

Head coach Peter Laviolette was fired on June 3, 2003, and replaced by Bridgeport Sound Tigers head coach Steve Stirling.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

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Atlantic Division^[2]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
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9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

Main article: 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

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2003–04 regular season^[4]

October: 4–3–2–0 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 9, 2003	1–6	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 11, 2003	6–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	1–1–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 14, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	1–1–1–0	Recap
4	W	October 18, 2003	2–1	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	2–1–1–0	Recap
5	W	October 20, 2003	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	3–1–1–0	Recap
6	L	October 23, 2003	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	3–2–1–0	Recap
7	W	October 25, 2003	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	4–2–1–0	Recap
8	L	October 28, 2003	0–4	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	4–3–1–0	Recap
9	T	October 29, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	4–3–2–0	Recap

November: 5–8–0–0 (home: 4–3–0–0; road: 1–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	W	November 1, 2003	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	5–3–2–0	Recap
11	W	November 3, 2003	6–3	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	6–3–2–0	Recap
12	W	November 6, 2003	4–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	7–3–2–0	Recap
13	L	November 8, 2003	3–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	7–4–2–0	Recap
14	L	November 11, 2003	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	7–5–2–0	Recap
15	W	November 13, 2003	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	8–5–2–0	Recap
16	L	November 15, 2003	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	8–6–2–0	Recap
17	W	November 19, 2003	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	9–6–2–0	Recap
18	L	November 20, 2003	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	9–7–2–0	Recap
19	L	November 22, 2003	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	9–8–2–0	Recap
20	L	November 26, 2003	0–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	9–9–2–0	Recap
21	L	November 28, 2003	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	9–10–2–0	Recap
22	L	November 29, 2003	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	9–11–2–0	Recap

December: 10–4–0–1 (home: 7–2–0–0; road: 3–2–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
23	L	December 2, 2003	1–4	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	9–12–2–0	Recap
24	L	December 4, 2003	2–4	New York Rangers (2003–04)	9–13–2–0	Recap
25	W	December 6, 2003	5–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	10–13–2–0	Recap
26	W	December 9, 2003	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	11–13–2–0	Recap
27	OTL	December 10, 2003	0–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	11–13–2–1	Recap
28	W	December 13, 2003	4–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	12–13–2–1	Recap
29	W	December 16, 2003	5–4	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	13–13–2–1	Recap
30	L	December 18, 2003	3–4	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	13–14–2–1	Recap
31	L	December 20, 2003	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	13–15–2–1	Recap
32	W	December 21, 2003	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	14–15–2–1	Recap
33	W	December 23, 2003	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	15–15–2–1	Recap
34	W	December 26, 2003	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	16–15–2–1	Recap
35	W	December 27, 2003	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	17–15–2–1	Recap
36	W	December 29, 2003	3–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	18–15–2–1	Recap
37	W	December 31, 2003	6–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	19–15–2–1	Recap

January: 6–5–3–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	L	January 1, 2004	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	19–16–2–1	Recap
39	T	January 3, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	19–16–3–1	Recap
40	L	January 6, 2004	2–3	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	19–17–3–1	Recap
41	W	January 8, 2004	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–17–3–1	Recap
42	L	January 10, 2004	2–3	New York Rangers (2003–04)	20–18–3–1	Recap
43	L	January 13, 2004	1–4	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	20–19–3–1	Recap
44	T	January 15, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	20–19–4–1	Recap
45	W	January 17, 2004	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	21–19–4–1	Recap
46	W	January 19, 2004	5–2	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	22–19–4–1	Recap
47	L	January 20, 2004	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	22–20–4–1	Recap
48	W	January 23, 2004	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	23–20–4–1	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2004	3–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	24–20–4–1	Recap
50	T	January 27, 2004	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–20–5–1	Recap
51	OTL	January 29, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–20–5–2	Recap
52	W	January 31, 2004	4–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	25–20–5–2	Recap

February: 5–3–4–1 (home: 3–1–2–1; road: 2–2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	W	February 3, 2004	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	26–20–5–2	Recap
54	L	February 5, 2004	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	26–21–5–2	Recap
55	T	February 10, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	26–21–6–2	Recap
56	T	February 11, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	26–21–7–2	Recap
57	W	February 13, 2004	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	27–21–7–2	Recap
58	T	February 16, 2004	1–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	27–21–8–2	Recap
59	W	February 18, 2004	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	28–21–8–2	Recap
60	L	February 19, 2004	2–6	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	28–22–8–2	Recap
61	W	February 21, 2004	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	29–22–8–2	Recap
62	T	February 24, 2004	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	29–22–9–2	Recap
63	L	February 26, 2004	3–6	New York Rangers (2003–04)	29–23–9–2	Recap
64	W	February 27, 2004	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	30–23–9–2	Recap
65	OTL	February 29, 2004	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	30–23–9–3	Recap

March: 7–6–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 3–4–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
66	T	March 2, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	30–23–10–3	Recap
67	L	March 4, 2004	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	30–24–10–3	Recap
68	L	March 6, 2004	2–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	30–25–10–3	Recap
69	OTL	March 9, 2004	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	30–25–10–4	Recap
70	L	March 11, 2004	4–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	30–26–10–4	Recap
71	W	March 12, 2004	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	31–26–10–4	Recap
72	W	March 16, 2004	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	32–26–10–4	Recap
73	L	March 17, 2004	4–6	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	32–27–10–4	Recap
74	W	March 19, 2004	3–1	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	33–27–10–4	Recap
75	W	March 21, 2004	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	34–27–10–4	Recap
76	W	March 23, 2004	3–0	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	35–27–10–4	Recap
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	36–27–10–4	Recap
78	L	March 27, 2004	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	36–28–10–4	Recap
79	L	March 28, 2004	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	36–29–10–4	Recap
80	W	March 31, 2004	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	37–29–10–4	Recap

April: 1–0–1–0 (home: 0–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
81	W	April 2, 2004	6–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	38–29–10–4	Recap
82	T	April 4, 2004	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	38–29–11–4	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

More information 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Tampa Bay Lightning – Lightning win 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 8	New York Islanders	0–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (18,536)	0–1	Recap
2	April 10	New York Islanders	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (19,982)	1–1	Recap
3	April 12	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–0	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (16,234)	1–2	Recap
4	April 14	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–0	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (16,234)	1–3	Recap
5	April 16	New York Islanders	2–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (20,927)	1–4	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Trent Hunter	RW	77	25	26	51	23	16	5	0	0	0	−2	4
12	Oleg Kvasha	LW	81	15	36	51	4	48	5	1	0	1	−1	0
21	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	81	25	24	49	8	16	5	0	1	1	−1	0
55	Jason Blake	LW	75	22	25	47	11	56	4	2	0	2	−2	2
3	Adrian Aucoin	D	81	13	31	44	29	54	5	0	0	0	−6	6
27	Michael Peca	C	76	11	29	40	17	71	5	0	0	0	−1	6
37	Mark Parrish	RW	59	24	11	35	8	18	5	1	2	3	−4	0
79	Alexei Yashin	C	47	15	19	34	−1	10	5	0	1	1	−2	0
17	Shawn Bates	C	69	9	23	32	−8	46	5	0	0	0	−2	4
4	Roman Hamrlik	D	81	7	22	29	2	68	5	0	1	1	0	2
29	Kenny Jonsson	D	79	5	24	29	25	22	5	0	0	0	−4	2
44	Janne Niinimaa	D	82	9	19	28	12	64	5	1	2	3	−2	2
38	Dave Scatchard	C	61	9	16	25	12	78	5	0	1	1	−3	6
45	Arron Asham	LW	79	12	12	24	−12	92	5	0	1	1	0	4
77	Cliff Ronning†	C	40	9	15	24	3	2	4	0	0	0	−2	0
11	Mattias Weinhandl	RW	55	8	12	20	9	26	5	0	0	0	−2	2
26	Justin Papineau	C	64	8	5	13	4	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Eric Cairns	D	72	2	6	8	−5	189	1	0	0	0	−2	0
24	Radek Martinek	D	47	4	3	7	−9	43	5	0	1	1	2	0
52	Sven Butenschon	D	41	1	6	7	−3	30	4	0	0	0	−1	0
16	Justin Mapletoft	C	27	1	4	5	−1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Jason Wiemer‡	C	13	1	3	4	−1	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Sean Bergenheim	LW	18	1	1	2	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Mattias Timander‡	D	5	1	1	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Rick DiPietro	G	50	0	2	2		22	5	0	0	0		0
20	Eric Manlow	C	18	0	2	2	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Eric Godard	RW	31	0	1	1	−2	97	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Alexander Karpovtsev†	D	3	0	1	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Garth Snow	G	39	0	1	1		28	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Derek Bekar	LW	4	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Wade Dubielewicz	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Jeff Hamilton	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Tomi Pettinen	D	4	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Steve Webb†	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	0	−1	6

Goaltending

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		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Rick DiPietro	50	23	18	5	1261	112	2.36	.911	5	2844	5	1	4	120	11	2.18	.908	1	303
30	Garth Snow	39	14	15	5	932	94	2.80	.899	1	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Wade Dubielewicz	2	1	0	1	50	3	1.71	.940	0	105	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Trent Hunter (Forward)	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Adrian Aucoin	^[6]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Rick DiPietro (October 20)	^[7]
		Adrian Aucoin (November 10)	^[8]
		Adrian Aucoin (March 22)	^[9]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Trent Hunter (December)	^[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Trent Hunter	^[11]
Team	Bob Nystrom Award	Adrian Aucoin	^[12]

Transactions

The Islanders were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
January 22, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Mattias Timander	To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 7th-round pick in 2004	^[14]
March 8, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alain Nasreddine	To New York Islanders Steve Webb	^[15]
March 9, 2004	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2005	To New York Islanders Alexander Karpovtsev	^[16]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Rob Collins	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)		Free agency	^[17]
July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08)	Ryan Kraft	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	^[18]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Mariusz Czerkawski	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	^[19]
July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23)	Cail MacLean	Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[20]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07)	Dieter Kochan	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	^[21]
September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09)	Cole Jarrett	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)		Free agency	^[22]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Derek Bekar	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	^[23]
January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09)	Cliff Ronning	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	^[24]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ref
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Kevin Haller^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[25]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Steve Valiquette	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency (VI)	^[27]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Ray Schultz	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	^[28]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Randy Robitaille	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	David St. Germain	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[30]
October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)	Konstantin Kalmikov	Louisiana IceGators (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[31]
October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)	Steve Webb	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
November 13, 2003 (2003-11-13)	Jason Wiemer	Minnesota Wild	Waivers	^[33]
January 15, 2004 (2004-01-15)	Marco Charpentier	Toledo Storm (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
May 27, 2004 (2004-05-27)	Alan Letang	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency	^[35]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 25, 2003 (2003-06-25)	Eric Godard	2-year	Re-signing	^[36]
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)	Kenny Jönsson	2-year	Re-signing	^[37]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Radek Martinek	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Arron Asham	2-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Jason Wiemer	1-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21)	Trent Hunter	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Rick DiPietro	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Garth Snow	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23)	Sean Bergenheim	3-year	Entry-level	^[42]
August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)	Justin Papineau	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	Jeff Hamilton		Re-signing	^[44]
October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)	Bruno Gervais	3-year	Entry-level	^[45]

Draft picks

The Islanders' had 9 picks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[46]

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	15	Robert Nilsson	Forward	Canada	Leksands IF (Elitserien)
2	48	Dmitri Chernykh	Right wing	Russia	Khimik Voskresensk (RSL)
2	53^[a]	Evgeni Tunik	Forward	Russia	Kristall Elektrostal (RUS)
2	58^[b]	Jeremy Colliton	Center	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	120	Stefan Blaho	Right wing	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (SVK Jr)
6	182	Bruno Gervais	Defense	Canada	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
7	212	Denis Rehak	Defense	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (SVK Jr)
8	238^[c]	Cody Blanshan	Defense	United States	University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA)
8	246	Igor Volkov	Right wing	Russia	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)

Draft notes^[47]

^a The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick (originally from the Washington Capitals) went to the New York Islanders as a result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Brad Isbister and Raffi Torres to the Oilers in exchange for Janne Niinimaa and this pick.
^b The St. Louis Blues' second-round pick went to the New York Islanders as a result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Chris Osgood and a 2003 third-round pick to the Blues in exchange for Justin Papineau and this pick.
The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Justin Papineau and a 2003 second-round pick to the Islanders in exchange for Chris Osgood and this pick.
The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 19, 2002 trade that sent Darren Van Impe to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Kip Miller.
The New York Islanders' ninth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of an October 11, 2002 trade that sent Sven Butenschon to the Islanders in exchange for Juraj Kolnik and this pick.

Notes

In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[25]
Haller, who last played during the 2001–02 season, retired.^[26]

References

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"2003–04 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

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Awards

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See also

Notes

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