What follows is a list of the 50 greatest New York Islanders who didn’t actually play for the team. Or, in a few cases, did play for them but made huge contributions elsewhere.
The rules for qualification are as follows: 1) The author needs to value your contribution to Islanderdom. 2) You can not ever have been referred to as, “Goldie”.
1. Bill Torrey – The only argument for the top spot is Torrey vs Arbour. But Bill was the one who brought Al aboard AND compiled the greatest team ever assembled in sports AND built the franchise that supported them.