Here's today's NHL Nugget – this Weekend's Way Back When rewinds to 1972 when the New York Islanders franchise was born.

It might seem as if the Lightning were chasing the past when they acquired Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand for the hefty price ...

Lamoriello was with the Islanders for seven seasons. His 1,470 wins as GM of the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Islanders are second in NHL history ... 1-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The last two times Tampa ... Islanders in each of the following five seasons. Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper has won 87 playoff games with the Lightning, the third-most of any coach with one franchise ...

It's starting to feel like an annual tradition: Panthers vs. Lightning in the NHL playoffs, the battle of Florida, a matchup that has seemed to decide which team will eventually get to the Stanley Cup ...

The duo brought the Islanders to the Conference Final twice, but could not beat the Tampa Bay Lightning either time.

The Islanders made the penultimate round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in back-to-back seasons early in Lamoriello's tenure, losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning ... and hired NHL legend Patrick ...

The conversation on this week's episode of the "NHL @TheRink" podcast presented ... at how Game 1 between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning played out. Florida won 6-2 at Amalie Arena.

Or the series-clinching goal in a 1-0 win against the Islanders in Game 7 that sent ... season had diminished by the time he left Tampa Bay, but he never complained. He had a role to play, and ...