{"id":556830,"date":"2026-04-20T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556830\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:47:08","slug":"ny-islanders-brayden-schenn-optimistic-about-long-island-future-despite-bad-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556830\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Islanders\u2019 Brayden Schenn optimistic about Long Island future despite bad ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">When Brayden Schenn arrived on Long Island, it was supposed to be the start of a playoff run. Instead, it ended in disappointment. But even after a late-season collapse that saw the New York Islanders fall short of the postseason, Schenn made it clear during clean-out day that his belief in the organization \u2014 and his future in it \u2014 hasn\u2019t wavered. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a whirlwind when you get traded and join a team,\u201d Schenn said. \u201cComing here, you expect to be here a lot longer than just a month\u2026 that\u2019s the frustrating part.\u201d  Despite the abrupt ending, Schenn emphasized how much he enjoyed his time with the Islanders. \u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable place to play. Great organization, great guys\u2026 it\u2019s everything you thought of and more,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">That perspective matters for a veteran who has seen it all. Schenn didn\u2019t just come in as a rental \u2014 he\u2019s already thinking about putting down roots. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting fully settled here with the family\u2026 into next year,\u201d he said.  The disappointment of missing the playoffs hasn\u2019t faded, but Schenn believes it can serve as fuel moving forward. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">\u201cIf you\u2019re not pissed off with the result\u2026 if that doesn\u2019t motivate you to be better next year, I think we all have to look at ourselves,\u201d he said.  On the ice, Schenn quickly developed chemistry with Mathew Barzal, something he hopes to build on with a full season. \u201cLoved it\u2026 he\u2019s a special player in this league,\u201d Schenn said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">He also pointed to areas that must improve, particularly on the power play, where he felt inconsistency cost the team in critical moments. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do a good enough job moving the puck quick enough\u2026 it hurt us down the stretch,\u201d he said.  For Schenn, the message is clear: the ending wasn\u2019t acceptable \u2014 but it\u2019s not the end of the story. After making the most of a short stint, he\u2019s ready for more \u2014 and believes better days are ahead on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow eyesonisles.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eyesonisles.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Brayden Schenn arrived on Long Island, it was supposed to be the start of a playoff run.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[5,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-556830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-islanders","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-islanders","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-islanders","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkislanders","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116438526328453410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}