Islanders By The Numbers

There an old saying in sports, that whats on the front of your jersey is a hell of a lot more important then the name on the back. Its a true statement and there's no debating it. In this case, we are going to take a look at the back. The names and numbers that are on the back of the sweater can be big deals. In the 47 year history of the New York Islanders, they've had a lot of players come through the organization. Some good and some bad. All in their own way have had an impact on this hockey team. With that being said, we are going to look at the Islanders by the numbers. Its going to be the best players to wear every jersey number in the history of the franchise.

Some numbers have just one wearer, while others have had multiple wearers. This is where the debates and discussions will come in. I'm basing it, at least for the numbers with multiple guys wearing it, who had the best career in an Isles sweater wearing that number. Its based on point production and overall play that each player was chosen at that number. With that being said, here are the Islanders by the number.

1: Glenn Resch (157 wins 2nd most in team history 25 shutouts most in team history)
2: Nick Leddy (213 points in 462 games played)
3: Travis Haomnic (146 points in 444 games)
4: Roman Hamerlik (153 points in 300 games)
5: Denis Potvin (1,052 points in 1,060 games)
6: Ken Morrow (105 points in 550 games)
7: Stefan Persson (369 points in 622 games)
8: Garry Howatt (213 points and 1,466 PIM in 596 games)
9: Clark Gillies (663 points in 872 games)
10: Lorne Henning (184 points in 543 games)
11: Wayne Merrick (197 points in 411 games)
12: Josh Bailey (476 points in 865 games)
13: Mathew Barzal (207 points in 234 games)
14: Bob Bourne (5421 points in 814 games)
15: Billy Harris (443 points in 615 games)
16: Pat LaFontaine (566 points in 530 games)
17: Matt Martin (110 points in 560 games)
18: Ed Wesfall (286 points in 493 games)
19: Brian Trottier (1,353 points in 1,123 games)
20: Sean Bergenheim (80 points in 246 games)
21: Brent Sutter (610 points in 694 games)
22: Mike Bossy (1,126 points in 576 games)
23: Bob Nystrom 513 points in 900 games)
24: Mikko Makela (219 points in 307 games)
25: David Volek (249 points in 396 games)
26: Pat Flatley (488 points in 712 games)
27: John Tonelli (544 points in 594 games)
28: Anders Kallur (211 points in 383 games)
29: Kenny Jonsson (232 points in 597 games)
30: Kelly Hrudey (106 wins in 241 games)
31: Billy Smith (304 wins in 674 games)
32: Steve Thomas (258 points in 275 games)
33: Benoit Hogue (229 points in 258 games)
34: Bryan Berard (131 points in 242 games)
35: Glenn Healy (66 wins in 176 games)
36: Gary Nylund (63 points in 211 games)
37: Mark Parrish (214 points in 335 games)
38: Dave Scatchard (168 points in 347 points)
39: Rick DiPietro (108 wins in 318 games)
40: Michael Grabner 144 points in 297 games)
41: Jaroslav Halak (88 wins in 177 games)
42: Scott Mayfield (54 points in 219 games)
44: Todd Bertuzzi (80 points in 192 games)
45: Aaron Asham (105 points in 300 games)
47: Andrew MacDonald 89 points in 295 games)
49: Eric Godard (5 points in 107 games)
50: Adam Pelach (61 points in 247 games)
51: Frans Nielsen (349 points in 606 games)
53: Casey Cizikas (171 points in 534 games)
55:  Jason Blake (258 points in 426 games)
57: Blake Comeau (121 points in 261 games)
60: Kevin Poulin (18 wins in 44 starts)
72: Anthony Beauvillier (127 points in 286 games)
77: Pierre Turgeon 340 points in 255 games)
79: Alexei Yashin (290 points in 340 games)
81: Miroslav Satan (166 points in 234 games)
86: Nikolai Kulemin (79 points in 248 games)
91: John Tavares (621 points in 669 games)
92: Vladimir Malakhov (125 points in 166 games)
93: Doug Weight (64 points in 107 games)