New York Islanders: Matt Martin Retires, Named Special Assistant to the GM

[xECK29x]

 

[islesfan3913]

First step in how we get Marner

 

[SI90]

Was just coming to post this!! Emotional for. Matty is the mayor of Long Island and I’m beyond excited he’ll be working my within the organization.

 

[PK Cronin]

13 games shy of 1,000 games, we can't get him a new deal for 13 games?!

 

[boredmale]

First step in how we get Marner

I was just about to post he will be assigned the Marner file. lol

 

[SI90]

13 games shy of 1,000 games, we can't get him a new deal for 13 games?!

This will always bother me. Especially after the way last season went.

 

[islesmb]

I was just about to post he will be assigned the Marner file. lol

That's better than the Penske file...

 

[Thrasymachus]

you know a guy is loved by the fanbase when they basically invent a position for him.

Love Martin, VERY happy he is staying with the team. We may win a cup with him yet, just not in the capacity we thought.

Great opportunity for him. I wish him well in his new role.

 

[doublechili]

That's better than the Penske file...

Chris L is handling the Penske file.

 

[Kevin27nyi]

He’s a great ambassador for Long Island, happy about this

 

[mm11]

was built Windsor tough, came in hitting and never stopped. Great to see this, hope he stays in NYI colors for a long time

 

[Throttle]

you know a guy is loved by the fanbase when they basically invent a position for him.

Love Martin, VERY happy he is staying with the team. We may win a cup with him yet, just not in the capacity we thought.

Great opportunity for him. I wish him well in his new role.

Errr. Dougie Weight had a similar role to Snow, no?

Separate from that, it does feel like the Martin and Clutters are staying in and close to the team.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Errr. Dougie Weight had a similar role to Snow, no?

I had forgotten about that! Well hopefully Martin and Darche are superior to that duo.

 

[Spybot]

Yeah it's just the standard issue "learning the ropes" position. We'll see in a few years if he has a future in coaching or management.

 

[Throttle]

Yeah it's just the standard issue "learning the ropes" position. We'll see in a few years if he has a future in coaching or management.

Very young family, doubt he goes the coach route.

In Clutters interview he kinda said some guys just love it, others need a break from it since it’s been their entire life and have no interest.

 

[TXNYI]

13 games shy of 1,000 games, we can't get him a new deal for 13 games?!

Maybe Darche tells him to keep in shape and after we unload some bodies at the trade deadline and need help in the tank for McKenna we enlist his services for the last 13 games.....

 

[Spybot]

Very young family, doubt he goes the coach route.

In Clutters interview he kinda said some guys just love it, others need a break from it since it’s been their entire life and have no interest.

Well I mean "a few years" might mean 15 years Just saying these ex players often start off as "assistants" or "consultants" and then end up *somewhere*.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Matt Martin - Director of Recruiting

 

[xECK29x]

 

[crashthenet]

How it should be.

 

[gordie43]

Glad to see Martin stick around. Wonder if he has any ambition to be in management or if he’s doing this more as an ambassador?

 

[Tres Peleches]

Chris L is handling the Penske file.

He’s not Penske material

 

[Glory Days]

Good for Matt, glad to see him stay with the team.

 

[seafoam]

13 games shy of 1,000 games, we can't get him a new deal for 13 games?!

I know you are being sarcastic but he played 88 postseason games on top of 987 regular season games.

He’s in the 1000 games club in my eye, I never understood why statisticians only count regular season games…

 

[MarsTBOW]

June 24, 2025
By

Russ Macias

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Darche On His Impressions of Martin:​

Darche first described how he first met Martin, and it wasn’t in the past few months. It was the beginning of Martin’s career, and the end of Darche’s:

“Well, the first thing is this first few years were my last few years playing, I had to make sure I wasn’t fighting him because he would have beaten me up. So I remember that from those first few years, he was intimidating. He had that long hair back then.”

Darche seems like a very honest guy