Editing Taylor Pyatt (section)

===New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres===
In [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]], Pyatt made the final cut out of the Islanders' training camp as the only player with no prior NHL experience.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kellner|first=Jenny|title=Pyatt impresses Islanders|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E4DA143DF933A0575AC0A9669C8B63|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-03-16 | date=2000-09-30}}</ref> On November 27, 2000, he scored his first NHL goal, against the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pyatt helps Islanders end skid|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-558404.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517051418/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-558404.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-17|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=2008-03-16}}</ref> After Pyatt's rookie season, during which he scored 18 points in 78 games, the Islanders traded him to the [[Buffalo Sabres]] (along with [[Tim Connolly]]) in exchange for [[Frank J. Selke Trophy]] winner [[Michael Peca]] in a draft-day trade.

During the [[2004–05 NHL lockout|2004–05 lockout]], Pyatt went overseas to play for [[Hammarby IF Hockey (1921–2008)|Hammarby IF]] of the Swedish [[HockeyAllsvenskan]].