The Islanders were off yesterday, and if I were boss I’d tell them to go ahead and take the next few weeks off, too. They need it. We need it. There wasn’t much new said about the team yesterday, and we’re all the better for that.
In the Year of the Wade Dubielewicz Poke-Check, when the Islanders were outside the bubble down the stretch, The Hockey News — which was still a somewhat relevant print publication during that transitional time — famously left the Islanders out of their Eastern Conference playoff preview, which included 10 possible teams for an 8-team bracket.