Hey, I'll take any good news I can find nowadays.
Sure, the team still appears rather bad by both the NHL standings and by fancy stats, but heading into the cold of winter, where the great outdoors is less of an option - leading to more time in front of the TV to view, let's say, hockey games - it feels good to have signs of a pulse. It'd feel a lot better if the Bettman Bonus Point System didn't put the Islanders in such an immense hole (more on that later), but even still, the season is not yet a total loss, so there's that.