Now that we have had time to get accustomed to the idea, it is easy to lose sight of the fact the Islanders’ return to NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum – concurrent with a revival on the ice – is the coolest, strangest story in the NHL.
Monday night’s regular-season home finale is a good time to step back and remind ourselves of that, before the playoffs begin and all that matters is final scores.
A home venue that seemed to be dead and buried after one last home victory, in Game 6 of a first-round 2015 playoff series against Barry Trotz’s Capitals, instead lives on after a 3 ½-year hiatus.