Not the start of the season he or us were hoping for.
There was a brief moment - three games, to be exact - when the Islanders had their actual top six defensemen in the line-up at once. Any more of those moments will have to wait as Thomas Hickey makes his second trip to the injured reserve this season.
Arthur Staple of Newsday breaks the bad news:
Thomas Hickey will miss at least a month with a lower-body injury, a source said Monday. The Islanders defenseman sustained the injury, believed to be to his left leg, in the third period of the team's 3-2 overtime win over the Blues in St.