For all intents and purposes, let’s call half of the 2016-17 season a “hiccup.”
After a 4-0 victory in Boston, it was determined that Capuano’s leash had gone far enough. Nothing had been clicking, lines were being shuffled every night and during the game, little to no results presented themselves and the New York Islanders were dead last in the Eastern Conference.
That’s when Doug Weight took hold of the coaching position, and the Islanders turned a new leaf. The ‘new’ Isles became more aggressive, faster, and more offensively apt. The defense had some work left to do, as did the morbid powerplay but it seems that steps are being made to continue to head in the right direction.