Mike and Dan put as much effort into recapping the Islanders’ first two post-trade deadline games as the players put into playing them.
Instead, they spend more time lamenting just how old, slow, sloppy and depressing the team looked in both, one of which was an actual win. One night after Ilya Sorokin stole two points in San Jose, the Islanders slept through a game against the Ducks that was as sad as it was boring. If this roster still wants to make the playoffs without Brock Nelson, they sure as hell didn’t look like it.
But according to GM Lou Lamoriello in an illuminating West Coast press availability, that’s exactly what the plan is.