As the Islanders continue their two days of internal exit interviews and external media scrums, everyone awaits John Tavares and Doug Weight, plus Garth Snow and ownership’s surely generic “we like our group, we need to be better, always trying to improve our hockey club” statements to media.
There is potential for a sea shift (Tavares is a free agent, the coaching and management have have failed more than they’ve succeeded for years, ownership theoretically wants a “fifth Cup”), but also great potential for a maddening status quo.
But before those finales, other not-insignificant news has filtered out from other player exit scrums.