The New York Islanders are at a crossroads, one that has been screaming in their face since well before the seven-game win streak. Currently, they near the 4 Nations break with three more games against tough competition and a growing list of injuries. They’re close enough to the wild card bubble to retain goodwill “faith” in this roster for a while longer, but the injury situation and how they’ve performed through most of the season would indicate the need for trading expiring assets.
We’ll see.
Things resume tonight at Belmont against Vegas before they hit the road for a back-to-back in the upper Midwest.