Several concurrent things affect the Islanders of today and tomorrow as this, the year of some bizarro lord, 2020, marches on.
The NHL and NHLPA were negotiating “into the night” this week to resolve details of agreements to start training camp for the 24-teams in the playoff/qualifier tournament, which at latest bet was set to take place in “hub” cities of Edmonton and Toronto, now that the latest waves of the virus has pushed U.S. hub city candidates out of the picture.
As you likely know, the league has insisted that players like top Islanders goalie property Ilya Sorokin unable to sign for this season, where they could burn a year — in Sorokin’s case the only year — off an ELC.