Yesterday, the New York Islanders reported to training camp and enjoyed Media Day without ever speaking to the media—the Lou Lamoriello Way, if you will. Instead, they took a bunch of pictures, allowing us our first look at Zach Parise in an Islanders uniform and our first look at Zdeno Chara in this generation of Islanders jerseys.
But today, the players will take the ice and begin actually training for the upcoming season, a season in which they are a sexy Stanley Cup pick. What a time to be alive and an Islanders fan—or in the words of Bode Wilde: “What a world.