The Islanders are fed up with practice.
They have played only three games in the first two weeks of the season, the last one on Monday. They play in Nashville Saturday, then have three more days off before a trip to the West Coast.
“I could tell today they were like, ‘Enough practicing, let's go play,’" Barry Trotz said Friday. “You start training camp, you get all the summer junk out of your game. It’s hard to go through that process and then you get into the rhythm. The rhythm in the National Hockey League. Play, practice, play, practice.