Kyle Okposo and the Order of the Islanders: Saying goodbye as a shared journey ends

From Minnesota to Uniondale to Brooklyn, no player has mirrored the Islanders like Kyle Okposo has.

My favorite piece of Kyle Okposo trivia is that he was drafted by Neil Smith in the most significant transaction of his scant month-and-change as Islanders general manager.

Thirteen days after the 2006 draft, Smith was relived of his duties by owner Charles Wang and replaced by Garth Snow, who, the day before, was team’s back-up goalie. Okposo, then playing for the University of Minnesota, must have been wondering what the hell was going on out there on Long Island.