There was some stirring hockey and an enthused reception during the home opener at Barclays Center. Let’s hope we never witness anything like it again.
Everybody who has a say-so should ensure that the Islanders never begin another season in Brooklyn. Entire sections of empty seats behind the Honda, still preposterously parallel-parked just beyond the goal line, symbolized why the start of this season should mark the beginning of the end of the Islanders’ stay in Brooklyn.
Amend the contract. Change the percentage of games scheduled to be played on Atlantic Avenue from half to zero. It is what the players want, what the fans desperately want and even what Barclays Center executives want.