Anders Lee skates during Islanders training camp at the Northwell Health Ice Center. Photo Credit: James Escher
The hockey world does not know quite what to make of these Islanders.
Sure, many people – opponents, fans, journalists, sportsbooks – think they should be OK, what with coming off a 103-point season and making so few changes that the budget for new locker room nameplates presumably went almost untouched.
And yet . . . There is something about them that seems to give observers pause.
Part of it is that in addition to not degrading the roster they also did not improve it, while some of their neighbors did, at least on paper.