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Moving In Stereo: Islanders owners need to end arena drama soon

Hey, did you hear the big Islanders news from today? They signed Thomas Greiss to a three-year extension.

No, wait. There was that other news. They’re being thrown out of Barclays Center and will be homeless in 2019.

No, wait. That’s not it. The story in Bloomberg about the arena making more money without the team there was just a public negotiating ploy designed to get Islanders owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin to change the specifics of their deal to something more amenable for both parties.