The New York Islanders were supposed to be at the bottom of the NHL this season. We all remember that Deadspin article that went out of its way to show how little it thought of the New York Islanders chances in 2018-19.
To be fair to Deadspin, the Islanders had lost a superstar center in John Tavares through free agency and brought in Valtteri Filppula, Leo Komarov, Tom Kuhnhackl, and Matt Martin. If the Islanders were 17 points out of the playoffs with Tavares scoring 84 points how would they be any better with the slew of bottom six players they brought in?