Since the New York Islanders left in 2015, the fans have pondered when or if this team would ever return. We might finally have a real answer after all these years. Not speculation, not some basement blogger’s hypothesis (terrible self-awareness, I know), or some hot take on Twitter.
It’s a legit report that the Islanders have a deal in place to play part of their season next year at the Nassau Coliseum.
Here’s what Jim Baumbach of Newsday said:
The Islanders are expected to play 12 games at the renovated Coliseum next season and — if all goes well with those games — they expect to play about half of their regular season schedules in the other remaining years prior to moving to Belmont, the sources said.