The New York Islanders are sitting pretty atop the Metropolitan Division, a trip to the playoffs well within reach.
As Ian McDiarmid said in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one at that.”
Long Island is buzzing with excitement that’s been so fervent some say it can even be felt in parts of Brooklyn some nights.
It wasn’t a topic that Isles fans expected to be discussing at this point in the season, but with 66 points—the third most in the Eastern Conference—the Islanders seem destined for a record finish this season and a hotly contested trip to either the Barclays Center or Nassau Coliseum.