If the New York Islanders were a ship, they’d be a rudderless one, floating aimlessly at sea with no real direction. For while the rival New York Rangers dove headfirst into a bold rebuild, the Isles did nothing.
Clearly, none of the shot callers in Brooklyn were paying attention to what was going on across the East River, where Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton was given the greenlight by owner James Dolan to embark on a massive rebuild.
Once he got going, Gorton never took his foot off the accelerator.