With the much-hyped opening day of NHL free agency underway, the New York Islanders did not go gently into that good night. Turns out, they didn’t really go, period.
When it comes to NHL free agency, I’m not a “DO SOMETHING” kind of fan, and I never have been — it’s classically the day when the biggest Ladd-ish mistakes are made. There are very few elite free agents who ever come available, and consequently there are very few teams/GMs who ever actually land them. (And even when they do...what is the rate of regret three, four years in?