The Stanley Cup is in the building for Game 4 Saturday night in Edmonton. If the Panthers pull it off, the league can only do one thing to correct this injustice: As they did in 1984 after the Isles swept the Oil in 1983, they must change the playoff format to 2-3-2 to alleviate the travel burden on those precious Oilers.
An Isles thing: A not-very-convincing case for the Islanders to try to add Mitch Marner. [THN]
An ex-Isles thing: Kyle Okposo spent seven years between playoff appearances, but he was pretty good last time he got the chance.