Well, folks, we actually did it. We made it through the offseason. It was painful and scary, but we perspired (during free agency) and percolated (thinking about free agency) and persevered (through the doldrums of August) and we're all better for it. Maybe not the Islanders, but why not us, as people?
Anyway, as we know, we said good-bye to three pillars of the organization in Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo, and Matt Martin. To replace them, we brought in Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera, and P.A. Parenteau (HA!