Newsday's Arthur Staple, now covering the Eastern Conference final, took some time during his flight to Tampa to answer some Islanders-centric inquiries on Twitter.
Because the team has been mostly quiet since their elimination, Staple warned readers ahead of time that, "nothing's changed." So the questions were a similarly low-key collection of updates, predictions for the near future, thoughts on Barclays Center and, of course, insight into the returning coaching staff. And the requisite goofball ones.
Here's a selection of replies.
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@blairmacgregor I'm sure quite a bit depends on how next season goes.