The New York Islanders have concluded one of the most consequential years in team history.
It was overall a major period of change: Doug Weight took over as head coach, Belmont Park was named the club’s new home, and Joshua Ho-Sang and Mathew Barzal took the league by storm.
It was also a period of disappointment: New York failed to make the postseason, Garth Snow couldn’t get John Tavares to sign an extension, and Travis Hamonic was traded to Calgary.
But above all, it was a period of hope.