At playoff time, even the prime tenets of real estate do not hold up. All things considered, it’s not “Location, location, location,” it’s “Yes! Yes! Yes!”
That is to say, would just about everyone at Barclays Center Friday night rather have been at Nassau Coliseum? Yes.
Would the atmosphere, starting with the tailgating, have been much more frenzied on Hempstead Turnpike than Atlantic Avenue, and would the ice have been better? Yes.
Still, for the Islanders and their raucously passionate fans, is this immensely better than not being in the second round of the playoffs? Yes!