Admit it! You’re concerned! Not quite worried, but concerned. Each time you look at the NHL Eastern Conference standings, specifically, the Metropolitan Division, you see the name of a hockey team that, over the last 30 years, is more suited to be towards the bottom half with the also-rans instead of being among the big boys.
After all, if you’re under the age of 40, you’ve probably never been subjected to an Islander victory parade down that crowded thoroughfare on Long Island called Hempstead Turnpike. No, the motorcades back then did not have to stop at red lights, although, with all the red light cameras inundating Long Island roads and streets, that may have to change.