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Blame Justin Bieber for Islanders' playoff layoff

Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.

Justin Bieber is a Maple Leafs fan, so forgive the guy if he doesn’t plan his life around the Stanley Cup playoffs. But some of the rest of us do, including this spring the Islanders and their fans as the team makes a rare journey into May.

Alas, the Biebs got dibs on Barclays Center for Wednesday and Thursday, forcing the Isles and Lightning to wait an extra day to play for the third time in a row in their second-round series.