We’ve already established that the New York Islanders are likely going to be sellers at the trade deadline. Take last night’s soul-crushing 7-4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes as a nice little recent example of why.
At one point the Islanders were up 3-1 on the Hurricanes and cruising to seemingly easy two points. Six unanswered goals later and the Islanders leave Raleigh with nothing but a severely bruised ego.
The Islanders still managed to score four of their own, that should be enough to win a hockey game. Two of those (and contentiously a third) came off the stick of captain John Tavares.