For the past few decades, the Islanders organization has floated further and further away from the traditions and the team that made up the greatest run in sports history. The dynasty of the four straight Stanley Cups, starting in 1980, and the players who made up those teams, were becoming forgotten by the younger generation of the fan base.
But on Monday, at the team’s sparkling new practice facility on Long Island, with whip-smart new owner Jon Ledecky leading the show, and with one more memorial to beloved coach Al Arbour, who passed away one year and one day ago, things are beginning to look stabilized.