Michael Leboff said on Islanders Anxiety around this time last year that the bye week and All-Star break was as much-needed a break for New York Islanders fans as it was for the players because this team is exhausting to watch and they make us get sick of them. Of course, not long after he said it, the Islanders traded for Bo Horvat, which then made us fans want the break to be over as soon as it started.
However, I think Mike’s quip about the break applies to this season too, and I don’t foresee a Bo Horvat trade coming to excite us—the Patrick Roy hire was this year’s Horvat trade.