The dream of a perfect season is over—but hey, there’s always next year. The New York Islanders dropped their season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes last night in North Carolina (as if I really need to mention that they weren’t on Long Island).
The top line looked quite good, and Zach Parise looks like a guy with something to prove. But as Dom said in the recap, there were too many instances of porous and/or passive defense, which is a recipe for disaster against a team with the speed, skill, and attack-attack-attack mindset of the ‘Canes.