If this were a Disney movie – “The Mighty Pulocks”? “Miracle on (Bad) Ice”? “Slap Trotz”? – the Islanders would win 12 more games and hoist the Stanley Cup at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum come June.
The fresh coats of paint would peel off the place. Old fans and old Islanders would cry. Car horns would honk.
But this is not a movie, this is a business. And business dictates that the Barn door has closed for the season, and all remaining home playoff games will be played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Do not blame the Islanders.