Blame it on whoever you want, but the Islanders are in a stadium fiasco that absolutely nobody knows the answer to.
It’s difficult to discern the facts from the fiction; the rumors from the truth. With conflicting reports materializing every day, the Isles’ future has never seemed so — dubious?
Well … it has. If there’s anything we’ve learned over the years, it’s that this organization likes doing things their own way. On a slightly reassuring note, things usually sort themselves out … eventually, at least.
Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about this never-ending saga:
The Islanders can opt-out of their current contract …
Jim Baumbach and Robert Brodsky, local political writers for Newsday, have reported that the Islanders and Barclays Center have 30 days after the end of the Isles’ season — which was Sunday — to “trigger the start of the negotiating window, which lasts until the end of the year.