Reaching the next level is going to be difficult. For the Islanders and for their fans.
Spoiler: This is going to be the worst and most self-conscious Islanders "preview" you'll read this year.
The 2015-16 season is here and I'm still not prepared to read things like this and this and this and this, in which groups of people got together and after careful deliberation decided to print their belief that the Islanders will be among the very best teams in the NHL this season.
As an Islanders fan for more than half my life, I have trouble shifting into whatever gear I need to be in to believe, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that my team will win in a given situation.