Not only does today mark the first day of free agency for the NHL, it is also a historic day for the Islanders. Long time owner Charles Wang is no longer the majority owner of the team. Peter Schwartz shared his positive views on Charles Wang.
His argument was that even though Wang may not have always made the right decisions, but he actually cared about the team. He brought up some of the trades that were made early on in his tenure like Michael Peca and Alexei Yashin.
Looking back I’m not sure I would call the Alexei Yashin trade and signing necessarily a good move by the Wang era but I get Schwartz’s argument that Wang was at least looking to spend.