Waitaminute. Weren’t these decade retrospective things supposed to come out, like, two weeks ago?
I guess... We’ve never been big on deadlines around here anyway.
It’s okay because the story of the Islanders’ last ten seasons (a decade ends every year when you think about it) is one about a team that took its sweet time before finally finding itself.
The Islanders of 2009-10 were a far cry from the Islanders of 2019-20 and that’s not just because the names on the uniforms have changed thanks to the inevitable march of time and professional sports.