Everything was going swimmingly for Jon Ledecky the New York Islanders.
The Islanders announced their Belmont Arena deal as the team was in a heated battle in the Metropolitan Division standings. They had also figured out their future with plans to split time between the Barclays Center and the Nassau Coliseum in the years before Belmont.
Everyone was in good spirits, and things were going fairly well for the Islanders and their fans. The conversation piece was that with some retooling defensively, they could challenge for the division.
Forty-nine games later, the narrative has shifted to the point that Isles fans are talking about Rasmus Dahlin, the projected number-one overall pick for this year’s draft.