Predictions are hard. I found this out the hard way, by putting out 25 bold (more like boldish) takes on the internet for people to read. I think I know the New York Islanders rather well but I didn’t do so hot with these predictions.
To be fair, nobody expected this kind of season from the Islanders. They were supposed to be an awful team in despair after losing their franchise player.
Instead, they shocked the hockey world by not only making the playoffs but sweeping the first round. Granted, the season didn’t end on a hot note, but this team had no business being in the second round of the playoffs (on paper), yet they did the damn thing.