It was the worst possible time for the New York Islanders to play the Boston Bruins. With their sixth Super Bowl win on Sunday, the New England Patriots were going through Boston with a much celebrated parade.
The fanfare meant that the Islanders didn’t have a morning skate before the game. Getting the team out of the hotel and into the melee of the crowd was clearly too much of a logistical nightmare for the Isles.
They’d have a video session in the hotel as their game prep. Hopefully, the lack of a skate after a two day break wasn’t going to be a disadvantage for the Islanders.