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Play about 2018 Islanders team, suffering fans sets the stage for dealing with larger issues

A promotional photo for "Islander" a theater production written by Liza Birkenmeier and directed by Katie Brook, playing at the HERE Arts Center in Soho through Saturday. Credit: Maria Baranova

Remember 2018, Islanders fans? It was only three years ago, but it seems like a distant epoch now.

That was a world in which the team was captained by John Tavares and led off the ice by Garth Snow and Doug Weight, played many of its home games at Barclays Center, was a defensive wreck and missed the playoffs.

So perhaps fans living in a state of Lou Lamoriello / Barry Trotz bliss will not be eager to revisit those days.