Regardless of where they are playing the rest of their home games, the Islanders are Long Island’s team, maybe as much as they ever have been. It says so right on the front of every player’s jersey, in one of the most distinctive logos anywhere.
The Islanders are the only team in the four major sports with a crest that contains a map or any kind of geographical entity. A carefully detailed drawing of Long Island stands for something, and fans simply would not stand for management’s long-ago decision to replace it with a fisherman.
“It’s unique, certainly.