TAMPA, Fla. — The loud thud here on Sunday afternoon was the sound of the window slamming shut on the Islanders under the ownership of Charles Wang.
It is over, the good, the bad and the ugly of this era that ended with this 4-0 Game 5 elimination defeat to the Lightning that left no doubt as to the identity of the better team in this conference semifinal series.
It is over, this era that was dominated for so long by financial crisis and the owner’s unsuccessful repeated attempts to sell the grandiose Lighthouse real estate plan to the either the politicians or citizens of Long Island, both of which constituencies said no to footing the bill for an arena to replace the Coliseum.