I'm in Manhattan.

I became an Islanders fan a few years ago when the Rangers, Devils, and Islanders all sucked simultaneously, and new ownership + Lou Lamoriello shook things up

That turned out to be the right cue because now the Isles are one of the most interesting teams in the league, even with a playoffs miss

Here we are almost five years later and the Rangers have proven they know how to turn lemons into dogshit instead of lemonade, and the Devils are, well, still the Devils.

I still think this roster and coaching direction has legs in it, even after an impossibly bad year. COVID, injuries, the fucked up schedule, the new arena, a big hole on LHD, there are a lot of excuses and they are all valid.