New York Islanders Roundtable: Worst Team in the NHL Edition

After two losses to the two worst team in the NHL, are the New York Islanders the worst team in the league now?

The New York Islanders certainly aren’t far off the mark of being the worst team in the league. Before last night’s game against the Florida Panthers, the Islanders were ranked 28th out of 30th teams.

But can we say that those two losses show us anything that could lead us to believe that the Islanders are the worst team in the NHL?

In those two losses to the Avalanche and the Coyotes, the Islanders scored two goals in six periods of hockey. They were outlasted by the Avalanche, probably because of the altitude. And were out…bettered? Really, though. The Coyotes were just better, there’s no better word than better.

And what about the loss to the Panthers? They weren’t that much better than the Isles were on that night. After scoring that second goal, the Panthers sat back and just waited out the Islanders, for almost an entire 40 minutes.

So what is it? Is this team as bad as they’re showing? Or is there somethings else that’s missing here? Was it because of the bye-week and then that weird little three-day break immediately

Was it because of the bye-week and then that weird little three-day break immediately afterward? Too much time off broke their momentum? Remember that just before the break the Isles were on a 4-1-0 tear, and scoring 4.6 goals per game on average.

For a drastic 180 like that, this team has to be that bad.