New York Islanders Dynasty Respects New Age Dynasty

The New York Islanders had one of the most successful dynasties of the 1980s. Those guys find love for the new age dynasty in sports.

A record the New York Islanders held for 40 years is about to be broken tomorrow. The Islanders were the last major North American franchise to make it to their sport’s respective championship five years in a row.

That record is about to be broken with the Golden State Warriors making it to the championship again this year. Sitting here 35 years removed from the Islanders last trip to the Stanley Cup it feels weird to mention the Islanders and Warriors in the same breath.

In this 2019 sports world the Warriors, like the Patriots, are the golden boy of the sports world. Everyone envies their success and nobody has done it better than Golden State over the last half-decade.

In an article from The Athletic, Daniel Brown asked former members of that Islanders team about the Golden State Warriors and nearly everyone had the same answer. They don’t follow basketball closely, but how could you not love what the Warriors are doing.

While many sports fans today find the Warriors annoying for all their success and ESPN’s seemingly never-ending coverage of them, the Islanders were once that team.

I’m too young to have experienced the Islanders as that team but to many, there was nobody better in all of sports in the 1980s. It’s hard to appreciate the dynasty in the moment, but one day the Warriors are going to be looked at as one of the best dynasties in sports, just like the Islanders.

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