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2009-10 Team Preview: New York Islanders

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Dave Sandford/Getty Images John Tavares was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NHL draft. 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ISLANDERS By Scott Burnside When you go from 17th to 26th to dead last in the league over the past three seasons, well, that's not an attractive trend. The good news for long-suffering New York Islanders fans is there's nowhere to go but up. Given how bad the Colorado Avalanche and, possibly, the Phoenix Coyotes look to be, there's hope they will escape the s ...

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