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Islanders no longer a joke

By Brian A. Shactman
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 20, 2000

How different are things on Long Island? Well, no one is chirping about winning a Stanley Cup right now, but things are decidedly different with the New York Islanders. And the clearest manifestation of that? Attitude. From the players to the front office, dare it be said that the Islanders are happy this training camp. Complacent? No, but with all the changes over the last sixth months or so, some of the grime of being pathetic has been rubbed off to show a new shade of Islander blue. New o ...

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