Islanders are right where they expected to be as final push begins: ‘The window is always open’

Islanders are right where they expected to be as final push begins: ‘The window is always open’

EAST MEADOW, NY — There had been a lot of talk about the New York Islanders' window of contention being shut after they followed up two consecutive Stanley Cup semifinal losses in 2020 and 2021 with two playoff misses, two first-round postseason losses, and three different head coaches over the next four years.  That was a whole lot of phooey to captain Anders Lee, who is a centerpiece of the veteran core that many had put out to pasture last se…