Long Islanders make trek to Bridgeport to see AHL team in playoffs

What I learned from going to watch top Islanders prospects in the AHL playoffs

Regardless of how long it lasts, it is time spent on the ice together, in a professional, playoff setting, for some of the players who the Islanders are hinging their future on.

Long Islanders make trek to Bridgeport to see AHL team in playoffs

With Bridgeport in playoffs, Long Islanders say they want to see the big club's young players.

CHOCHILINO What I learned from going to watch top Islanders prospects in the AHL playoffs %

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The value of the Islanders sending so many of their prospects to Bridgeport for the AHL playoffs is, primarily, going to hinge on how long of a run they can pull together. So, after losing Game 1 of their best-of-three series against Hershey by an empty-net-aided 2-0 on Tuesday night, there is a pretty real chance this could be over before it properly begins, with the season on the line Thursday night in Pennsylvania. That is…