N.Y. Islanders, winners of 4 straight, playing free-flowing hockey

N.Y. Islanders, winners of 4 straight, playing free-flowing hockey

ELMONT, N.Y. – Could it be? Is it finally their time? After four straight seasons of floundering between first-round playoff exits and missing the postseason all together, the New York Islanders once again seem to be making their case as the best team that calls the Empire State home. It is, most certainly, not the seemingly perpetually-hopeless Buffalo Sabres, who haven’t won a playoff round since 2007 and haven’t played playoff hockey at all i…