This version of the Islanders has proven it is best fit for a specific type of game

Fuente: New York Post

TORONTO — Seven games into the season, the still-hazy picture of the Islanders that’s starting to peek through the fog is a team that, most nights, needs its defense to compensate for its offense.   There’s some irony in that, given the club has spent the past few years playing a style of hockey that flies in the face of an outdated reputation, earned nearly a decade ago, that they are a defense-first team. Now that perception is finally catching up to reality — thanks Matthew Schaefer! — the Islanders look like they are shifting back to where they used to be.