The New York Islanders are facing the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Isles come in as the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference, and the team finished the lockout shortened season with 55 points. The Penguins are the top seed in the East, and they enter the postseason after capturing 72 points.
These Yankees didn’t seem like the ones of years past. No big boppers, no home run slugging machines like we’re so used to seeing. At least it didn’t look like it. But yet here we are at the end of April and the Bronx Bombers are just that- Bombers. The team has hit the second most home runs in all of baseball. They stand just one home run behind Justin Upton and the Atlanta Braves.
It’s been six seasons since Islanders fans have seen their team in the postseason, but the wait is now over. A young team, led by Hart Trophy candidate John Tavares, will not have an easy first round as they face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
With the MLB season in full swing, we called upon ESPN Baseball Insider Jerry Crasnick for his thoughts on the season. Crasnick has been around the game for a long time having spent time as a beat reporter for the Cincinnati Reds and the Colorado Rockies.
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