Poorly as the Islanders played in a 5-2 loss on Sunday afternoon, that is the reason to think they can turn things around.
RALEIGH, N.C. — It is not the Dynasty from which the present-day Islanders must take their inspiration from now, but the precursor to those teams.
“He was apologizing because he just felt that he hadn’t prepared us properly,” Denis Potvin told The Post by phone on Monday, “and I think the humbleness of the man who’s a tough coach and won four Stanley Cups when he played and all that stuff was amazing. And I think it really changed our attitude.”
Brady Skjei #76 of the Carolina Hurricanes tries to slow down Mathew Barzal #13 of the New York Islanders.Antti Raanta #32 of the Carolina Hurricanes stops a shot by Brock Nelson #29 of the New York Islanders.“That fourth game [against Pittsburgh], all of a sudden, little things started happening,” Potvin said. “That gave us a little more confidence. And we won that [Game 4], in hockey dressing rooms all over the world you say, ‘We got ’em where we want ’em,’ that kind of stuff.
“In a situation like this and given what I’ve just told you about Al Arbour, Lane Lambert’s gotta be pulling his hair out just wondering, ‘What am I going to say? Is there something I can say in practice, before the next game, is there a lineup change I can make?’ ” Potvin said. “He’s probably not going to sleep over that.”
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