I think my message may have been lost in the thick of things tonight as there's a lot of feces being flung around. I'd just like to extend my gratitude to Mattais and the New York Islanders. Mattais took over a team in shambles after past management abandoned the team and stuck with it throughout the entirety of the season. I would like to thank Mattais and all of his players for showing up each and every playoff game, and even allowing us to re-schedule a game when we failed to have a full line-up available. This is exactly how a team overcoming the loss of management should act, and I hope other teams can learn from their actions in the future.
