New York Islanders

The 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings are not the greatest NHL team ever. They are not even the greatest Red Wings team ever, taking a back seat to the '51-52 Stanley Cup champions, who won all eight of their playoff games....

The usually stellar postseason degenerated into an ugly display of cheap shots, threats and referee-bashing that sullied the sport

Injuries are common in the NHL playoffs. So are false injury reports

There's a new reality show on the air, starring the formerly hapless New York Islanders as bona fide NHL contenders

The Brain Trust gathered after last season, surveyed the team that had gone 21-51-7-3 and missed the postseason for a seventh straight year, and devised a two-pronged plan. First, the Islanders wanted to acquire a...