You can blame Taylor Swift if you want, thats fine. You can blame Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany. But either way, Chief Fatigue is real.

A seismic is probably not in the cards for the Islanders, but that does not mean they wont be adding.

Lightning's Mikhail Sergachev was taken off the Madison Square Garden ice on a stretcher in the second period of Tampa Bays matchup with the Rangers.

There is little off the last eight weeks and 26 games, in which the Rangers went 12-12-2, to suggest that this team is a third-line center away from the Cup, unless, as the old joke goes, a 30-year-old Mark Messier is available to fill that role.

If the Rangers dont change course upon their return from the All-Star break, someone will have to take the initiative to send a louder message.

The Islanders finally won back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 13. Now building on that is the challenge for Patrick Roy's crew.

After putting together one of their worst efforts of the season and losing 5-0 to the Wild on Monday night, all those problems continue to snowball in 2024.

The Islanders have a lot to fix if theyre going to get into the playoffs. Getting the maximum out of Ilya Sorokin, though, is non-negotiable.

Heres some unsolicited advice to the Chiefs as they get ready to descend upon Sin City for Super Bowl LVIII: Leave your problems at home.