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After luring the Islanders to Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner wants to move them back to Nassau ... for six games per season.

All the New York Islanders/Brooklyn coverage that's fit to link.

As far as franchise relocation goes, the New York Islanders' move to Brooklyn is the best that one can hope for.

The Islanders were the NHL's last true dynasty. Now, with the team moving to Brooklyn in 2015, its crystal clear that Nassau County itself did more damage to the dynasty than any other team ever could.

Even for New York Islanders fans who embrace Brooklyn as a new beginning, this week's news raise the question of how we'll say goodbye to a beloved old venue.

Getting arena resolution is a reward for all of the New York Islanders fans who suffered through uncertainty and the leanest of lean years.

The New York Islanders aren't changing their name, they aren't changing their ownership, but they will be playing in a new building for the 2015-16 season.

The New York Islanders plan a major announcement at Barclays Center with arena developer Bruce Ratner, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.

New York Islanders fans waited all summer long to check out hockey at the Barclays Center. Thanks to the incompetent blowhards who run the league and NHLPA, they will now wait much, much longer.

While their game in this dimension was canceled due to the lockout, on the parallel Earth-Z, the Islanders and Devils did play a pre-season game at Barclays Center on October 2, 2012. Via the miracle of time travel, here is the recap and box score.