from Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,

There was captain John Tavares calling it “embarrassing.” Across the room, alternate captain Frans Nielsen was saying a performance like this “can’t happen.”

Yet probably the most damning part of the Islanders’ 5-0 blowout loss to the Penguins on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center was this sentiment, coming from coach Jack Capuano:

“It’s not like we have a lot of guys in the bullpen that we can put in there,” Capuano said.

So this is the Islanders (42-26-9), in all of the ugly splendor of their new annual spring swoon — which, if you remember, is better than the November swoon which shot any hope of the playoffs in the foot before getting off the ground. Their previous standing kept them two points clear of the victorious Flyers for the first wild-card position, so tenuously secured with just five games remaining in the regular season.

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