The Future of the Islanders

Katie Baker at Grantland:

Long Island residents on Monday voted on a special referendum to authorize the issue of a municipal bonds that would finance the construction of a new arena. Still reading? Good! This vote was important, because facility would have replaced the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which was built in 1972 (and shows it.) The vote was expected to either breathe new life into the building's main tenant, the New York Islanders, or effectively deliver a death sentence for hockey on Long Island.
Nassau voters rejected the bond, which would have raised household taxes by a modest amount. That puts the future of the Islanders franchise in doubt. Because you might not have been closely following Long Island municipal issues already, here’s five things to think about after Monday’s vote.

The article says that potential new homes for the Islanders are Brooklyn, Kansas City and Quebec.  With Winnipeg getting a team back, it would be interesting to see hockey return to Quebec.  Anyway, as bad as the Islanders have been in the last few years, I still think of the 4 Stanley Cups at the beginning of the 80s when I hear the name.