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Penguins can serve as lesson for Islanders

Arthur Staple

Arthur Staple

Staple, with Newsday since 1997, has covered high school

They were gone, plain and simple. One of the best NHL teams of the last 30 years was packed up and ready to leave its only home,   frustrated by the politics of trying to get a new arena.

“It is time to take control of our own destiny,” the team’s owner said at the time. “We will begin to explore options in cities outside Pennsylvania.”

Mario Lemieux spoke those words a little less than...

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