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Islanders need a veteran to take charge

Mark Streit takes the puck in the first

Photo credit: Getty | Mark Streit takes the puck in the first period of a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center. (Jan. 31, 2013)

"I thought we played hard."

"We battled."

"We did some good things, but not enough to win."

These are common postgame remarks from the Islanders' locker room this season. Other seasons too, but this one perhaps most of all.

This is a team that comes close, that alternates good and bad periods, good and bad games and, overall, has been a maddeningly inconsistent team.

The...

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