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Islanders need solid vet to help young guns

Quick ReadThe Islanders need a player that can do what Keith Hernandez once did to the Mets, Mark Herrmann writes.

Islanders forward John Tavares (91) hugs teammate Matt

Photo credit: John Dunn | Islanders forward John Tavares (91) hugs teammate Matt Moulson (26) after Moulson's third-period goal against the Kings. The Kings beat the Islanders, 2-1.

Mark Herrmann

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Now that the first win is out of the way, the Islanders are free to take a more expansive view (and one would hope, expensive, too). The future is theirs to plan and I have just the wrinkle for them.

The Islanders need Keith Hernandez.

Not the actual Hernandez, the always insightful and sometimes curmudgeonly Mets broadcaster and former Seinfeld guest star. They need someone who can...

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