Fisherman

Having attended tonight's New York Islanders/New Jersey Devils tilt in Newark (where "Rangers Suck" chants were abound), my love affair with the greatest jersey even worn in the history of professional sports was rekindled.

A gentleman, whose hand I should have shaken, was bold enough to walk into the Prudential Center with this 'classic'. I say bold not because he was in the the Devils' lair, but because other Islanders fans may have wanted to punch his lights out.

However, the Fisherman era represents so much... well, disfunction and drunken Photoshopping. The (in)famous photo above shows Darius Kasparaitis and Travis Green donning these threads in 1995 for the unveiling of the Isles' new identity. Thanks to the power of Google, here's a bit more about the immediate reaction.

I got to say that whenever the local newscasts show Islanders highlights, I thought that the TV was tripping on acid. These may have been two years of complete and utter shame out on Long Island, but as impossible as it may be to tell, it could have been worse...

Muuuuuuuuuch worse.