Isles are heartbreakers again

It was four months ago I walked into one of the last rows at the Nassau Colisseum for John Tavares' debut with the New York Islanders. The place was electric. The "Let's Go Islanders" chants were contagious and so loud they drowned out the P.A. system. There was hope and for much of the season they kept it up. Tavares was producing, Matt Moulson, a gamble out of Cornell, is leading the team in scoring, Kyle Okposo looks fantastic, Josh Bailey was looking like the Top 10 pick he was supposed to be and Dwayne Roloson was holding down the fort in goal.
Now they didn't start well and I figured their one win in the first 10 games was a sign of things to come for the whole season. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on the way you look at it) they rebounded. Not only did they rebound but they were in the playoff hunt. This is a team that finished with 61 points all of last season and they are beating teams like Pittsburgh, Washington and Boston. Of course Boston tanked so this is not impressive but still, they were number one in the east a year ago.
The worst stretch for me was Dec. 23, 2009 until Jan. 23, 2010. Wait a minute you say, (well you would but most people don't care about this team) the Isles went 10-3-1 in that time frame. What is so bad about that? It's because once again they teased me. On Jan. 21 I watched with my cousin, who had never been to an Isles' game before, as Moulson's shot hit the twine in the shootout for an Isles win. They were on a roll, in a playoff spot and the Coliseum, though only three-quarters full was louder than most buildings at capacity. What a tease! I mean really!
As I write this, the Isles are coming off a 3-1 loss to a rookie goaltender for Carolina, one of the worst teams in the league (record-wise at least) in his first ever start! It was their seventh consecutive loss and unlike the first 10 games, they didn't manage a single point.
I think it was premature of me to get excited for a team that has 13 players younger than me, no proven NHL goal scorers and a defense that seems to get injured very often. I still have faith that Tavares will develop into the player he is supposed to be but one goal in his last 18 games is unacceptable considering he was a strong Calder Trophy candidate. This year's rookie of the year is Buffalo's Tyler Myers by the way and he is playing for a team that missed the playoffs last year but will easily get in this year.
The Isles are only five points out of a playoff spot but I want them to end my misery now. All I have forward to look for is another lottery pick who will probably bust anyway.