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Neil Best: Barry Trotz not planning any big speeches for Islanders' biggest game

Hey, no pressure, guys. It's just the biggest game the Islanders have played in 36 years, when the only player on the ice for them this month who was alive at the time was Andy Greene.

The last time they reached the conference finals, in 1993, they fell behind 3-0 to the Canadiens, won one game to save face, then bowed out in five to the eventual Stanley Cup champions.

So to find a game as potentially impactful as Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Lightning on Sunday, in which the Islanders can tie the series at 2-2, one must go back to the 1984 Cup Final against the Oilers.

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