Go New York Go

What a time of year to be a New York sports fan. Look at what's going on in the New York Metro area right now. Both Baseball teams are in full swing, and all five winter sports teams (Knicks, Nets, Islanders, rangers and Devils) have made the playoffs, thanks to the Islanders clinching the final spot in the East Wednesday night. Its the first time since 1994 that has happened.

As a matter of fact, going back to last fall, eight of the nine teams that play in New York made the playoffs, with the Jets the only one that came up short.

Being a sports fan in New York right now is beautiful. Think about what we got (at the time of this writing)

Mets: 7-6 2nd in East (2 back of the Braves)

Yankees: 8-4 2nd in East (4 games back of Rays)

Knicks: 47-35 finished 5th in East (will play Cleveland in opening round)

Nets: 45-37 finished 6th in East (will play Philadelphia in opening round)

Islanders: 42-31-9 4th in Metro Division (will play Carolina in opening round)

Rangers: 47-22-13 3rd in Metro Division (will play New Jersey in opening round)

Devils: 52-22-9 2nd in Metro Division (will play Rangers in opening round)

All the playoffs matches listed for the teams is going to be good, like really good. The fact that we had as good of a sporting year as New York has had this year says a lot. It speaks to how well the teams were built (again save for the Jets too). It has brough a new life to the Metro New York area getting everybody tuned in and going to the arenas. Its making for must see events every night.

Now, will it result in a championship being brought back to the area? It doesn't look too good on paper. But that's on paper, anything can and usually does happen out on the field of play. Knicks have been a very streaky team at times during the year, closing out the season on a two game losing streak that followed a three game win streak. This was a team that made the playoffs two years ago and was bounced in five by Atlanta, and they haven't won a series since 2013. So there's a lot on the line here.

For the Nets, they won three of their final five games, even though this roster looks quite a bit different then it did back in October. This is the 5th straight playoff spot for the Nets, only having one series win in the last four years. They are looking to really build off this rebuild and maybe go on a solid run. So much like the Knicks, there's a lot on the line for Brooklyn too.

The Islanders had to win out to even reach the playoffs, winning three of their final four games to get in. They did, and this was a team that had a 7.6% chance of making the playoffs back in January. They won big games late in the season when they needed to. Even when it didn't look like they had life in their legs.

The boys from Broadway are building off last years success, which was a conference finals loss to the Lightning. So there's still that level of expectation. They added Tarasanko and Kane to bolster that attack and try and get over that hump.

With Jersey, there wasn't much of a expectation with that young core they trying to build. But that group developed faster than some expected and here we sit with them as a playoff team