Boulton Tries, But No Luck
Islanders unable to goad Capitals’ Tom Wilson into fight
It wasn’t just seeing the Capitals’ road whites across the Barclays Center ice, though that certainly got the Islanders’ blood flowing.
It was one Capital in particular. Tom Wilson made his presence known during the seven-game series in the first round of the playoffs last spring, especially when he ran over Lubomir Visnovsky in Game 3 and knocked the Islanders defenseman out of the series with a concussion.
He was an enemy then. Judging by the response to Wilson’s presence on the ice Monday night for the Isles’ final home preseason game, he’s still an enemy, even though Wilson declined all invitations to fight from Eric Boulton and Scott Mayfield during the Capitals’ 3-1 win.
Yes, maybe his excuse could be he fought Anders Lee, but the hit that hurt Lubomir Visnovsky during the 2015 Playoffs, in Islander fans eyes, still doesn't have enough retribution for it.
