In this episode previewing the 2025-26 Islanders season, rocker, friend of the pod, and fellow 300 IQ Militiaman Christian Beale hops for what is truly the philosopher's Islanders podcast. We go over the big questions coming into this season, like how does Alexander Romanov's look as the first signed D of the "New Generation" for the franchise, are we reaching a potential impasse with our beautiful symphonic Ilya Sorokin, and will this team ever learn how to kill a damn penalty.