The Islanders have remade their blue line over the past seven days, but that is not a permanent state of affairs.

The Islanders announced that 25-year-old blue liner Noah Dobson will be out on a week-to-week basis with a lower-body injury. #Isles player update: Noah Dobson (Lower body) is considered week-to-week.

It is not the worst-case scenario. But make no mistake, the loss of Noah Dobson with a lower-body injury for an unspecified period of time is another blow to the Islanders and their playoff hopes ...