Thomas Hickey getting Islanders’ chance after Johnny Boychuk injury
(New York Post Islanders)

There was a conversation between two good friends after Game 4 in Pittsburgh when Thomas Hickey knew his chance was coming to get into the Islanders’ lineup and make his postseason debut this year. Fellow defenseman Johnny Boychuk might not have known the severity of his left foot/leg injury just yet, suffered in the second...