Breaking: It sounds like an NHL team could move as early as next year.

If you had told me at the start of the season that the Islanders would be moving out of Brooklyn by the time 2017 rolled around I would have laughed, after all they came to terms on a 25 year lease with the Barclay's Center.

However according to a report from Rich Calder of the New York Post there is a very real possibility that the Islanders could be on their way back to long Island as early as next year.

The Islanders’ relationship with Barclays Center has been on such thin ice during the club’s first season in Brooklyn that both sides are secretly exploring ways to cut ties or modify the existing terms of their lease, The Post has learned.

One source told the Post that while they knew the relationship between the two sides was bad, they are still shocked at how quickly things have broken down.

“I don’t think either side ever believed the full lease would be honored,” said the source. “I just didn’t think we’d be talking about this the first year in.”

It honestly sounds like absolutely everyone is unhappy with the new deal, the Islanders, the Barclay's center, as well as the Islanders' fan base.

“The Islander deal was forced from the start because the club was hemorrhaging so much money playing on Long Island … and had to bail,” another source said. “Now you’re left with this weird situation where Barclays’ folks pay the Islanders to play there — but aren’t getting the bang for the buck they desired, not to mention all the crap they’re getting from Islander fans who are finding every little fault they can with being in Brooklyn.

There's no indication of where the Islanders could go however, and while they may want to move back to Long Island, they would need an arena to do so. The Post report did not mention any potential relocation options.

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