During Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders center Valtteri Filppula left with an injury after his first shift. Filppula, who the Isles got on a relatively cheap one-year deal, has turned a ton of heads so far.
In 38 games, Val Filppula has 19 points (9 goals, 10 assists) a pace of 41 points over a full season. That’s the perfect amount of production out of the 34-year-old third line center.
If the Isles knew before the season that they would be upset if Filppula missed extended time I would’ve believed it.