After Mathew Barzal on the top line, and Casey Cizikas on the fourth line, there’s some question marks down the middle for the New York Islanders. You have Brock Nelson, Jan Kovar and Valtteri Filppula fighting for two sports.
As we’ve been over on this site before, Brock Nelson is better suited as a winger than a center. Ideally, Jan Kovar is the player he was in the KHL and he plays the second line while Valtteri Filppula takes over on the third line.
The third line was a major issue for the Islanders in 2017-2018.