The New York Islanders knew coming into this season that their lineup lost some offensive power.
They expected Calder Trophy Winner Mathew Barzal, and 40-goal scorer Anders Lee to pick up most of the slack left behind from John Tavares. What they did not foresee is players like Andrew Ladd, Valtteri Filppula and Brock Nelson taking the moment for themselves.
Through the Islanders first 14 games this season, the top-six forward group has been good, but not great. It took Jordan Eberle eight games until he scored his first goal, Lee got off to a slow start in the first few games and Barzal is no longer a point per game player (as of now).