One former linemate is with the New York Islanders and the other is likely pencilled in to skate on a unit that shone for the Winnipeg Jets at the end of the 2015-16 NHL season.
So, without Andrew Ladd on one side and Blake Wheeler on the other, Bryan Little’s stuck in the middle with whom?
It’s a question the 28-year-old Edmonton native has certainly pondered this summer.
"I think about that quite a bit," Little said Tuesday, after a nearly 100-minute informal skate with the Jets at the MTS Iceplex.