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Anders Lee surges while New York Islanders plunge

It’s been a bittersweet campaign for Anders Lee.

The third-year winger from Edina, Minnesota got off to a slow start before exploding onto the scene (again). He now leads the Islanders in goals and PP60 at even strength.

“Anders [Lee] has played well,” maligned head coach Jack Capuano said, via Arthur Staple of Newsday. The problem is that the rest of the team hasn’t.

This presents Lee with an unfortunate conundrum that other aspiring goal scorers face: it’s great to score, but honestly, who wouldn’t rather win?

Slow start

Since he’s entered the league, Lee, 26, has been criticized for not doing enough of the little things (i.