Islanders: Best starting lineup drafted after round two in active era

Anders Lee #27 of the New York Islanders (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Trying to build a New York Islanders starting lineup drafted after the second round in the active era was actually quite a difficult task.

The New York Islanders won’t pick until round three today unless they can move a player or some picks around to move up. So with that in mind, I wanted to look at some of the players the Islanders have picked after the second round at the draft and build a starting lineup of some of the better players they drafted.

I only looked at active era drafts. With Zdeno Chara being the oldest player in the league I went as far back as 1996. I figured that would be far enough to make a full team of…