Islanders: Tyler Toffoli’s Hot Start Points Out Obvious Flaw

VANCOUVER, BC - JANUARY 20: Tyler Toffoli #73 of the Montreal Canadiens during NHL hockey action against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on January 20, 2021 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

Through the first nine games of the Islanders season, it’s been a bumpy ride trying to figure out who is going to score goals on this team. In a perfect world, they would’ve added someone in the offseason, but this is far from a perfect world in 2021.

The Isles were strapped for cash, so much so that they had to trade Devon Toews in order to get cap compliant. Lou Lamoriello’s return was better than most’s (see Nate Schmidt trade) but it was an offseason of jumping through hoops.

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