Entering his first season in North America, Maxim Shabanov will be given every opportunity to succeed with the NY Islanders, as it appears that he’ll get first crack at the top line alongside Bo Horvat and Jonathan Drouin, according to Head Coach Patrick Roy.
"But like I said, I mean, it's just a start, you know?" Roy said today at the Islanders Golf Outing, according to Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News, "I mean, things will change. I mean, I almost regret telling you, because I feel like you know you might look bad the next day because things might change so overnight, you never know.