New York Islanders captain Anders Lee didn’t need much prompting to sum up the current Islanders experience during his Players' Only interview on NHL Network. There’s the good, which feels like a glimpse of the future arriving faster than expected. And then there’s the bad, the kind that reminds you how unforgiving this league can be.
On the good side is Matthew Schaefer, the first overall pick who has already become impossible to ignore. Lee spoke about Schaefer with the tone of a veteran who knows when something is different.