On the floor, dropping Valtteri Filppula doesn’t appear all that important for the New York Islanders, however a more in-depth look ought to have followers involved.
Whereas Filppula’s offensive manufacturing, 17 objectives and 14 assists, appears pedestrian, he was one in all eight Islanders to attain double-digit objectives on a crew starved for offense. His face-off win proportion was tied for second on the crew at 49.1 per cent together with Casey Cizikas and behind Josh Bailey...