The problem with the Islanders’ line setup — and how it could turn to their advantage

Source: New York Post

The cycle that’s played out over the season’s first six games with Simon Holmstrom isn’t new. Holmstrom spent all of training camp and opening night on the Islanders’ top line, the Islanders betting that after a second straight 40-point year, the 25-year-old would be able to take the leap into a full-time top-six player. He got out of the gates slowly, dropped to the third line and then, on Tuesday night, the fourth line.