At 33 years old, Anders Lee knows what he is and isn’t, and he has been through enough hot and cold spells to know not to put much stock in either.
But even Lee, usually as much a look-on-the-bright-side voice as there is in the Islanders’ dressing room, admits that his own slow start to this season has been bothersome with just one goal in 12 games.
“It can be difficult, but all you gotta do is work through it,” Lee told The Post before the Islanders played Washington on Saturday. “Stay positive. Played a lot of hockey and these things happen. It’s tough to start the season out this way. Feels even more impactful.”
Lee has never scored fewer than 20 goals when playing a full NHL season and has been within spitting distance of 30 each of the past two years.
It would be bold to take that off the table after just 12 games, but suffice to say it would take an uptick in play.
For years, the Islanders’ captain has made his bones around the net, boxing players out and utilizing quick reactions and good hands to get on pucks.
Whether it’s due to age or mere luck of the draw in a small sample size, those chances have not…
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