Vrbata said he sees a similar fit with the Sedins and the way the identical twins cycle the puck back and forth.

"They like lots of give-and-gos and they like getting open for each other and that's something I like to do too," Vrbata said. "I'm a big believer in chemistry and synergy, and I feel when you have it with somebody, that helps so much in today's League, where it's so tight."

"We wanted to add a scorer to our group, we were in on some things that didn't work out. For us, he plays a 200-foot game first of all, he plays in all three zones, he's got real good hockey sense and hands to finish. And the other thing in the end we looked at is, he's good in the shootouts, and as we were going through the stats last year we didn't do as well in the shootouts."

The islanders line up 

Forwards
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Thomas Vanek AGE:30 PO:35 OV:75	Jason Spezza AGE:31 PO:35 OV:75	Evgeni Malkin AGE:28 PO:55 OV:81
Daniel Sedin AGE:34 PO:25 OV:72	Henrik Sedin AGE:34 PO:25 OV:74	Radim Vrbata AGE:33 PO:1 OV:72
Matt Cooke AGE:36 PO:1 OV:70	Mikael Backlund AGE:25 PO:55 OV:70	Patric Hornqvist AGE:27 PO:20 OV:70
Tuomo Ruutu AGE:31 PO:30 OV:67	John Mitchell AGE:29 PO:10 OV:69	David Jones AGE:30 PO:10 OV:66
Defence and Goalies Defence 1 Defence 2 Goalie Jack Johnson AGE:27 PO:55 OV:77 James Wisniewski AGE:30 PO:5 OV:77 Jimmy Howard AGE:30 PO:20 OV:80 Stephane Robidas AGE:37 PO:1 OV:76 Paul Martin AGE:33 PO:5 OV:75 Jhonas Enroth AGE:26 PO:45 OV:73 Jared Cowen AGE:23 PO:70 OV:71 Matt Greene AGE:31 PO:20 OV:70 Michal Neuvirth AGE:26 PO:45 OV:71