The New York Islanders made one big splash at the NHL trade deadline. They shipped pending free agent Brock Nelson to the Colorado Avalanche for a massive return. But their other pending free agent, Kyle Palmieri,
The Islanders went into the trade deadline with two older than 30 assets on expiring contracts who could have gotten a strong return while enabling the club to start to look toward its future. Not this trade deadline,
The New York Islanders wake up this morning in California sitting four points outside the final playoff spot. The team currently occupying the final wild card is the Ottawa Senators, with 67 points and aggressively bought at this past trade deadline.