Not a trade, but we have acquired forwards Justin Williams and Corey Perry from the Sharks on waivers.
The Islanders, as it currently stands:
Josh Bailey - Eric Staal - Alexander Radulov
Phil Kessel - Derick Brassard - Cam Atkinson
Michael Grabner - Blake Lizotte - Justin Williams
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel - Victor Rask - Corey Perry
Tobias Rieder
Radim Simek - Justin Schultz
Andrej Sekera - Jason Demers
Brendan Guhle - Brad Hunt
Thomas Hickey
Pavel Francouz
Michael Hutchinson
This might be the best-looking crop of wingers we've had since we made the final in 2018. I think it would be beneficial if we were able to shift all our existing centres down a slot, but otherwise, the forwards look good.
The defense is a work in progress. Schultz, Simek, and Demers are all #4-type guys. Hunt is a bottom-pairing PP quarterback. Guhle is a kid who hasn't found a niche yet, Hickey has a terrible, terrible contract and barely played this year, and Sekera is a shell of what he used to be. In short -- we'll be looking to add pretty substantially there.
We love Francouz and we plan to keep him in our fold, but we need another goalie after dealing Schneider at the TDL.
And, most uniquely, we have a ton of picks at our disposal for once!!!!
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