[TheScorpion]

The Islanders continue to revamp their defense. In a deal with the Florida Panthers today, the team sent a forward packing in exchange for a top-4 defenseman and a depth forward.

To Florida:
Micheal Ferland

To NYI:
Calvin de Haan
Josh Leivo
$900k

"We're acutely aware that this deal only puts us further over the salary cap, but we feel that we're getting a player of Calvin's pedigree for a bargain of a price," said GM TheScorpion. "We feel that Micheal may suffer a slight decline this season and we're more comfortable with our roster now than we were yesterday."

Here are the Islanders on defense:

Alex Goligoski (73) - Anton Stralman (73)
Calvin de Haan (70) - Trevor Daley (71)
Jay Bouwmeester (70) - Nick Jensen (67)
Brandon Davidson (67)

Thanks to Florida for the talks.