GM Garth Snow just borrowed a page from the playbook of former Dallas Cowboys coach and GM Jimmy Johnson, who once traded Herschel Walker for a passel of picks and players in an effort to rebuild that franchise. Having already traded down from fifth to seventh, Snow just traded down again to Nashville’s No. 9 spot. In the process, the Islanders picked up the Predators’ second-round pick this year (No. 40).
That gives the Islanders at least three second-round picks this year and possibly a fourth if they choose to use Toronto’s second-rounder this year. Apparently, Boston University center Colin Wilson wasn’t Snow’s guy, either. He just went seventh to Nashville. Phoenix is next up in the eighth spot before the Islanders are on the clock again at No. 9.
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Looks like they guessed wrong that Filatov would still be available at seven and now are dealing for bags of pucks.
If they had the Wings scouting staff you could be confident that they could spin gold out of the second rounders, but they haven't drafted a 20 goal scorer in what seems like at least 10 years of first round picks.