New York Islanders Roundtable: Good Return for Halak

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Chris Lizza

Word on the street is that Garth Snow is willing to move Jaroslav Halak. The question is what is Garth looking for in return? Ideally, the Islanders could package Halak with a talented young forward to land a proven top six goal scorer. But that in all likelihood is not realistic.

The Islanders have plenty of depth on the blue line (run eight deep) as well as their forwards. The Islanders won’t be looking to get a goalie back in the deal because they’re looking to get down to two goalie’s with J.F. Berube taking over the backup role.

So what does that leave the Isles?

I think what the Islanders are looking at is adding more depth to the organization, freeing cap space for in-season trades as well as next season and acquiring more assets for the trade deadline.

At the end of the day, Snow is looking at teams such as Ottawa and Arizona (if they are interested) and acquiring a future draft pick (2nd or 3rd round pick) and a good prospect.