New York Islanders Three Potential Trades

As the New York Islanders playoff hopes become more and more realistic, Garth Snow now has to make a decision on whether he’s going to be a buyer at the trade deadline, and if so, who’s he going to try and land?

In an amazing turn of events, the red hot New York Islanders are heading into the all-star break in a spot nobody has imagined them in, in the playoff bubble.

The New York Islanders have looked like a whole new team, boasting a 4-0-1 record since firing Jack Capuano. But they may need another potential piece in order to make that jump and stamp their ticket for the post-season.

With the NHL’s March 1st trade deadline approaching, the New York Islanders are in dire need to find the last piece to the Islander puzzle, a modern day Butch Goring, to help find their way into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

You might all be asking, who in the world are the New York Islanders going to trade for? Well, I’m going to answer that question now, as you go through this slideshow.

I’ll tell you three potential trades the Islanders should make at the deadline. Who the Isles need to send the other way, and how that trade helps the New York Islanders.

We’ve done something similar to this recently, but at that point, the Islanders were at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Now, they’re just out of the playoffs with a five-point hole on the Flyers but with three games in hand.

With a change in expectations comes a change in the plan.