New York Islanders Daily: Mike Milbury All-Time Trade Team

In case you were ever wondering what the New York Islanders could’ve looked like without all the Mike Milbury trades we have an idea.

The internet is an interesting place. You can find just about anything on there, including what the New York Islanders could’ve looked like if Mike Milbury didn’t trade everyone away.

Hockey writer, Jeff Veillette took the time to come up with an All-Star team lineup of all the different guys that were moved by Milbury. The list is an interesting trip down memory lane for Islanders fans.

He essentially gives a starting lineup and going through it’s pretty mindnumbing to see all the people who were moved.

Lineup

Wendel Clark – Jason Spezza – Todd Bertuzzi

Steve Thomas – Mike Peca – Ziggy Palffy

JP Dumont – Olli Jokinen – Mariusz Czerkawski

Tim Connolly – Trevor Linden – Robert Reichel

Wade Redden – Zdeno Chara

Bryan McCabe – Bryan Berard

Eric Brewer – Janne Niinimaa

Roberto Luongo

Chris Osgood

How this man lasted so long at his position is pure insanity. Spezza, Peca, Jokinen, and Linden is a strong center group down the middle. Ziggy Palffy, Wendell Clark, and Steve Thomas are elite level goal scoring wingers.

There’s no weakness on this team. McCabe and Chara are great blueliners, while Luongo and Osgood is a fantastic one-two goalie punch.

Yes, you can do these sort of things with a lot of GM’s, see Peter Chiarelli, but with Milbury, it sticks out even more than usual.

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