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New York Islanders 2010 NHL Draft: Where Are They Now

ST PAUL, MN - OCTOBER 31: Nino Niederreiter #22 of the Minnesota Wild skates on the ice against the Winnipeg Jets during the game on October 31, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota. The Jets defeated the Wild 2-1. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
ST PAUL, MN - OCTOBER 31: Nino Niederreiter #22 of the Minnesota Wild skates on the ice against the Winnipeg Jets during the game on October 31, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota. The Jets defeated the Wild 2-1. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TX – JUNE 22: Noah Dobson poses after being selected twelfth overall by the New York Islanders during the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Third Round | Picks 65 and 82

With two picks in the third round the New York Islanders selected winger  Kiril Kabanov of the Moncton Wildcats at number 65 and center Jason Clark of the Shattuck St Mary’s Midget Prep at number 82.

That extra third round pick came from the Arizona Coyotes who traded for the Isles third rounder in 2009.

In their draft years Kobanov had 23 points in 22 games while Clark had 46 points in 54 games for Shattuck.

Of the two, only Kobanov is still playing hockey professionally. He’s currently playing in Germany for Krefeld Pinguine, scoring 18 points in 29 games this year. Clark hasn’t played since 2015 it seems.

Both played in Bridgeport for some time, but as you can imagine never made it to the next level in the NHL. Combined they played 68 games and scored 15 points.

Looking at the remainder of the third round it’s not like the Islanders totally missed on some sort of hidden gem.

There aren’t many full-time NHL’ers in the 2010 third round. Players like Radko Gudas (66th) and Bryan Rust (80th) were taken int he third round after the Isles initial pick at 65.

The Islanders did about as well as they could with the picks they took. Neither were NHL’er.

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