Islanders make big trade for Ottawa Senators Jean-Gabriel Pageau

The deal is done. The New York Islanders have acquired Jean-Gabriel Pageau from the Ottawa Senators in the opening hours of the trade deadline.

New York Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello did it. He swung for the fences and brought in Jean-Gabriel Pageau from the Ottawa Senators for a number of picks.

The price for Pageau was always going to be high considering he was the top center available at the deadline and he was having a career year for the bottom-dwelling Ottawa Senators.

But Lou went out and paid, a premium to get a player that fits a need for the Islanders.

The Trade

To get Pageau from the Ottawa Senators, the Isles gave up a conditional first-round pick in 2020, a second-round pick in 2020, and a conditional third-round pick in 2022.

The 2020 first-round pick becomes a 2021 first-round pick if the Islanders first-rounder falls in the top three. The 2022 third-round pick goes to the Ottawa Senators if the Islanders win the Stanley Cup.

This is a good trade for both teams.

The Isles get a third-line center that can kill penalties better than just about anyone in the NHL and Pageau can score goals. Bringing in Pageau can also balance out the lineup (assuming everyone is healthy.)

Moving Brassard up to play with Anthony Beauvillier and Brock Nelson full-time should bring out the best of the veteran and give the islanders four lines that they can roll out with near-identical ice-time.

The Islanders also keep all of their prospects such as Kieffer Bellows, Oliver Wahlstrom, and Bode Wilde and don’t move a piece from their roster to get Pageau.

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Say what you will about the value of the Isles draft picks, but they are expendable to the overall goal of the team. This was a good trade for the Isles.