Thank you and best of luck, Noah! pic.twitter.com/L6g6er7Ng4
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) June 28, 2025
For those wondering the draft is remote, Darche is here, the war room is the locker room at the failed Belmont experiment, the place is empty/upper deck all curtained off. The optics are horrific. I guess more money saved. Pens showed off their office building for the draft with several floors.
It's two middle 1st round picks in a weak draft, and Heineman for Dobson, a 70 point defender, who was signed by Darche for the 8th year, and sent to Montreal. Heineman was traded twice, with ten goals in sixty two games last year. here.
You make this trade in a strong draft class, not this one. Losing Dobson means losing a 70 point defender, and replacing him with? Seems like they want to save cap space or outright lower payroll. For now, New York is weaker.
#NYC #NYI #isles Clearly stinks of the failed Belmont experiment means New York must drop payroll to make up for the brutal fan support. You don't come out of this without a top six scoring forward with term. This is a weak draft class. 16/17+ forward traded twice? Not happy.
— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) June 27, 2025