New York Trades Third Rd Pick For Brandon Davidson

#Isles have acquired defenseman Brandon Davidson from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL draft.

More details: https://t.co/vmmhuc2Cyr pic.twitter.com/lufqgK6INe

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) February 24, 2018

"It's a little easier transition the second time around. I know how to deal with it, I know how to handle myself & I'm excited to put my best foot forward." Davidson on departing the #Oilers for new opportunity in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/iRgYenAvwh

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) February 24, 2018

Edmonton Journal 2/3/18: Has high praise for Davidson, but this paper also tried to sell Strome as better than Eberle last summer. Of course anything is better than Dolan's paper which is no credible coverage at all.

NYIFC Comments: Another defender who may or may not help, does not seem a big improvement on what they have dressed now on the backline but a third round pick is significant. If he's a left defenseman, it's bad new for Hickey, deHaan or Toews moving forward because he is a RFA. If he's a right defender, it means Aho, Seidenberg move down the depth chart or #4 is traded. Edmonton drafted him, kept him for years, traded hum, then claimed him back on waivers, so they must have liked him a little to reacquire him?

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