As we approach the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, the New York Islanders have a surplus of defensemen. It would likely be in the Islanders' best interest to not carry eight defensemen, nine when Mike Reilly is ready to return.

The Islanders play their final game before the Deadline on Tuesday against the Winnipeg Jets at UBS Arena (7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, TSN3), their last chance to convince general manager Lou Lamoriello not to trade pending unrestricted free agents such as forwards Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri for potential future pieces.

With the NHL's trade deadline rapidly approaching, the New York Rangers and New York Islanders seem headed in different directions.

In their last opportunity to show management that they should stick together for at least a few more weeks, the Islanders came up with another dud. Dominated 4-0 by the crosstown-rival Rangers on Monday — the second time in a week they lost by four goals to the Blueshirts — the Islanders as you

T rade action around the NHL picked up over the weekend, though not for the Isles (at least by the time of this posting). As the whole league heads into the Trade Deadline week, t