The best fit for Brock Nelson is the Minnesota Wild. While the Islanders won't be able to get a 2025 first-round pick in the deal, they could pull away a defensive prospect that would help them. The Wild would get better by making this deal, could re-sign him this offseason, and sell the “hometown kid” aspect of the deal.

The Washington Capitals had a choice to make after they were swept out of the first round by the New York Rangers.

The NHL trade deadline is one week away, but the New Jersey Devils haven’t made a move. General manager Tom Fitzgerald acquired a few key pieces during the offseason, including starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom,

The Devils could be looking to poach one of the Islanders' most-beloved players in what'd be an unpopular NHL trade deadline deal on Long Island.