With only five picks and several of them in late rounds, the New York Islanders did not enter the 2019 NHL Entry Draft from a position of strength. Rather than try to package picks or surplus players to add more selections, they held on to all five picks, selecting four players from the Canadian major juniors on Saturday after selecting a Swedish sniper in Friday’s first round.
Here is our story stream for the 2019 draft, and here are links to our pages on the first four picks, which we’ve been updating as new information and quotes come out:
Bibeau and their 7th-round pick, forward Cole Coskey out of OHL Saginaw, are both overagers who’ve performed well at age 20 and will get a shot to build pro careers.