Not to be outdone by the previous era, the new regime in charge of the New York Islanders is constructing the best fifth line in hockey.
The latest move for the bottom of the lineup was a trade to bring back Matt Martin in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs. It is a low-cost deal, with ECHL/AHL goaltender Eamon McAdam going the other way and with Martin’s contract requiring less payout in the second half of the four-year deal the Leafs gave him to leave the Isles in the first place.