New York Islanders Could Draft Michael McLeod

The New York Islanders head to this year’s NHL Entry Draft with the 19th overall selection. The organization doesn’t have immediate needs the draft could fulfill so they will likely select the best available candidate. And that might just bee Michael McLeod.

With a fairly strong 2015-16 season the New York Islanders find themselves selecting 19th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. According to SportsNet’s Damien Cox, the Isles will select Michael McLeod in their first turn at the podium.

McLeod is a highly rated center playing for the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL. Standing at 6’2″ and weighing 185lbs at 18 makes McLeod an impressive physical specimen.

But it’s not his physical play that…