When the New York Islanders signed Dennis Seidenberg for the first time I wasn’t pleased. Ryan Pulock was coming off a 15 game stint with the Islanders in 2015-2016 and a nice playoff stretch as well. I wondered why the Islanders would elect to block one of their top prospects.
Granted, Seidenberg got off to a hot start in 2016-2017 and ended up finishing the year with 22 points. But was it worth it?
The Isles power play struggled all of last year, and Pulock and his slapper only played 3:57 total in the 2016-2017 season.