Thanks to cooler head prevailing, the New York Islanders managed to escape the 2018 NHL draft with two top-tier talents. They bided their time and allowed other teams to make off-board selections allowing the Islanders to pick players they had no business taking at eleven and 12.
With the eleventh overall pick, they selected Oliver Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom is arguably the second best goal scorer in the draft behind Filip Zadina. With 48 goals in 62 games for the U18 US National Development program, you can see why he’s earned that distinction.
With the 12th overall pick, the Islanders took Noah Dobson.