The New York Islanders went all-in, to speak, on deadline day. They parted with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (conditional) round picks to land Jean-Gabriel Pageau from the Ottawa Senators.
While I’ll always admire a team doing anything possible to improve, it was a borderline absurd price to pay for Pageau.
He’s going to have to contribute a lot to be worth close to what the Isles invested into him (be it draft capital, or dollars). The early returns aren’t overly encouraging.
Pageau has two points in seven games, all of which were losses. He was the beneficiary of a ridiculous bounce in his first game and has found the scoresheet once in six games since while averaging approximately 19 minutes per night.