The Sebastian Collberg experiment has ended without him playing a single NHL game, punctuating the disappointing experience that was the New York Islanders' acquisition, courtship, and clearance sale of Thomas Vanek.
Yet one promising figment remains, in the roundabout way of draft swaps, that will keep the Vanek trade alive in the encyclopedic accounting kept by diehard fans: Joshua Ho-Sang will make his pro debut next season, likely replacing Collberg on the AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He's a flashy, hot prospect, but with enough conditions and some (often media-manufactured) controversy around him to say his future is far from certain.