We’ve known for a few days now about deal between the Islanders and expansion Vegas Golden Knights in which Garth Snow would send the 15th overall pick and injured forward Mikhail Grabovski to the desert in order for George McPhee to stay away from several players Snow had to leave unprotected.
So who would McPhee actually end up selecting as his mandatory Islander?
According to Bob McKenzie (and later Arthur Staple), the answer is goalie Jean-Francois Berube, whose NHL career has been one of the strangest in recent memory.
I'm hearing it's goaltender J-F Berube, as part of the larger deal between NYI and VGK: https://t.