Tonight, as the Maple Leafs are playing the Canadiens, the Islanders made a very unsurprising trade with the New Jersey Devils.
The Leafs were rumoured to be interested in Palmieri, which was a state of being not shared by all of their fans. What this means for the Leafs is two-fold, a price is set, and the Leafs won’t end up with the ageing Palmieri who might just be a top-six player on a bad team, not a good one.
The price: A first round pick that should be expected to be very bad — the Islanders don’t plan on losing early — got them two forwards and full retention.