Mathieu Darche's phone keeps ringing as he prepares for his first NHL draft as general manager of the New York Islanders, and he's sure of only one thing: They are not trading the No. 1 pick, which is expected to be defenseman Matthew Schaefer on Friday.
"I'm not trading the 1, but you look at everything, right?" Darche said on a video call with reporters Tuesday. "Teams are calling you about various options. Every time you hear something might be going on, you call a team, and my job is to do my due diligence and see what's out there.