It was a fairly busy trade deadline around the NHL, but the New York Islanders chose not to participate. And frankly, that was probably the right move. There weren’t a lot of big names available that would've been worth the prices, especially because the Islanders would’ve likely needed the other side to retain salary.
Despite being busy, it was kind of boring. There were a couple of big shockers, to be sure. However, no real superstar moved. We had seven insiders rushing to tweet that Denis Gurianov got traded for Wade Allison.
Anyway, the Islanders already did make their depth defense acquisitions, claiming Mike Reilly on waivers in November and in December trading a seventh-round pick for Robert Bortuzzo, who is close to returning.