The New York Islanders have had one of the best defenses in the entire league for some time now.
They didn’t have one of the higher-scoring offenses last season, but were still able to make it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final because of a dangerous defensive group that was impossible to score against.
Devon Toews, a key member of that blueline and one of the team’s best players, was traded this past offseason and many feared that his departure would negatively affect the team’s defense.
That hasn’t been the case, at all.