The New York Islanders don’t have the most noteworthy prospect pool in the NHL. Kieffer Bellows, Devon Toews, and Josh Ho-Sang top the list and then there’s a significant gulf in talent after that.
The Islanders have a few bits and pieces here and there, but you wouldn’t say there’s a fourth blue-chip prospect somewhere in the organization.
Note: Yes, I know about Ilya Sorokin. And yes I excluded him from this list. I don’t like counting on players who are under contract with other teams as part of the future of this team.
So when the New York Islanders Director of Player Development says the team needs a bit of everything right now, he’s probably not wrong.