DALLAS — Somehow, the Islanders got another bit of good luck.
Following a week of nothing but things breaking right for them, the Islanders had first-round talent Bode Wilde fall to them in the second round, and they took the right-handed defenseman with the 41st pick on Saturday afternoon.
“Yeah, a little surprised, but it is what it is,” Wilde said about his precipitous fall, not being the only highly touted prospect to drop below their assumed position in an unpredictable first two rounds. “We’ll see what happens. It was exciting, it’s obviously a pretty incredible organization with some great history.