Three days out from the NHL draft, by which the Islanders will decide first general, it’s not Matthew Schaefer who’s essentially the most outstanding defenseman in rumors related to the crew.
Schaefer has achieved consensus No. 1 standing from specialists, and although league sources warning that nothing is ultimate so far as a call by the Islanders, it will be a shock if he wasn’t the decide on Friday.
Nonetheless, it’s the pair of pending restricted free agent Islanders defensemen, notably Noah Dobson, whose names have been scorching gadgets across the league.
The leak to Every day Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli over the lengthy weekend that Dobson’s preliminary ask in contract negotiations was $11 million yearly set off rampant hypothesis across the 25-year-old’s future on Lengthy Island.