"We have a pretty good prospect pool of defensemen Reinhart, Pulock, Mayfield, Pelech, which makes the draft picks (two seconds and a conditional third) a little more expendable when you get a quality return in John Boychuk." - Former Islanders GM, Garth Snowīoychuk was a mainstay for the Bruins in the six seasons he spent in Boston. Snow sent a second-round pick in both '15 and '16 along with a '15 conditional third-round pick to Boston in exchange for the Edmonton native. The two players had to be moved, or each team would likely lose them for nothing as they entered free agency following the season.īy bringing in Boychuk, the Islanders added some much-needed toughness and leadership along the blue line. It's obviously a good day for our club." - Former Islanders GM, Garth Snowīoth the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks were pressed up against the cap ceiling with Boychuk and Leddy due for new contracts at season's end. And it just so happened today we were able to add two key additions to our team. We addressed for the most part the forward position and the goaltending. "We had looked to upgrade in a few different areas this summer. The team was in desperate need of an upgrade among the defensive core. The Isles finished the season allowing 261 goals against (3rd worst in the NHL) and were an abysmal 78.1% on the penalty kill (2nd worst in the NHL). The Islanders were heading into the 2014-15 season coming off another disappointing year where they missed the playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons, finishing last in the Metropolitan division with 79 points. As the season was less than one week from its start, GM Garth Snow shocked the Islanders faithful with some Sunday morning news that the team had acquired the former Stanley Cup champions in separate trades.
Even though the two were brought in separately, the acquisitions of Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy will always be synonymous within the lore of the New York Islanders.
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