It’s rare and exciting when a top-end player in his prime emerges in the trade rumor mill. Pretty much any NHL team could use a 25-year-old, right-shot defenseman with a 70-point season to his name, so it’s clearly an actionable item if the New York Islanders are willing to move Noah Dobson, who joined Frank Seravalli’s Trade Targets board at No. 25 last week. Trading Dobson can’t be an easy call for newly minted GM Mathieu Darche. Dobson is one of the better young offensive defensemen in the game. He has delivered double-digit goal totals in four consecutive seasons, he plays more than 23 minutes a night, and he’s a proficient shot blocker. He had a sneaky-strong 2024-25 season as a 5-on-5 play driver on a mediocre team. That said: the Isles finally seem ready to go backward in order to go forward. Trading Brock Nelson and getting a good young prospect in Cal Ritchie at the deadline this past March said so. Moving on from Lou Lamoriello as GM in April said so, too. And Dobson would undoubtedly fetch a monstRead More
Six trade destinations to watch for Islanders’ Noah Dobson
