As we approach the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, the New York Islanders have a surplus of defensemen. It would likely be in the Islanders' best interest to not carry eight defensemen, nine when Mike Reilly is ready to return.

After yet another disheartening loss and four days until the trade deadline, here's the latest we're hearing on the Islanders' plans.

In their last opportunity to show management that they should stick together for at least a few more weeks, the Islanders came up with another dud. Dominated 4-0 by the crosstown-rival Rangers on Monday — the second time in a week they lost by four goals to the Blueshirts — the Islanders as you