Once hyped as a promising young prospect for the NY Islanders, 2018 second-round pick Bode Wilde has signed with HC Banska Bystrica of the Slovakian league. Wilde became a free agent this summer, not extended a qualifying offer by the Islanders.
Now that the NHL’s free agency period is over a week old, this offseason snapshot for 2023 looks at how the Metropolitan Division has done so far. Who got better? Who did not? This post looks at it all at a higher level.
With first-round picks few and far between for the NY Islanders, prospect development becomes vital. Lou Lamoriello and his staff have not executed their picks or the evolution of their prospects.