Quoting: Db1899
Why would Wahlstroms days be numbered? He’s a Lou guy and the islanders don’t need Chychrun. What makes you think the isles would go hard after Chychrun? The Kings are going to be the ones that land him.
If Wahlstrom gets traded, Dobson , Barzal, and sorokin will be gone within a year or two as well. Players don’t want to be apart of a team that constantly throw away young talent. I would bet a lot of money that Barzal puts in a trade request next offseason when he’s due for new contract if Wahlstrom gets traded.
Nichols
seems to think Chychrun is a possibility. Honestly, the Islanders make as much sense as the Kings do, it's just a matter of whether or not they have the assets (I would say they do) to rival a package LA could throw their way. I'm not sure if that's something they
should do, but if that's the path they decide to go down, I think they could.
As for Wahlstrom, I think we both love the guy, both for what he is now and for what he could be. Maybe we (I?) need to be more patient and just let the org do their thing with him; maybe this is just their plan for his development. But to me, there's just been a disconnect this season between where he's at right now and how he's been used on a nightly basis and it's been worrying me. Having him finally on a line with Barzal is a promising step but he's still not playing on the power play or OT, on top of all of the other concerning signs from this season. And as soon as 27-29-18 stops producing and the lines go back in a blender, 13 and 26 might just get split up again too, halting the development of their chemistry.
I just can't shake the feeling that the organization doesn't know what they have and as soon as something that appears better comes along, they're going to jump at it and regret it later. Again though, it could all just be an overreaction on my part