Quoting: Juiceman
Miller is on pace for 95 points. You’re acting like that’s nothing. Dobson wouldn’t even be our best d man. He’s amazing but my point stands. Miller for Dobson is not unreasonable. Maybe for you guys cause you have nobody else
Brock Nelson has more goals than anyone on Vancouver, but sure, he's nobody else.
Ilya Sorokin beats Thatcher Demko in pretty much every major goalie category, but yeah, nobody else on that team besides Dobson.
I could go on.
Here's the thing - JT Miller is a fine player, sure. He plays center mostly, which is a position the Islanders are strong at. You're saying he's equal value to Noah Dobson, which, in a vacuum, is not an insane thing to say...but when you add context, it makes no sense. Why would the Islanders trade a young asset who still may have room to grow for a guy who plays an already strong position? The Isles have Barzal at 1C($7M), Brock Nelson at 2C($6M), JG Pageau at 3C ($5M), and Casey Cizikas at 4C ($2.5M). JT Miller is a very good player, but with this trade the Islanders are adding to their deepest position pool, subtracting from their strong RD depth chart, and not addressing any of their real needs (LD and top 6 winger).