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Will the New York Islanders get as strong an attacker as, say, Jordan Eberle of the Edmonton Oilers in a trade for Travis Hamonic?

That’s not how two close observers of the Islanders, B.D. Gallof and Jon Jordan, see it.

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In their “Isles Beat” podcast, Gallof and Jordan discussed a potential Hamonic trade at length and made a number of interesting speculations.

Jordan suggested that Isles fans wants an elite winger to play with New York ace John Tavares but said Hamonic needs to be replaced on the blueline, as New York’s d-man depth isn’t great. At the same time, Hamonic isn’t the best d-man in the Islanders.

“I don’t want anyone to think that Travis Hamonic going out the door is going to return some prime time scorer because I just don’t think that’s going to happen,” Jordan said.

Hamonic will need to be replaced on the blueline in a deal, Gallof agreed. “Everybody is going for the elite wing and that would be great, but the problem is they need to get an elite wing with a solid second-pairing defenceman (in a trade), and that makes it (such hopes/suggestions) very questionable.”