Realistic Trades and Landing Spots for Senators Winger Vladimir Tarasenko | News, Scores, Highlights

If not the Rangers, what about their bitter rivals on the Island?

The New York Islanders are firmly locked into the playoff race at 17-10-10, and through the magic of getting to overtime, your team could be doing that too. We joke because we care, but the Isles are where they are and they're doing it, offensively speaking, on the backs of four players: Mathew Barzal, Brock Nelson, Noah Dobson and Bo Horvat.

Yes, the Islanders have had all kinds of injuries on defense, and that's been hard on them, but they're rolling with the 20th-best offense in the league--they could stand to have another threat or two out there.

Sure, maybe eventually they'll bring back free-agent Zach Parise, and he was good for them the last two years, but regardless of whether they do that, adding Tarasenko would give them the necessary scoring depth to help make their grip on a playoff spot a bit firmer.

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