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Topping our September NHL Trade Block Big Board, Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders slipped to No. 3 on our October board. He didn’t appear on our subsequent boards as the trade speculation about the 33-year-old center dried up through October and November.
However, the Islanders’ struggles through the first half of this season had them sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. That’s renewed speculation that Nelson, eligible for UFA status on July 1, could be shopped by the March 7 trade deadline.
On Dec. 16, Ethan Sears of the New York Post suggested it would