With the Islanders looking to add scoring depth at the trade deadline. They should try to acquire Sabres center Dylan Cozens.

"The immediate notion for a Sabres package for Pettersson has to include Dylan Cozens because Vancouver would need a center in return," Harrington wrote. "Trading Bowen Byram, a British Columbia native who played junior hockey for the Vancouver Giants, would be more troublesome."

A name that’s been in the rumour mill for months re-surfaced this week, and there’s a sense that more than one Canadian team has interest.

Kent Hughes is known for being active and making calls to his NHL counterparts, looking to gauge the market on who is available and what the trade values of players can be.