Islanders acquire Palmieri, Zajac from Devils for Cup run

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    New Jersey Devils' Kyle Palmieri (21) moves the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Newark, N.J., in this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, file photo. The NHL trade deadline is less than a week away and players such as Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri, Mikael Granlund and Mattias Ekholm are potentially available for teams willing to make a deal.

    The New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils are seemingly becoming trading partners at the NHL deadline.

    For the second straight year, the New York City metropolitan-area rivals worked out a deal for the young and developing Devils to send an experienced player to the Islanders for their playoff push for a Stanley Cup.

    Last year, it was veteran defenseman Andy Greene. The Devils shipped right wing Kyle Palmieri and two-way center Travis Zajac to the Island on Wednesday for New York’s first-round pick this year, a conditional fourth-round choice next year and forwards A.J. Greer and Mason Jobst.

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