The New York Islanders may have found their goaltender and Jaroslav Halak could have a home after a couple weird months.The Islanders sent a fourth-round pick to the Washington Capitals on Thursday for Halak's negotiating rights; the 28-year-old goalie played for the St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Sabres and Caps during the regular season, though he didn't actually suit up for the Sabres, who flipped him to Washington for Michael Neuvirth.Through it all, he Don Larsen Jersey was actually quite good, putting up Greg Bird Jersey a .921 save percentage and 29-13-7 in 52 appearances. In 272 career NHL games with the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis and Washington, Halak has a 144-85-29 record with a .918 save percentage, and 2.38 goals-against average.A suming a deal gets done and ESPN's PIerre LeBrun reports there's an appetite for that it'd represent a serious upgrade for the Islanders, who had Evgeni Nabokov, Kevin Poulin and Anders Nil son combine for a league-worst .894 save percentage in 2013-14.The Isles' follow-up to 2013's playoff appearance was a disaster; , general Aroldis Chapman Jersey manager , and now Charles Wang is trying to sell the team ahead of its move to Brooklyn in 2015. On the ice, though, goaltending may have been their biggest problem; their 2.61 goals per game and 49.5 percent of even-strength shot attempts taken were neither particularly good nor indicative of the fifth-worst team in the league.Washington made the trade without a general manager, since George McPhee was fired earlier this week. Halak, solid as he is, was an odd deadline acquisition for McPhee, since the Caps' biggest problems were on the blue line and at 5-on-5, and the most memorable moment in D.C. was over whether he was comfortable with a late-season start against the Blues.The Caps, meanwhile, now are David Robertson Jersey left with a combo of Braden Holtby, who'd been solid until this season, and Phillip Grubauer, who stole some starts from Holtby earlier in the season and put up a .925 save percentage in 17 appearances. This is also where it's worth noting that McPhee managed to turn Varlamov and Neuvirth into defenseman Chris Brown, a second-rounder, third-rounder and a fourth-rounder.If Halak signs with the Islanders, Ryan Mariano Rivera Jersey Miller would become the unquestioned top free-agent goalie available. James Reimer and the Toronto Maple Leafs also seem likely to part ways, given that Jonathan Bernier is their unquestioned starter.