Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $72,015,833
Projected Cap Space: $2,984,167
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $2,984,167
Deadline Cap Space: $13,876,377
Todays Cap Hit: $72,015,833
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 44/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Kane Lafranchise, D FA
Seth Helgeson, D FA – NJ
Kristers Gudlevskis, G T – TB
Jordan Eberle, RW T – Edm
Out
Stephon Williams, G FA – Minors
Jesse Graham, D FA – Col
Matthew Finn, D FA-Minors
Bracken Kearns, C FA – NJ
Carter Verhaeghe, C T – TB
Travis Hamonic, D T – Cgy
Ryan Strome, RW/C T – Edm
Jean-Francois Berube, G ED – VGK
Jake Bischoff, D T – VGK
Mikhail Grabovski, C/W T – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Anders Lee | John Tavares | Jordan Eberle |
| Andrew Ladd | Brock Nelson | Josh Bailey |
| Jason Chimera | Mathew Barzal | Joshua Ho-Sang |
| Nikolay Kulemin | Casey Cizikas | Cal Clutterbuck |
| Shane Prince | Anthony Beauvillier | Steve Bernier |
| Stephen Gionta | ||
| Alan Quine | ||
| Defense | Goaltender | Defense |
| Johnny Boychuk | Thomas Greiss | Nick Leddy |
| Dennis Seidenberg | Jaroslav Halak | Calvin de Haan |
| Thomas Hickey | Adam Pelech | |
| Ryan Pulock | Scott Mayfield |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – John Tavares, Jaroslav Halak, Nikolai Kulemin, Josh Bailey, Calvin De Haan, Jason Chimera, Thomas Hickey, Dennis Seidenberg, Stephen Gionta, Seth Helgeson, Connor Jones, and Kane Lafranchise.
Restricted – Brock Nelson, Devon Toews, Ryan Pulock, Shane Prince, Kyle Schempp, Ross Johnston, Kristers Gudlevskis, Christopher Gibson, Kyle Burroughs, Scott Mayfield, and Alan Quine.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – NY Islanders, Calgary
2nd – NY Islanders, Calgary
3rd – NY Islanders
4th – NY Islanders
5th – NY Islanders
6th –
7th – NY Islanders
Top 10 New York Islanders Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Mathew Barzal – Center
2. Kieffer Bellows – Left Wing
3. Ilya Sorokin – Goaltender
4. Michael Dal Colle – Left Wing
5. Ryan Pulock – Defense
6. Josh Ho-Sang – Right Wing
7. Devon Toews – Defense
8. Linus Soderstrom – Goaltender
9. Robin Salo – Defense
10. Parker Wotherspoon – Defense