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NHL Rumors: New York Islanders – Keys To The Offseason With Lots Of Salary Cap Space

Mark Easson 05/04/2019
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Looking at the keys to the New York Islanders offseason, who have lots of cap space but some free agents to take of.
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Keys to the New York Islanders offseason

Emily Kaplan and Chris Peters: Looking at keys to the New York Islanders offseason.

To re-sign or not to re-sign: Anders Lee, Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson are all pending unrestricted free agents for the Islanders.

The sticking point for Eberle could be term.

Nelson had a career year with 25 goals and 53 points as the teams No. 1 center. He’ll be looking for a raise from his $4.25 million.

Shouldn’t be a surprise if the Islanders bring Valtteri Filppula back on a one-year deal.

Cement the goaltending – Robin Lehner is a pending UFA who will be looking for a raise from the $1.5 million he made last year. Thomas Greiss has a year left on his deal. Top prospect Ilya Sorokin could come to North America.

If Sorokin makes the Islanders, they could look to trade Greiss.

A wild card move would be going after pending UFA Sergei Bobrovsky.

Dabble in free agency? You don’t make much on GM Lou Lamoriello’s plans. After re-signing some of the own free agents, they should have the salary cap space to add a defenseman and maybe take a run at Artemi Panarin. Matt Duchene could be an option.

The Islanders could have cap space to burn

Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Aside from Matthew Barzal the Islanders lack “upper-echelon, high-octane offensive talent.”

Jordan Eberle is essentially gone.

The Islanders could have upwards of $34 million in salary cap space to re-sign their own and other pending free agents.

GM Lou Lamoriello could get into a bidding war with the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers for Artemi Panarin.

Could they offer sheet Toronto Maple Leafs Mitch Marner?

 

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TAGGED:Anders LeeArtemi PanarinBrock NelsonFlorida PanthersIlya SorokinJordan EberleMatt DucheneMitch MarnerNew York IslandersRobin LehnerSergei BobrovskyThomas GreissValtteri Filppula

Offer Sheet Compensation

<$1.54M no comp
$1.54M – $2.34M: 3rd
$2.34M – $4.68M: 2nd
$4.68M – $7.02M: 1st, 3rd
$7.02M – $9.36M: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
$9.36M – $11.7M: 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
$11.7M+: 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st,

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