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Reminder: only players who have a cap hit of $4M or higher can be bought out in second window

May mean nothing. But let’s see

There will 1000% be offer sheets coming for Schaefer next summer. Darche needs to lock him up before 1 July (or have a deal ready to announce at the first available moment if that's not allowed).

Sometimes the attachment starts before you actually understand the sport, a jersey someone gave you or a game on in the background at a family thing. Mine predates me actually knowing the rules by a couple years. What's your earliest Isles memory.

Yesterday marked the start of the new league year for the NHL, and with that, I thought this would be a good time to update everyone on the Islanders and what trade protection statuses they have, as virtually everyone on this team who is eligible has some form of it.

NMC and 10 team trade list

Palat (I believe this means he can be traded to any of the 10 teams on his list but can't be placed on waivers)

Full NMC

Sorokin

Full NTC

Horvat, Mayfield, Pageau, Pulock

22 Team NTC

Barzal

16 Team NTC

Duclair, Engvall, Palmieri, Pelech, Varlamov

15 Team NTC

Schenn

3 Team NTC

DeAngelo

The following happens on July 1, 2027:

Romanov's full NTC kicks in (active until July 1, 2030 when it becomes a 16 team NTC)

Horvat, Mayfield, and Pulock's NTCs downgrade from full to 16 teams

Looks like Rocky Thompson from the Bridgeport Islanders Hamilton Hammers is going to be leading the Isles power play. I haven’t watched the AHL team much but they did make the playoffs so there’s that.

For me, regardless of who took over this spot: I’ll believe in a good PP when I see it. What does everyone think of this?

Im sorry but this sub is freaking out on day one of signings. Day one of an offseason where THEY LITERALLY CANT DO ANYTHING.

What were the expectations here? We all knew there wasnt much available and even if someone was, we have zero assets for trades.

I think what Darche has done is fine. This is a team that wont be competitive for at LEAST 3-5 YEARS. What the hell does it matter what moves are made RIGHT NOW?

Saw a comment in another thread about all the guys that could be gone after this upcoming season, and made me wonder when the last time the team was really “gutted”. Not even in a “we are rebuilding” way but more in a “a ton of guys are coming off the books we aren’t re-signing” kind of way.