Team: 2020-21 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 7, 2020

Published: Jul. 7, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Barzal - Since the Cap is going to remain Flat - I believe Barzal will go the Laine or Point route signing either a 2 year or 3 year deal, which will bring the cap hit somewhere between 6 to 7. Barzal will still be an RFA after a 2 or 3-year deal.


Pulock - Ryan is in a different category. I believe if Ryan signs a 3-year deal that will take him to UFA status because he will be over 27 years old, so abridge deal doesn't work here. And it is not a good idea to sign Pulock or Barzal to 1-year deals because the Isles will still have Boychuk, Komarov, and Clutterbuck on the books. You also have to resign Pelech and Beauvillier. A longer deal makes sense here - Isles can go the full 8 years at 6.5 million AAV this is 1 year more the Trouba and 1.5 million less.


Devon Toews - He only has 2 years of NHL games under his belt, so anything more than 3 million AAV on a bridge deal doesn't make sense. On a bridge deal for 2 years at 2.5 AAV sounds fair, but he will become a UFA after that so it's risky. If it goes to 3 or 4 years the number rises to 3.5 - 3.75.


Sorokin - From what I can research, converted to US currency he made about 1.5mill/year. Since he will be burning his ELC, I think a 2-year RFA deal makes sense for both parties.


Lineup - for forwards, you can rotate in MDC with ross/bellows. Or swap in the BP guys. For defence, they can either keep dobson up and rotate him in with Boychuk again, or sign an old vet real cheap (maybe Greene would be interested?) and send Dobson down. Personally, I think Dobson is a better fit for BP if he is going to have limited NHL time.