Team: 2022-23 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 16, 2022

Published: Jul. 16, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Islanders pull off two Lou moves in 1) Making a Hockey Trade, and making that trade for 2) a Puck-Moving Defenseman. Flames get a winger they lost out on when Gaudreau left, plus a young lefty defenseman to fill the Kylington gap. (Theoretically, this lets the Flames more easily re-sign Tkachuk and Mangiapane.) Islanders then sign LI native Sonny Milano to a one-year prove it deal to fill the Beau void. To clear space, Islanders send Panik, Bode Wilde, and a 6th to Chicago for a 4th. Chicago needs bodies (Panik), and Wilde (who played junior in Chicago) could get a chance at least in the AHL since his anti-vaccine status may not hold him back with a different organization.

The JFresh WAR Roster Builder has the Islanders looking at a projected 109 points (mostly due to the WAR cheat code that is Sorokin-Varlamov) and these moves conservatively bump the team up to 111.

All contract projections made using Evolving-Hockey's projections. (I did go a little high for Kylington, who’s projected at about 4x3.3 but whose market value on his Athletic player card is $6.7M, and a little low on Romanov who's projected at about 7x3.7 but I see him taking a bridge deal.)

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