With $10.119 million in projected cap space for the 2020-21 season and with three (maybe four) RFAs needing extensions, the New York Islanders are going to find it difficult to get everyone signed under the salary cap.
The potential of a compliance buyout or two would give the Islanders the breathing room they need to get everyone under contract and under the hard cap ceiling.
We were warned by Elliotte Friedman in early May that owners were not keen on compliance buyouts and it looks like that line hasn't necessarily changed just yet.