Lou Lamoriello of the New York Islanders (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
With $3.905 million on the cap, the New York Islanders still need to make cap space, even after Johnny Boychuk’s announcement. How?
The New York Islanders have $3.905 million in cap space under the $81.5 million ceiling and can still rely on getting some space from Johnny Boychuk‘s $6 million cap hit. But as it stands today, the Islanders have at most $6.001 million in space even with Boychuk’s LTIR money.
That $6.001 million isn’t likely going to be enough space to re-sign Mathew Barzal and get some depth options like Matt Martin and Andy Greene under contract as well.