EDMONTON, ALBERTA - SEPTEMBER 13: The New York Islanders leave the ice after their 4-1 defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on September 13, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders aren’t likely going to be one of those teams using the taxi squad to accrue cap space in 2021.
With the creation of a 4-6 man taxi squad for the 2021 NHL season, some teams are exploring how to use that extra squad to create cap space down the road.