No one could have envisioned how the New York Islanders season has played out so far. The long-term questions were what would the Isles do regarding their own free agents come season’s end.
All of them have to be taken under serious consideration.
Lee
It would be shocking if Anders Lee was not back with the Islanders. The Minnesota native wants to stay and the Islanders want him here. That was made crystal clear when Lou Lamoriello and Barry Trotz decided Lee would be named team captain.
While Lee’s production declined this season from 40 goals to 28, a lot of that can be explained in terms of how the Isles are now playing under Trotz, as well as no longer playing alongside John Tavares.