Jordan Eberle: A future Kraken? Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.
It promises to be a busy offseason for Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello, who must make some key personnel decisions through the expansion draft and free agency.
Here are the biggest questions the team faces before the next NHL season opens on Oct. 12:
1. Which free agents can be re-signed? The Islanders have approximately $66 million committed to 17 players for next season — plus $4.375 million with Andrew Ladd’s contract again being presumably buried — under the flat, $81.5 million salary cap.