The NHL deadline for season-opening 23-man rosters was 5 p.m. EDT today, a deadline that apparently even Lou Lamoriello is required to meet — eventually. Unlike many teams — and in keeping with their pattern all summer — the Isles didn’t make a public announcement about it today, so we refer to the NHL media site and piece things together with the help of CapFriendly.
That said, what we think we have is a list of 23 players that appears to maximize insurance for injured players (Matt Martin, currently in a transient state, and Semyon Varlamov, officially listed on IR) and the team’s ability to utilize almost all of the LTIR allowable salary cap overage they’ll get from Johnny Boychuk’s $6 million cap hit.