The New York Islanders have a total of seven restricted free agents on the book for the 2016-17 season. In order not to lose these players to unrestricted free agency they need to give them qualifying offers.
Today’s Slapshot highlights four key RFA’s for the Isles that may complicate their UFA shopping plans: Shane Prince, Jean-Francois Berube, Chris Gibson, and Ryan Strome.
Ryan Strome is the big name on that list. No disrespect to the other three excellent players on that list, but they serve as backups in the crease (Berube and Gibson) or as a third line winger (Prince).