In the offseason, the New York Islanders added free agents Andrew Ladd, PA Parenteau, and Jason Chimera. All are decent veteran players that add an element to this team. It was an important retooling after losing some high-quality free agents of our own.
Each was added to improve a specific area of the club. Whether it be more offense on a fourth line or to create a more elite pairing on the first line.
An area of weakness for the New York Islanders last season was at the faceoff dot. In 2015-16 the New York Islanders ranked 16th in the league terms of faceoff wins wit 50.