The New York Islanders have a few players that make $5 million or more against the cap. Johnny Boychuk tops the list at $6 million, captain John Tavares, Nick Leddy, and newcomer Andrew Ladd all have a $5.5 million cap hit each. And then there’s Mikhail Grabovski at $5 million.
This list of five players accounts for 40% of the Isles current $68.7 million cap hit. So as we get closer to that cap ceiling of $73 million fans naturally try to find inefficiencies in the roster.