Islanders Depth Chart, Projected Lineup

It's the dog days of summer, a mere 13 days following the start of the 2024 NHL Free Agency period.

It's all quiet on the Western Long Island front, as the New York Islanders made their NHL moves on Day 1, signing Anthony Duclair and bringing back Mike Reilly.

Duclair, at $3.5 million annually over the next four seasons, seems to be a bargain deal, as we will see how his second time playing under head coach Patrick Roy goes.

Given what Reilly showed last season after being acquired via a waiver claim in late November, his coming back on a one-year deal worth $1.25 million is what we call a team-friendly deal.

Before we dive into the depth chart -- which can always change if other moves are made -- it's important to note that the Islanders' cap situation doesn't allow them to field a 23-man roster.

On paper, they have $900,000 in available cap space -- depending on what site you look at -- with $874,125 of that going to restricted free agent Simon Holmstrom.

Here's what the Islanders' 22-man roster is likely to look like this fall:

Anthony Duclair

Maxim Tsyplakov

Anders Lee

Bo Horvat

Brock Nelson

Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Casey Cizikas

Kyle MacLean

Mathew Barzal

Kyle Palmieri

Pierre Engvall

Hudson Fasching

Simon Holmstrom

Alexander Romanov

Adam Pelech

Mike Reilly

Samuel Bolduc

Noah Dobson

Ryan Pulock

Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin

Semyon Varlamov

First Call-Ups

C/W Liam Foudy

W Julien Gauthier

D Grant Hutton

G Marcus Hogberg

Projected Starting Lineup

Duclair--Horvat--Barzal

Tsyplakov--Nelson--Palmieri

Lee--Pageau--Engvall

MacLean--Cizikas--Fasching

Romanov--Dobson

Pelech--Pulock

Reilly--Mayfield

Sorokin

Varlamov