Barzal & All-Star Over the last week, the New York Islanders [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/mathew-barzal-new-york-islanders-nhl-all-star-game-2024-media-dobson] made some roster moves. Thanks to the great work of CapFriendly [https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/islanders], let's dive in. Last Sunday, ahead of the All-Star festivities, the Islanders sent down forward Kyle MacLean [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/kyle-maclean-new-york-islanders-five-nhl-games], to allow him to play for Bridgeport while the NHL was on pause. This opened up a roster spot, clearing $800,000 of the books. On Friday, the Islanders elected to waive forward Julien Gauthier [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/julien-gauthier-new-york-islanders-waivers-bridgeport], and after he passed through unclaimed on Saturday, creating a roster spot and clearing $787,500 off the books, the Islanders made a few more moves. Later on Saturday, forward Simon Holmstrom, who, like MacLean, was waiver exempt, was "sent to Bridgeport" to clear an additional $863,333 off the books. Then forward Casey Cizikas and defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, two players who were on injured reserve with lower-body injuries, were transferred to long-term injured reserve, clearing an additional $3.45 million off the books. That allowed the Islanders to activate defenseman Ryan Pulock [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/ryan-pulock-new-york-islanders-long-term-injured-reserve] off LTIR, given his $6.15 million cap hit, leaving the club with $3.15 million in available space. Then, after activating Pulock, the Islanders recalled Holmstrom and MacLean, leaving them with $1.4 million in cap space and a maxed-out roster with all 23 spots filled. If the Islanders wanted to activate Cizikas out of LTIR, they would need to clear an additional $1.01 million in cap space. On top of sending MacLean and his $800,00 down when Cizikas is ready, the Islanders would need to make one more final move to clear the remaining $200,000. Defenseman Mike Reilly, who was a healthy scratch going into the break, carries a cap hit of $1 million. Defenseman Sebastian Aho carries a cap hit of $825,000. This doesn't take into consideration that Adam Pelech, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, could be moved to LTIR, clearing an additional $5.75 million if the organization believes he will be out long-term. You can watch Rosner talk Islanders hockey on Hockey Night in New York [http://hockeynightny.com/] with co-host Sean Cuthbert [https://twitter.com/seanyhockey] live Sunday nights at 8 PM ET during the season on Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/hockeynightny], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@hockeynightny], Twitter [https://twitter.com/hockeynightny] & Facebook [https://facebook.com/hockeynightny]. TOP STORIES