New York Islanders: 10 Step Plan To Fix The Franchise
By Matt O'Leary

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Salary Cap and Lineup
With my 10 step plan now all spelled out I wanted to take a look at what my 2018-2019 lineup would look like and the cap numbers we would be working with. It’s important to remember the salary eaten from Cal Clutterbuck and Andrew Ladd in this model.
Also, keep in mind we are using $80 million as the projected cap number for next year:
(Numbers in italics are projections and/or representative to the contract offers in this theory)
Fowards: $40,295,833
Defense: $25,180,000
Goalies: $5,183,333
Buyout/Retained Salary Total: $2,941,667
TOTAL: $73,564,833
This leaves nearly $6.5 million in cap space which you can use to fill out the rest of the roster and or save to give extensions to Jordan Eberle, Anders Lee, Justin Faulk, Mathew Barzal, etc.