Islanders: Every single player lost through expansion drafts since 1974

Remember every player the New York Islanders have lost through the expansion draft? Don’t worry, here’s a refresher for you.

There’s been a lot of talks recently about the upcoming Seattle Expansion Draft. Who the New York Islanders lose to the Kraken is on the tip of everyone’s lips. Could it be Nick Leddy? Semyon Varlamov? Maybe Jordan Eberle? Or maybe the Islanders make a deal like in 2017 to keep the Kraken away from some of the players they wanted to keep.

It’s going to be an interesting summer for the Islanders who could lose a good player to the Kraken. Although, that good player will likely also take their large cap hit with them to the West Coast. So it’s not all bad.

For this post, I didn’t want to focus on who the Isles could lose but rather I wanted to look at every single player they did lose through expansion.

Since the Islanders entered the league in 1972 and conducted their own expansion draft, they’ve fallen victim to ten different expansion drafts. I wanted to look back at who they lost, and if any of there were a William Karlsson like find for the Vegas Golden Knights.