Looking ahead at 3 potential free agent options for the NY Islanders in 2025

While many of the franchises around the NHL break out their checkbooks at the start of free agency each summer, the NY Islanders are typically trailing the pack when it comes to making new signings.

This off-season, the Islanders signed Maxim Tsyplakov to a one-year $950k contract, and Anthony Duclair to a four-year deal worth $3.5M annually - the only players brought in from outside last year's team.

Last off-season, Lou Lamoriello stood pat in free agency, electing only to re-sign his own players, with his big transaction coming at the trade deadline when the Islanders acquired Bo Horvat.

A major reason why the Islanders haven't been active on July 1 in recent years is their lack of cap space. With the salary cap remaining stagnant after the COVID pandemic, Lamoriello has had little space to operate and has admitted himself that if he'd known this to be the case, he wouldn't have given out the contracts he had.

But in the summer of 2025, the Islanders are set to have more cap space than they have in a long time. Coming off the books are Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri, Hudson Fasching, and Mike Reilly, creating $13.025M in cap space.

A large chunk of that money will in all likelihood be spent on Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov's extensions, but Lamoriello should have some leftover cash to spend in free agency, as well as making trades to free up additional space.

Here's three 2025 free agents the Islanders could be in on.