After the trade deadline deal that sent Brock Nelson to Colorado, it looks clear that the Islanders�roster will be significantly different the next time they contend for a Stanley Cup.
While there’s still a playoff race to be run this season, the Isles are only hanging onto the fringe of contention and don’t look like a threat to make it past the first round if they do get in. General manager Lou Lamoriello even reluctantly allowed the term “retool�to cross his lips at his post-deadline press conference.
So, what better time to try to project the Islanders�lineup five years into the future?
Surely, to be clear, everyone in the front office is planning to return to contention a lot sooner than that. But five years is a nice round number when pretty much every prospect in the organization who’s going to make the NHL will have done so. That mainly is the focus of this exercise.
