Today is the one-year anniversary of the Islanders hiring Lou Lamoriello to run their hockey operations. It’s been an eventful year, to say the least; that the Isles played into May after the tumult 12 months ago says a lot about what Lamoriello and his decisions have wrought.



But there’s no sitting still, of course. The draft is coming up, followed by free agency; Lamoriello has a slew of his own free agents to work on, plus a need to add some scoring up front and juggle his defense corps to possibly swing a trade for more offense. And it’s a banner year for restricted free agents, especially on some potentially cap-strapped teams, so the Isles could be in the offer-sheet mix.



We’ve compiled — with the incredible assistance of Cap Friendly and its Armchair GM tool — three versions of the 2019-20 Islander rosters: One closer to ideal, one more realistic and one that’s pretty close to a worst-case scenario. Even the ideal one,...