The Islanders have their 23-man roster set for Thursday’s season opener. Let’s take a look at the group, how we got here and what may happen:



1) Lou Lamoriello announced the final moves on Tuesday, sending both Jan Kovar and Devon Toews to Bridgeport and putting Andrew Ladd on injured reserve retroactive to Sept. 16. Lamoriello indicated Ladd could practice on Wednesday.



With Tom Kuhnhackl awaiting his waiver fate, the Isles were down to 22 roster players in reality. Kovar and Toews were the only two who didn’t need waivers and Lamoriello went the path of least resistance, keeping Ross Johnston and his waiver-claim proof contract up as the 13th forward.



Tanner Fritz technically needed to be recalled after clearing waivers last week, but he’s in the top 12 right now, on the right side with Valtteri Filppula and Leo Komarov.



“What you do in these situations is give yourself flexibility,” Lamoriello said Tuesday.