Thomas Hickey was among the several pending Islanders free agents to note last week that the team's top offseason priority isn't him.



“They've definitely got some bigger fish to fry before they get to me,” Hickey said, referring to the John Tavares situation. Tavares is indeed the most important piece of the pending FA puzzle for the Islanders, but they will have to field a squad whether the captain stays or goes.



The Isles currently have 13 players under contract for next season at a salary-cap cost of $46.7 million. With the cap expected to rise to between $78-82 million next season, there's ample room to sign the free agents the Islanders want to bring back — starting with that big fish, Tavares.



So here's a look at the crop of pending unrestricted free agents on the Islander roster, what they might get from the team or elsewhere and what the landscape looks like as general manager Garth Snow starts evaluating where the team is headed...