The Islanders’ organizational meetings are really just getting underway, with the season having ended nearly two weeks ago. No decisions for 2019-20 are set yet. But why should that stop us from discussing the future of the Isles’ key free agents?



The Athletic consulted three league executives and one veteran player agent who doesn’t represent any of the Islanders’ pending UFAs to see what they think the four — plus Valtteri Filppula, who has a bit less urgency to his free agency than the others — will get this offseason, either from the Islanders or on the open market.



Information from inside the Isles’ bunker isn’t exactly easy to come by, so none of the four people polled had any inside info, just their years of experience working on deals in the league to offer some insight.



Anders Lee



All of the people consulted feel that Lee is destined to return to the Isles, even if they weren’t aware that...