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With just a couple weeks to go until the Isles hit the ice for training camp, 24 thoughts for the 24 players with the best chance of making the Opening Night roster.

In 2014, Garth Snow drafted Michael Dal Colle at No. 5 and traded up to snag Josh Ho-Sang at No. 28. The rest is history.

One of the first lessons Lane Lambert must take into his second year as an NHL bench boss comes from the New York Islanders’ biggest failure of 2022-23.

Zach Parise’s status is still unresolved, but after the New York Islanders signed Julien Gauthier to a one-way deal, we can infer the team is at least starting to plan for a future without him. Let’s look at some lineup options for the Islanders.

Bringing back Scott Mayfield, using a seven-year contract to get to an affordable $3.5 million average annual value, means in practice the New York Islanders almost certainly will go into opening night with the same seven defensemen who filled out their depth chart at the end of last season.