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Red Wings: Which Metropolitan Teams Have Bad Contracts to Deal?

By Alex Faber

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 30: Oskar Lindblom #23 and Shayne Gostisbehere #53 of the Philadelphia Flyers talk during a stop in play in the first period against the New York Islanders at Wells Fargo Center on January 30, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 30: Oskar Lindblom #23 and Shayne Gostisbehere #53 of the Philadelphia Flyers talk during a stop in play in the first period against the New York Islanders at Wells Fargo Center on January 30, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) /
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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: Andrew Ladd #16 of the New York Islanders skates against the Columbus Blue Jackets at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on December 23, 2019 in Uniondale, New York. The Blue Jackets defeated the Islanders 3-2.(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: Andrew Ladd #16 of the New York Islanders skates against the Columbus Blue Jackets at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on December 23, 2019 in Uniondale, New York. The Blue Jackets defeated the Islanders 3-2.(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Andrew Ladd – 2 Years, $5.5 Million (Cap Hit Per Year)

The New York Islanders have a much more pressing need to free up cape space this offseason. As of now, the team is projected to have just $3.5 million in cap space heading into the 2021-22 season. That means the Islanders are going to have a tough time improving the team in the offseason, especially if the organization is hell-bent on repeating or improving on the team’s success this year.

The most obvious way to free up space is shipping away Ladd’s contract. Ladd has already had a tough few years with the organization; after a slow start to the 2018-19 season, he was shipped to the Islander’s AHL team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, to save money. He’s been there since.

Although the organization did shave the cap hit down to $4.425 million, it’s still a hefty price to pay for a player contributing nothing towards the team’s current success. If the Islanders are looking for a buyer, Yzerman is just a phone call away. Giving up some future draft capital might be worth it to give the Islanders some breathing room in the offseason.

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