The NY Islanders’ emphasis is at present on getting a spot in the 2024 Stanley Cup End of the season games, yet in the background, the front office is continually attempting to work on the program.
In a compensation cap time, each group is lurking here and there for players who might possibly outflank their agreement. The Islanders are the same, and as per a report by Emmanuel Favre Montreal of LeMatin.ch, the group is keen on marking Andrea Glauser of Lausanne HC in the Swiss NL.
So who is Andrea Glauser you might inquire? Indeed, likely the possibly way you’ve known about Glauser is assuming you are an ardent devotee of Swiss hockey. He’s a 28-year-old, 6’0″ 190 lb. right-gave defenseman who’s consumed his whole time on earth playing in Switzerland. Glauser fills in as a substitute chief for Lausanne, recording 16 focuses (4 G, 12 A) in 47 games, and is right now playing in the semi-finals of the NL. He jumps at the chance to play the progress game and toss his body around in the cautious end.
As per Montreal, a North American source accepts the Islanders are the main group inspired by Glauser as somebody with no relationship with the Islanders or Lausanne yet realizes Lou Lamoriello made the 81-year-old mindful of Glauser’s range of abilities.
“Every one of the signs are positive,” says the source, interpreted from LeMatin.ch. “There’s as yet a best approach, however that wouldn’t shock me in the least assuming the New York Islanders offered Glauser a one-year, $1.5 million agreement.”
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In the event that this source is exact and the Islanders were to sign Glauser, he wouldn’t be qualified for an ELC, marking a norm, one-way agreement, and would in any case have a $350k cap hit whenever downgraded to the AHL.
With Robert Bortuzzo and Sebastian Aho appearing as though they’ll raise a ruckus around town specialist market on July 1, the Islanders have seven defensemen under agreement, four on the left and three on the right. Glauser could give more in the progress game as Noah Dobson has been the just defenseman who conveys the puck up the ice with any consistency.
The leap from the NL to the NHL isn’t made frequently as it’s a requesting jump from a mid-level European Association to the best association on the planet.
Falling under the table this slow time of year for the Islanders are Bortuzzo, Aho, Cal Clutterbuck, and Matt Martin, adding up to $5.025M. The Islanders actually need to re-sign Simon Holmstrom and Kyle MacLean, alongside Ilya Sorokin’s $8.5M contract entering year one. Lamoriello is now winding up in a tight spot financially and should search for hidden treasures to work on his program with Glauser as a potential player fitting that measures.
Now that this news is flowing, Lamoriello might do what he’s known to do when his business becomes public information and choose for pull out of the (potential) bargain out and out. Who knows, perhaps this is a name Islanders fans should start diving more deeply into.
