Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Oge ngwụcha mgbanwe nke NHL na Machị 5 kwụsịrị na ndị Islanders na-eme mgbanwe anọ. Abụọ n'ime ahịa ndị ahụ metụtara ndị egwuregwu obere egwuregwu Cory Conacher na David Leggio zigara Vancouver Canucks na Arizona Coyotes, n'otu n'otu, na mgbanwe maka Dustin Jeffrey na Mark Louis. Halak nwetara onye na-eche nche ọhụrụ mgbe e zigara Chad Johnson na Buffalo Sabres, ebe ndị Islanders na-eburu Michal Neuvirth na nloghachi. Onye isi njikwa Garth Snow kwuru na Neuvirth na-egwuri egwu nke ọma n'oge oge ahụ na arụmọrụ na-adịghị mma nke Johnson ruo ugbu a dị ka ihe kpatara ahia ahụ; Johnson enwetawo ndekọ 8<unk>8<unk>1 na pasent.889 na Islanders. N'èzí mgbanwe nke goaltending, ndị isi roster gara untouched na wezụga nke na-agbakwunye Tyler Kennedy, onye e nwetara site na San Jose Sharks n'ọnọdụ nke a conditional
Nhọrọ nke afọ 2015. Snow chọpụtara na ọ bụ n'ihi mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ndị otu ahụ ka o ji ghara ime mgbanwe ọ bụla dị mkpa. Egwuregwu mbụ ndị Islanders gbara mgbe oge ngwụcha nke mgbanwe ahụ ga-amalite Kennedy, mana mmerụ ahụ dị n'elu ahụ mara ọkwa tupu mmalite nke egwuregwu gbochiri ya igwu egwu. N'oge egwuregwu ahụ, Matt Martin gburu onye na-agbachitere Dallas Stars bụ Trevor Daley, nke mere ka a kwụsị ya otu egwuregwu. Ebe Kennedy merụrụ ahụ ma kwụsịtụrụ Martin, Eric Boulton na Casey Cizikas ka a na-arụ ọrụ na IR tupu egwuregwu na-esote na Machị 5 megide Nashville Predators mgbe ha tufuru egwuregwu 19 na asatọ, n'otu n'otu. Egwuregwu na-esote gosipụtara mmalite nke Neurvirth na ndị Islanders, ka ndị otu ahụ dara na agbapụ na Florida Panthers. Capuano họọrọ ịmalite ya ọzọ n'egwuregwu na-esote, dịka Neuvirth nwetara mmeri mbụ ya na ndị otu na 4 <unk> 3 mmeri oge mgbakwunye megide Toronto Maple Leafs na Machị 9.