Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwaka wa2014 usiri wemwaka, vaIslanders vakaita matanho akati kuti vavandudze chikwata vasati vapedza mwaka wavo wokupedzisira paNassau Coliseum. Muna Chivabvu, Islanders yakawana kodzero kuna Jaroslav Halak kubva kuWashington Capitals mukutsinhana nekutora kwechina-kutenderera muna 2014. Halak akabva asayina chibvumirano chemakore mana. The Islanders zvakare yakasaina Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin uye muchengeti wepagedhi Chad Johnson sevashandi vakasununguka. Mukuwedzera, musi waOctober 4, Islanders yakawana Johnny Boychuk kubva kuBoston Bruins nokuda kwekusarudzwa kwechipiri kwechipiri muna 2014 uye
2015 uye kusarudzwa kwedenderedzwa rechitatu muna 2015, pamwe chete naNick Leddy kubva kuChicago Blackhawks mukutsinhana netarisiro Ville Pokka, T. J. Brennan uye kodzero dzaAnders Nilsson.