Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni Oṣu Karun ọjọ 22, Ọdun 2014, awọn Islanders fowo si oludari agbabọọlu ọfẹ ti ko ni ihamọ Jaroslav Halak si ilosiwaju ọdun mẹrin lati jẹ ki o wa labẹ adehun nipasẹ akoko 2017-18 lẹhin iṣowo fun u lati Washington Capitals fun yiyan kẹrin ti Blackhawks ni 2014 Entry Draft
ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ oṣù. Awọn Islanders tun gba awọn olugbeja meji ni Oṣu Kẹwa Ọjọ 4, Ọdun 2014, ọsẹ kan ṣaaju ere akoko deede akọkọ wọn. Johnny Boychuk ni a ta lati Boston Bruins ni paṣipaarọ fun 2015 (lo lori Brandon Carlo) ati awọn yiyan ayẹwo 2016, lakoko ti Nick Leddy ni a ta lati Chicago Blackhawks papọ pẹlu olutọju ẹnu-ọna amateur Kent Simpson ni paṣipaarọ fun T. J. Brennan, Ville Pokka ati awọn ẹtọ si Anders Nilsson.