The New York Islanders are focused on retaining pending unrestricted free agent forward Brock Nelson.
Tsyplakov, 26, signed a one-year deal back in May.
The Islanders and many other teams interested in the 26-year-old, regardless of how this season has gone, must hope Pettersson's struggles have lessened his trade value.
Barzal will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, and his $9.15 million AAV is going with him if the Islanders need it.
The Islanders came out for Dmitry Kulikov's 1,000th-game celebration.
When can we expect the Islanders to get healthy?
Could the Islanders potentially find themselves in a wild-card spot on Wednesday morning? In this economy?
Romanov has missed the last four games for the Islanders and seven of their last eight with an upper-body injury.
Merrill is in the final season of a three-year deal worth $1.2 million annually.
Fabbro isn't the type of defenseman the Islanders need right now.
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