from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

"We obviously have an opening in net behind Jaro [Halak]," Snow said. "That’s no secret. I don’t anticipate [blueliner Lubomir] Visnovsky coming back so there’s potential for one of our young defensemen to earn a spot, whether it’s [Scott] Mayfield, [Ryan] Pulock, [Griffin] Reinhart, we’ll see what happens via the trade route at the draft and then look into free agency. Those are not guarantees. We feel we have a good group. I’m not shy to say we’d be happy to have the same group back."

But will it include top-line winger Kyle Okposo? Veteran Islanders beat writer Arthur Staple, who is very plugged into the team he covers, raised eyebrows last weekend when he suggested Okposo could potentially be traded.

Snow when asked by ESPN.com refused to comment on the report or those rumors. Clearly from my own re-con I can say other teams have phoned on Okposo, but whether or not the Isles are actively shopping him doesn’t seem clear.

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