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Front-loaded contracts a problem for Isles in free agency?

With the list of potential UFA targets narrowing by the day, the Islanders could be faced with another problem approaching  this year's free agency period, which begins Friday.

Will this trend of front-loaded contracts be a problem for the Islanders come July 1?

Recent deals have shown players leaning toward front-loaded contracts (see Capitals' Brooks Laich and Flyers' Ilya Bryzgalov)...

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