A question I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is what Noah Dobson’s next contract ends up looking like, for two reasons.

First: Dobson is currently on pace for the best season by an Islanders defenseman not named Denis Potvin, ever.

Second: The answer will help set the table for a 2025 offseason in which the Islanders have a lot of decisions to make.

Potvin is, somehow, the only defenseman in franchise history to average at least a point per game over a full season (funny enough, the next-closest player was Denis’ brother, Jean, who had 72 points in 78 games in 1975-76).