Technically, there is still a sliver of a chance.

Maybe Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck will be unsigned a few weeks from now. Maybe Lou Lamoriello will decide it’s worth a shot to sign the pair on a professional tryout contract (PTO). Maybe they will remind everyone in training camp of their value. Maybe they will make the team. Maybe they will stay Islanders for another year.

Almost certainly, though, that is a fantasy.

When Lamoriello said last week in a conversation with The Post that the Islanders would “probably be moving on” from two players who have amassed a combined 24 seasons and 1,541 games in blue-and-orange, it was really just a public acknowledgement of something that has been obvious for months.