Islanders make a bunch of moves, including signing veteran Matt Martin
The Islanders made a bevy of moves prior to Saturday night’s game against the Stanley Cup-champion Panthers at UBS Arena, the end result being Pierre Engvall, Hudson Fasching and longtime fourth-line Matt Martin, who had been training with the team while on a professional tryout offer, are all back on the roster.
The team announced top-line left wing Anthony Duclair, out 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury after injuring his right leg this past Saturday against the Canadiens, has been placed on long-term injured reserve. Duclair is in the first season of a four-year, $14 million deal and being placed on LTIR allowed the Islanders to exceed the $88 million salary cap ceiling by Duclair’s average annual value of $3.5 million.
That gave the Islanders the cap room to recall Engvall, in the second season of a seven-year, $21 million deal, and Fasching, in the second season of a two-year, $1.55 million deal, from their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport.
Martin agreed to a one-season deal with the terms not immediately available.
The Islanders also re-assigned Liam Foudy to Bridgeport after he skated on the fourth line the last two games.
Andrew Gross joined Newsday in 2018 to cover the Islanders. He began reporting on the NHL in 2003 and has previously covered the Rangers and Devils. Other assignments have included the Jets, St. John’s and MLB.
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