One day after introducing their new GM Mathieu Darche to the press, the Islanders showed a bit of new-wave transparency by announcing the re-signings of two pending free agents.
Kyle Palmieri gets a two-year deal — $4.75 million AAV per Puckpedia — and a first-year no-trade clause, second-year modified (16 teams) NTC.
Restricted free agent Adam Boqvist, a mid-season waiver pickup from Florida, gets one year at $850,000. He’ll still be a RFA when that concludes. This is a prove-it deal for a player who injected some life when the blueline was ravaged by injuries, and even filled in at forward.