Islanders: It’s telling Aatu Räty is signed to ELC so quickly

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - MAY 26: Feature of the gold medal on the neck of #82 Harri Pesonen of Finland after the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia final game between Canada and Finland at Ondrej Nepela Arena on May 26, 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. (Photo by RvS.Media/Monika Majer/Getty Images)

It didn’t take long for the New York Islanders to sign their second-round pick from the 2021 draft Aatu Räty. Late Saturday afternoon, the Islanders officially announced that Räty had agreed to a three-year entry-level contract.

That’s a quick signing for a kid who fell pretty far in the draft. Once considered a possible first-overall caliber player, Räty fell to Isles at 52 overall.…