Lou Lamoriello got his last bit of housekeeping done Monday when the Islanders president and acting general manager signed restricted free-agent center Brock Nelson to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million. The settlement avoids an arbitration hearing that was set for Aug. 3, with the Islanders having previously given the 26-year-old Nelson a qualifying offer of $3.5 million.
So that ends all of the internal negotiations that were on the slate for the Islanders in what has been a tumultuous summer. Of course, this offseason was defined by the departure of captain and franchise foundation John Tavares, who left to sign as a free agent with his hometown Maple Leafs.