Oliver Wahlstrom has signed his three-year entry level contract with the New York Islanders, the team announced Thursday. Word filtered out earlier in the week that he was leaving NCAA Boston College after just one season, so this contract, which begins in 2019-20, was an assumed next step.
Options are technically still on the table for where he spends 2019-20 — we just know it won’t be in the NCAA, since his eligibility is wiped out by signing his NHL entry level contract.
For now, he is expected to join AHL Bridgeport (on an ATO), where he’s most likely to spend next season, and where he’ll get a preview of the organization and pro life while the team can more directly set expectations for him.