The New York Islanders re-signed pending free agent forward Tom Kuhnhackl to a one-year contract worth $850,000. Kuhnhackl could become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
Tom Kuhnhackl signed a one year deal with the @NYIslanders at $850 000.
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 29, 2019
The New York Islanders Re-Sign Tom Kuhnhackl
Over his four-year NHL career, Kuhnhackl has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Islanders. He has put up 15 goals and 33 assists for 48 points in 204 career NHL games. He added 58 minutes in penalties. His career possession numbers are 45.2 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of -7.3. He won the Stanley Cup two times with Pittsburgh: in 2015-16 and again the next season in 2016-17. In those 47 playoff games he played in as a Penguin, he had three goals and four assists for seven points. He added eight minutes in penalties. He was originally drafted in the fourth round, 110th overall of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Penguins.
Last season, the Islanders signed him as a free agent to a one-year contract. He scored four goals and added five assists for nine points in 36 games. He also added 10 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 44.7 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of -4.4. In the playoffs, he had three assists in eight games. He added two minutes in penalties.
What This Means For the Future
In the regular season, Kuhnhackl didn’t make that much of a difference to the Islanders offensively, but still managed to maintain a consistent spot on the third line and even work his way up to the second line for a point in the season. In the playoffs, he began to prove himself offensively. If he can do that again in the regular season, this is a good signing for the Islanders.
Tom Kuhnhackl Main Photo:
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 03: Dougie Hamilton #19 of the Carolina Hurricanes knocks Tom Kuhnhackl #14 of the New York Islanders off the puck in the second period of Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PNC Arena on May 03, 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
