{"id":113243,"date":"2021-08-06T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=113243"},"modified":"2021-08-06T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:32:56","slug":"adam-pelech-re-signed-islanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/08\/06\/adam-pelech-re-signed-islanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Pelech Re-Signed by New York Islanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pelecad01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Pelech<\/a> has been re-signed by the New York Islanders to an eight-year contract worth $46 million. The contract carries a salary-cap hit of $5.75 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Isles<\/a> News: The New York Islanders announced today that Adam Pelech has agreed to terms on an eight-year contract.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JqiJEWnM38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JqiJEWnM38<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1423649664197345289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>New York Islanders Re-Sign Adam Pelech<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After suffering <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/09\/18\/new-york-islanders-adam-pelech-suffers-broken-wrist\/\" target=\"_self\">multiple unfortunate injuries<\/a> during the 2019-20 season, Pelech rebounded this year. He played the full 56 games and helped the Islanders once again reach the Stanley Cup Semifinal. Along with first-pairing partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pulocry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Pulock<\/a>, he averaged over 20 minutes on ice through the regular season. During the playoffs, the Islanders relied on him even more heavily, as his average time on ice increased to over 23 minutes per game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of scoring, Pelech logged four goals and 10 assists for 14 points through 56 games to go along with 18 penalty minutes. His possession numbers were 46.4 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of -3.6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over his six-year NHL career, Pelech has remained with the Islanders. He has 16 goals and 59 assists for a total of 75 points in 303 career games. He was originally drafted by the New York Islanders in the third round, 65 overall in the 2012 NHL draft.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What This Means for the Future<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the past three seasons, the Islanders have made the second round or better of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This success has largely sprung from head coach Barry Trotz\u2019s implementation of a suffocating defensive system. As a result, the team\u2019s blueliners are an important part of its overall strategy. Pelech, as the first-pairing left defenceman, plays an especially crucial role. (After all, the Islanders\u2019 record with him in the lineup last season was 25-10-3. Without him, it was 10-13-7.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Pelech\u2019s new contract, the Islanders have taken another important step towards future success. They\u2019ve locked down one of their most effective defencemen for several seasons to come. As the Isles chase the Stanley Cup Final that\u2019s eluded them in recent seasons, Pelech will continue to be an asset to the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"AoHlatpuQDpSqXEmLzR9Tw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1325498739\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AoHlatpuQDpSqXEmLzR9Tw',sig:'rbGFK34pLGvi-GKN9siWhoBFphfsCzIRLmMOke6ZnAA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1325498739',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenceman Adam Pelech has been re-signed by the New York Islanders to an eight-year contract worth $46 million. The contract carries a salary-cap hit of $5.75 million.\u00a0 #Isles News: The New York Islanders announced today that Adam Pelech has agreed to terms on an eight-year contract.https:\/\/t.co\/JqiJEWnM38 \u2014 New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) August 6, 2021 New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3813,"featured_media":113613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4547,17,4548],"tags":[859,5904,662,955],"class_list":["post-113243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-islanders","category-nhl","tag-adam-pelech","tag-new-york-islanders-news","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Jim Biringer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}