{"id":51970,"date":"2019-06-29T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T13:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=51970"},"modified":"2019-10-01T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T22:20:24","slug":"tom-kuhnhackl-re-signs-with-the-new-york-islanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/06\/29\/tom-kuhnhackl-re-signs-with-the-new-york-islanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Kuhnhackl Re-Signs With the New York Islanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Islanders<\/a> re-signed pending free agent forward Tom Kuhnhackl<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year contract worth $850,000. Kuhnhackl could become an unrestricted free agent next summer.<\/p>\n

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Tom Kuhnhackl signed a one year deal with the @NYIslanders<\/a> at $850 000.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The New York Islanders Re-Sign\u00a0Tom Kuhnhackl<\/h2>\n

Over his four-year NHL career,\u00a0Kuhnhackl has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> and the New York Islanders<\/a>. 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.\u00a0He was originally drafted in the fourth round, 110th overall of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Penguins.<\/p>\n

Last season, the Islanders signed him as a free agent to a one-year contract. He\u00a0scored 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.<\/p>\n

What This Means For the Future<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Tom Kuhnhackl Main Photo:<\/p>\n

Embed from Getty Images<\/a>