Former Islanders Miroslav Satan and Ruslan Fedotenko have each signed one year deals with the Eastern Conference Champion, Pittsburgh Penguins. Miro, coming off a year in which he scored a career worst 16 goals, signed a deal worth 3.5 million dollars. His salary with the Isles in 07-08 was $4.485 million. Fedotenko was signed to a 2.5 million dollar deal, after making $2.9 million.
Another former Islander leaving is Josef Vasicek, but hes not just leaving the Island...hes headed to Russia. Vasicek signed with Lokomotiv Yarosavl of the KHL. http://allhockey.ru/news/32906/ follow the link, but be warned...i have no idea what it says. Its in Russian.
As for the oops...
I said the Islanders had 24 one way contracts...that is incorrect. A person much closer to the information than I, misunderstood the logistics of the contracts qualified to the RFA's. As it stands:
Blake Comeau is on the last year of an entry-level deal
Frans Nielsen, Jeff Tambellini, Bruno Gervais, Ben Walter and Jeremy Colliton have all been qualified on two-way deals.
Kyle Okposo is beginning the first year of a 3 year entry-level deal. As many of you know his contract did not kick in last season because he only played 9 games...the maximum amount he could without the contracts starting.
One last note:
Brad Boyle is headed to San Jose, along with former Islander Brad Lukowich. Figured I would throw this up here since the rumor of him shipped to the Island has been out there lately.
The deal works out like this:
Boyle, Lukowich to the Sharks and Tampa gets fellow defenseman Matt Carle, blue-chip defense prospect Ty Wishart, a 1st and 4th round pick in the 2009 draft. Seems like sever over-payment to me, especially with 2009 being labeled another incredibly deep draft. I'm certainly glad the Isles didn't do make a deal for Boyle if this was the price.
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