NEW YORK — The New York Islanders have signed ahead Simon Holmstrom to a one-year contract.
The Islanders introduced the signing with the 23-year-old restricted free agent from Sweden on Tuesday.
Holmstrom had 15 targets and 10 assists in 75 video games with the Islanders final season. His 5 short-handed targets and 7 short-handed factors led the group and ranked second general within the Nationwide Hockey League.
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The Islanders chosen him with the twenty third general choose within the 2019 NHL draft. He has 21 targets and 13 assists in 125 NHL video games and 27 targets and 43 assists in 154 video games with the Islanders’ American Hockey League affiliate in Connecticut.
Holmstrom averaged greater than a point-per-game in additional than two seasons within the SuperElit League. He gained a gold medal with Staff Sweden on the 2018 Beneath-18 World Junior Championships, scoring a aim within the title recreation towards Russia.
