Ryan Strome agrees to contract with Islanders

Ryan Strome signed a contract extension with the
Islanders on Tuesday.

Restricted free agent forward Ryan Strome agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

Financial terms were not released, but TSN reported an average annual value of $2.5 million.

The No. 5 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, Strome finished with eight goals and 28 points in 71 games last season, a decline from the 17 goals and 50 points he scored in 2014-15 He had four points in eight Stanley Cup Playoff games to help the Islanders advance to the Eastern Conference Second Round, their first playoff series victory since 1993.

In 2015-16, Strome recorded four multi-point games - Missed Oct. 29 game with an illness. He was assisgned to Bridgeport on loan and remained there from Nov. 6-26 (8 games). He missed the Islanders' Dec. 13 game with an upper-body injury

In 2014-15, Strome scored 17 goals and 33 assists with a plus-23 rating in 81 games, marking career highs in each catergory, during his second season with the Islanders. He led the team in plus-minus rating, tied for second in assists and finished third in points and fourth in penalty minutes (47), and recorded 10 multi-point games, including a career-high, four-point game (1G/3A) on Dec. 31 at Winnipeg. The Islanders were 12-2-2 when he scored a goal. He named a “Star of the Game” seven times, including three First Star honors. Strome had a three-point game (1g/2a) on Nov. 21 at Pittsburgh, and had three, four-game point streaks in the second half of the season. He recorded his first career two-goal game on Feb. 16 against the Rangers.

The Mississauga, Ontario, Canada native made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, appearing in all seven games during the Islanders’ First Round series against Washington in 2015. He tied for the team lead in goals (2) and finished fourth in points (4).

The 6-1, 199-pounder, 23, has 32 goals and 96 points in 189 NHL games, all with the Islanders. Internationally, he won a bronze medal for Canada at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship after scoring three goals in six games.

Strome was selected by the Islanders in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2011 National Hockey League Draft.