The New York Islanders made one big splash at the NHL trade deadline. They shipped pending free agent Brock Nelson to the Colorado Avalanche for a massive return. But their other pending free agent, Kyle Palmieri,

While no extension has been agreed to as yet, the two sides are close enough that it’s believed they can work something out in the coming days.

Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders took down the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Tuesday night. Kyle Palmieri and Ryan Pulock also scored, and Ilya Sorokin finished with 27 saves for New York in its final game before the NHL trade deadline and a three-game west-coast road trip.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL trade deadline. There isn’t much to update on Brock Nelson or Kyle Palmieri, the New York Islanders’ two prominent pending unrestricted free ...

If this final game before the trade deadline doubled as the final game in Islander colors for Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, then at least it was a good one.  And if it was the symbolic final game of this era of Islanders hockey,

As per TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, “Hearing that the Islanders have told pending UFA Kyle Palmieri, they’re not trading him today and focused on working on a contract extension with him over the coming days.