Overview

• Maxim Tsyplakov signed a two-year extension worth $4.5 million total, averaging $2.25 million per season, just before his July 29 arbitration hearing.
• The 26-year-old winger recorded 10 goals and 35 points in 77 games during his rookie NHL season after joining as an undrafted free agent.
• Before signing in New York, Tsyplakov spent seven seasons with Spartak Moscow in the KHL, amassing 63 goals and 121 points over 327 games.
• As the Islanders’ last unsigned restricted free agent, his contract caps General Manager Mathieu Darche’s off-season roster work.
• The extension leaves New York with roughly $1.6 million in salary cap space ahead of training camp preparations.