Islanders & NHL News: Warren re-signed, Sorokin Vezina runner-up

Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final is Saturday night, with an exciting series thus far. They better get it over before the World Cup takes center stage though.

Islanders News

• The Islanders re-signed hometown boy Marshall Warren to a two-way deal. [Isles | Newsday]

• Lemme tell you this kid Luca Romano had a good year, a real good year. He’s talkin’ ‘bout the Memorial Cup win and looking forward to camp. [Isles]

• Here are players who said they talked to the Isles at the NHL combine. [THN]

• Jason Blake is enjoying life as an NHL dad with his son. in the Stanley Cup final. [Athletic]

• Ilya Sorokin finished second in the voting as Andrei Vasilevskiy receives the Vezina, with local police being involved in an elaborate prank to break the news to him. [NHL]

Elsewhere

• Lots and lots of notes on the draft combine. [Sportsnet]

• Longtime NHL GM Cliff Fletcher (including for the Atlanta Flames when they entered with the Islanders), who pulled off some massive trades back when big, multi-player trades were a thing, has died at 90. [Sportsnet]

• Former Sabres forward and GM Gerry Meehan has also passed, age 79. [Sportsnet]

• The rising cap could test the Senators ownership and put them back into “small market” purgatory. [Sportsnet]

• Former Kings player and GM Rob Blake will join the Predators. [TSN]