File this under Offseason: Bookkeeping and forgive us 250 words about something insignificant.
In the NHL, June 1 is an annual date for some under-the-radar prospect news. For the New York Islanders, the date passed with a “bonafide offer” to David Quenneville (don’t ask, it’s CBA minutia to retain unsigned draft picks’ rights and happens all the time) and in unofficial news, the lapse of their rights to Swedish 2013 draft pick Victor Crus-Rydberg.
Taken in the fifth round of 2013 (136th overall), at the time Crus-Rydberg in some quarters had higher praise than you typically associate with a fifth-rounder.