Boy, Matt Martin must feel left out.
Islanders right winger Cal Clutterbuck avoided what would have been an anxious trade deadline by signing a five-year, $17.5 million deal on Friday, carrying an annual salary-cap hit of $3.5 million, leaving Martin as the only member of the team’s vaunted fourth line that didn’t re-sign.
The 29-year-old Clutterbuck was set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and if he and general manager Garth Snow were far off on an extension, he likely would have been a valuable commodity come the Feb. 28 trade deadline. Instead, Clutterbuck joined his longtime center, Casey Cizikas, who signed a five-year, $16.