The Islanders were still in fairly inflexible cap territory as the free agency period inched along into Day 3, but they did have some minor news:
Key RFAs Ryan Pulock and Devon Toews filed for salary arbitration (as did Josh Ho-Sang), meaning if they can no longer sign an offer sheet from another team and their contracts will be determined one way or another by the time of their yet-to-be scheduled arbitration hearing.
Burroughs for Greer
Separately, the Islanders announced a defenseman-for-forward trade at the minor league level: They’ve sent defenseman Kyle Burroughs to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for A.