There is no better way to be transparent about your intent to tank than by signing one-year deals with objectively bad players. That is exactly what the New York Islanders have been doing all summer.
The latest addition to the team is Luca Sbisa who signed a one year deal with the Islanders as of Monday afternoon. He will join a group of Valtteri Filppula, Jan Kovar, Brock Nelson, and Tom Kühnhackl- all of the players that have signed one-year deals and will be UFAs next summer. It is naive to think that any of these players will be re-joining the New York Islanders in the 2019-2020 season.