We’ve been so caught up in the New York Islanders winning two series in this most unusual Stanley Cup playoff season, we’ve not much discussed how they’ll handle assignments between the bubble playoffs and the still undefined start of the 2020-21 season.
To that end, Simon Holmstrom has a new (temporary) home: The Islanders announced his loan to Vita Hästen of the HockeyAllsvenska, the second-tier of Sweden’s pro hockey. Their schedule begins Sept. 11, so Holmstrom could be getting some much-needed game action soon.
The Islanders’ first-round pick last summer (man, that seems ages ago) played in the AHL as an 18-year-old, putting up 15 points in 46 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.