Marshall Warren Gets Second Islanders Contract: The Interesting Detail
Long Island native Marshall Warren earned a new one-year deal with the Islanders. Here's why the contract structure, salary, and guarantee are worth examining.
On Friday, the New York Islanders announced that they had signed pending restricted free agent defenseman Marshall Warren to a one-year, two-way deal.
Warren, a native of Laurel Hollow, Long Island, just completed the second season of a two-year deal, a contract he signed as a college free agent back in mid-April of 2014.
The 25-year-old made his NHL debut this season, recording two assists in a 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 26.
He played eight total games in Alexander Romanov’s spot on the third pairing, recording three assists, while averaging 11:29 minutes per game.
Warren had a rather strong season in Bridgeport under the tutelage of Rocky Thompson after beginning his AHL career under Rick Kowalsky.
In 55 total games under Kowalsky — the first two came at the tail end of the 2023-24 season after the University of Michigan got eliminated — Warren recorded four goals and 13 assists for 17 points with 38 penalty minutes on what was a weak Bridgeport team.
Rocky Thompson, who took over for Kowalsky, proved to be a game-changer for Warren, recording 6 goals and 26 assists for 32 points in just 30 minutes over 56 games.
Warren added one assist in two playoff games.
What’s impressive about Warren is that he turned an ATO into a two-year contract, then earned an NHL opportunity, which led to them keeping the RFA aboard for at least another season.
He’s deserving of stick taps just for that.
But I do want to talk about his contract, because it’s a bit interesting.