The New York Islanders have re-signed forward Alan Quine to a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Newsday Sports' Arthur Staple reports the deal carries an average annual worth $612,500.

After playing just two regular season games for the Islanders this past season, Quine suited up in 10 postseason contests, finishing with one goal and five points. His double-overtime winner in Game 5 of the Islanders' first-round matchup against the Florida Panthers was a turning point for the team, who took the series in six.

Quine spent the rest of the season in the American Hockey League, where he managed 19 goals and 48 points in 56 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

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The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Ty Rattie to a one-year contract worth $650,000.

The 23-year-old appeared in 62 games with the Blues' AHL team last season, recording 17 goals and 29 assists. He scored four goals and added two assists in 13 games with the Blues.

Rattie was drafted 32nd overall by the Blues in 2011, and that the new deal is one-way in nature suggests he'll be counted on to make a meaningful contribution at the NHL level in 2016-17.

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The New York Rangers and J.T. Miller avoided arbitration by coming to terms on a new contract, the team announced Wednesday.

While the terms were not disclosed, Tim Wharnsby of CBC.ca reports it's a two-year deal that will pay him $2.5 million next season and $2.75 million in 2017-18.

After managing just 15 goals and 33 points during his first three years in the league, Miller broke out this season scoring 22 goals and 43 points in 82 games.

The 23-year-old was scheduled to have an arbitration hearing Aug. 2.

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Las Vegas' NHL franchise named longtime Washington Capitals executive George McPhee the club's first general manager Wednesday.

"I was looking for a guy who was going to (have a) dedicated, take-no-prisoners, want-to-win attitude," said owner Bill Foley during a press conference, according to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "This has been an exhaustive process. George had all the components I was looking for."

McPhee steps into the job after serving as general manager of the Capitals from 1997-2014. He helped Washington capture the Southeast Division seven times, while also making a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in his first season.

He most recently spent time with the New York Islanders, with whom he served as a special advisor to general manager Garth Snow.

While his team will be constructed from scratch via an expansion draft, McPhee is already setting high expectations.

"Our mission is clear, we're going to build a team Las Vegas can be proud of. Our goal is simple - to win the Stanley Cup," McPhee said. "We'll do our homework, scout everybody, and select the right players.

"I want to win now, too. We may have an opportunity other expansion teams haven't had before to put a successful team on the ice."

McPhee's first piece of business will be to fill out the rest of his staff, a process he says will begin next week. As for the team's coach, that decision will be a more lengthy process.

"We can take our time with that," he said.

Las Vegas will join league play for the 2017-18 season.

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The Montreal Canadiens are moving on from one of their statistics experts.

Analytics specialist Matt Pfeffer has been let go, a source told Sportsnet's Eric Engels on Wednesday.

Pfeffer's one-year contract was not renewed, but the Canadiens told Engels they'll be "pursuing other options" regarding analytics hires.

He was hired as a consultant last July, although he wasn't technically a team employee. Before joining the Canadiens, he worked with the San Jose Sharks, Hockey Canada, and the OHL's Ottawa 67's.

The reported move could be another sign that Montreal is prioritizing physicality over puck possession and speed after a disastrous season caused chiefly by a long-term injury to Hart Trophy winner Carey Price.

Two days before the start of free agency, the Canadiens traded beloved blue-liner - and possession darling - P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber.

A day before that, the Canadiens signed forward Andrew Shaw to a six-year contract after acquiring him from the Chicago Blackhawks on draft night.

That same night, Montreal traded Lars Eller, a solid possession player, to the Washington Capitals for a pair of second-round picks.

General manager Marc Bergevin doesn't want to talk about the Subban trade any more, but this is just another in a series of moves that will keep the questions coming.

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The Edmonton Oilers have locked up first-round draft pick Jesse Puljujarvi to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Wednesday.

Puljujarvi was selected fourth overall in June's draft after recording 28 points in 50 games in the Finnish Elite League, as well as earning a gold medal at the World Junior Chmapionship in January.

The 18-year-old winger was left out of Oilers development camp to rehab a knee injury, but is expected to crack Edmonton's lineup come October.

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