Toronto Maple Leafs left winger Matt Martin tries to control the puck in front of Buffalo Sabres goaltender Chad Johnson during a game on April 2, 2018.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
Matt Martin is going back to the New York Islanders.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt the feisty forward to the Islanders, who drafted the Windsor, Ont., native in 2008. The Leafs get minor-league goalie Eamon McAdam in the deal.
Martin signed a four-year, US$10-million deal with the Leafs prior to the 2016 season. After playing every game in his first season with the Leafs, Martin suited up for just 50 games this past season and did not dress for Toronto’s seven-game playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
In 132 games for the Leafs, the 29-year-old Martin had eight goals, 13 assists and 173 penalty minutes.
The 23-year-old McAdam split the 2017-18 season between Bridgeport of the AHL and Worcester of the ECHL. A third-round pick of the Islanders in 2013, McAdam has not played in the NHL.
The move comes two days after the Leafs beat out the Islanders for marquee free agent John Tavares, who had been with New York since starting his NHL career in 2009.
It marks the first trade between new Leafs GM Kyle Dubas and the man who preceded him in that role – Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello.
The Leafs also re-signed defenceman Justin Holl on Tuesday to a two-year contract worth US$1.35 million, an annual average value of $675,000.
Holl made his NHL debut with the Leafs in 2017-18 and scored a goal in each of the two games he played. He recorded seven goals and 28 points with the American Hockey League’s Marlies in 60 games and represented the North Division in the AHL All-Star Classic.
Holl has played 192 games with the Marlies and has 20 goals and 68 points.