With one season remaining on Matthew Barzal's current $7 million contract, Lou Lamoriello secured his services for eight more years this morning. The center signed an eight-year contract extension worth $9.15 million per year. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/bet365ca/status/1577337503266258947?t=xaiOY9jg9SRD64v-dHHLOA&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> This is a very high salary for a player who had an 85 point season in his NHL debut, followed by four more disappointing seasons. Let's hope for the Islanders' sake that the 25 year old can bounce back.