NEWARK, NY — On Sunday, the New York Islanders let goaltender Vitek Vanecek, who they signed to a one-year, $1 million deal this summer, play the entirety of their 2-1 preseason loss to the New Jersey Devils.
He made 18 saves on 20 shots.
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“I thought Vanacek played well,” Islanders head coach Pete DeBoer said. “He gives us some good goalie depth in the organization.”
Vanecek, who won a Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in 2024-25 before joining the Utah Mammoth for the 2025-26 season, was brought in as an insurance policy for veteran netminder Semyon Varlamov, whose future was still in the air as he worked his way back from two…
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