Talk about ending with a bang. 

The New York Islanders blew the doors off the hockey world on Saturday, agreeing to terms with forward Pierre Engvall for seven years, defenseman Scott Mayfield for seven years, and goaltenders Ilya Sorokin (eight years) and Semyon Varlamov (four years) on long-term contract extensions. 

With Sorokin, the Islanders lock in their franchise netminder, buying the remaining years of the 27-year-old's prime and ensuring that their crease will be run by a perennial Vezina favorite for the better part of the next decade. Sorokin racked up an impressive 31-22-7 record for the Islanders last season to go with a league-leading six shutouts and a dazzling .924 save percentage that earned him a place among the Vezina finalists. 

Engvall, on the other hand, is a far more questionable signing, with the Islanders handing seven years to a player with a career-high of 35 points at the NHL level who will be nearly 35 years old upon expiry. Engvall brings tremendous speed and size to the table in a middle-six role but rarely uses them to his advantage, often refusing to use his 6-foot-5 frame to create space for himself in the corners and in front of the net. 

With Mayfield, the seven-year term of his contract is more palatable given his relatively low AAV and the fact that he can step in as a borderline top-pair defender. Mayfield finished the 2022-23 season with six goals and 18 assists for 24 points in 82 games while logging upwards of 21 minutes in average nightly ice time. 

Varlamov's financial details have yet to be released, but the four-year term of his deal is cause for concern. Varlamov is 35 at the moment and is coming off a season during which he played 23 games and finished with an 11-9-2 record and a .913 save percentage. This means Varlamov will be 39 years old upon expiry, leading some to wonder if he will even still be playing by the deal's end. 

This is certainly an eye-popping stretch of moves from GM Lou Lamoriello.