Islanders re-sign Liam Foudy, keep Bridgeport’s top scorer for 2026-27
Liam Foudy’s 26-goal season earned him another one-year deal, and the Islanders are betting his speed can still help in New York if injuries strike.
The Islanders moved fast to keep one of Bridgeport’s most reliable goal scorers, a sign they know how thin their AHL scoring depth would look without Liam Foudy in the mix next season. By re-signing him to a one-year, two-way contract for 2026-27 on May 26, New York preserved a forward who did far more than fill a roster spot in Bridgeport.
Foudy finished second on the Bridgeport Islanders with 26 goals and 47 points in 60 games, both career highs. More important than the totals was the way he piled up offense: he scored in seven of eight games from January 10 through January 30 and ran a nine-game point streak from January 10 through January 31. That kind of burst production gave Bridgeport a genuine top-six finisher during a season in which every goal mattered.
The question now is whether Foudy is simply organizational insurance or still a legitimate NHL call-up option. His résumé says the door remains open. Selected 18th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2018 NHL Draft, Foudy has played 105 NHL games across Columbus, Nashville and the Islanders, while logging 199 AHL games split between Bridgeport, Milwaukee and Cleveland. In the AHL, he has 66 goals, 77 assists and 143 points, numbers that point to a player who can adapt to different systems and still produce.
His late-season usage also mattered. The Islanders recalled Foudy and prospect Victor Eklund from Bridgeport on April 14, and Foudy dressed in New York’s season finale against Carolina. That was a useful snapshot of where he stands in the organization: productive enough to stay on the NHL radar, but valuable enough that Bridgeport clearly wanted him back for another run.
The timing of the deal matters, too. Bridgeport’s 2025-26 turnaround was dramatic after a 2024-25 season that brought only 15 wins in 72 games, a minus-113 goal differential and a 4-28-1-3 home record at Total Mortgage Arena, the worst home mark in AHL history. This season ended with a franchise-record 10-game home winning streak and a playoff berth, and Foudy was part of that reset from the start. He first joined the Islanders on a one-year, two-way deal on June 29, 2025, after signing as a free agent the previous July 10.
For Bridgeport, the move protects a scorer who was central to the rebuild. For the Islanders, it keeps a quick, proven forward one injury away from New York. Foudy looks like both, and that is exactly why the contract mattered.
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