Friedman: Islanders “testing the market” on Dobson

[Random Comment]

Ok, but many Isles fans have been coveting Pinto for a long time, I would love JG to come back home and Ottawa's top summer priority is a RD, so tbf there is an obvious fit in some ways

Our priority isn't for an offensive D-man though. Dobson is great, don't get me wrong, but it's not what Ottawa needs. It would be Chychrun 2.0, but worse because he'd be on an 7-8 year deal at premium price.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Pick up the phone @Islanders

 

[HockeyVirus]

hmmm

because I don't agree with you means I must not have watched The Leafs?

Knies is under rated by stat watchers

 

[HockeyVirus]

Right, because the Leafs are so hard to find, and get absolutely no media coverage. Ffs.

Has literally never stopped people from being completely ignorant about them before. It's 2025 and people still think they are a run and gun team like they were in 2019

 

[CraigsList]

I still think Dobson for 2nd OA makes a ton of sense for both sides, but I know Sharks fans would just prefer the pick.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Knies is under rated by stat watchers

Ah yes, a winger who scored 50-something points while playing 3rd fiddle to Matthews and Marner.

How could you trade someone like that?!

Example of that ^^

 

[mondo3]

If the Jet's could do a sign/trade with Ehlers, I think that would be a good basis for a Dobson deal.

 

[JadedRandom]

I still think Dobson for 2nd OA makes a ton of sense for both sides, but I know Sharks fans would just prefer the pick.

Neutral fan here, and I believe 2OA has quite a bit more value than Dobson in a vacuum.

Moreso considering that the team acquiring Dobson would need to pay him $9-11M a season.

And that gets even more compounded by the fact that Dobson can just take his qualifying offer for a year and then ride it to UFA next season (I think he would have 7 years in the NHL by then and thus be UFA at 26).

So yeah, 5th overall or so straight-up I could see happening but any pick higher than that would require the Islanders to add to Dobson on their side in my opinion.

Depending on what Dobson says to any team acquiring him, I could even see a world in which his trade value ends up quite a bit lesser than many Islanders fans would like.

 

[General Fanager]

Knies is under rated by stat watchers

Maybe so...but he is also overrated by Leaf fans.....

 

[Pure Slaughter Value]

Is Corsi and Fenwick of 55% considered good for a dman?

 

[StreetHawk]

Faber and Sanderson are a lot better Dmen than Dobson .

But, they've already signed preannouncement of the jump in the cap. Now, agents and players are using who signed after the cap of $95, $104, $113 mill were announced as baseline comps moving forward.

And Chrychrun is now at $9 mill. Plus the difference in the number of RFA/UFA years as well.

 

[saintunspecified]

And that gets even more compounded by the fact that Dobson can just take his qualifying offer for a year and then ride it to UFA next season (I think he would have 7 years in the NHL by then and thus be UFA at 26).

That's terribly risky for Dobson, and IF it were to pay off for him, he'd get paid even more. Given the very low frequency by which this happens, I think it's pretty unlikely.

 

[JadedRandom]

That's terribly risky for Dobson, and IF it were to pay off for him, he'd get paid even more. Given the very low frequency by which this happens, I think it's pretty unlikely.

Dobson would be taking a risk, yeah, but he'd also be able to dictate where he wants to play.

He could sign a cheaper deal than $10-11M with a no-tax state team, get the majority of his pay as a signing bonus so that it'd be even more tax-efficient.

If Dobson was confident in himself and willing to gamble a little bit, he'd be able to both determine where he wants to play exactly AND get more money after another big boost to the salary cap next year.

 

[jfhabs]

If he gets dealt, I imagine the return would be similar to Sergachev from last year.

Serg was traded for Geekie (recent 11th overall pick), Moser and a 2nd.

Underperforming 11th overall **

 

[stl76]

Scoring is not the primary role for a good "defense"man tbf

OK, but scoring is absolutely a primary measure of whether a player is elite offensively (which is what I was talking about incase it wasn’t clear).

 

[StreetHawk]

Dobson would be taking a risk, yeah, but he'd also be able to dictate where he wants to play.

He could sign a cheaper deal than $10-11M with a no-tax state team, get the majority of his pay as a signing bonus so that it'd be even more tax-efficient.

If Dobson was confident in himself and willing to gamble a little bit, he'd be able to both determine where he wants to play exactly AND get more money after another big boost to the salary cap next year.

Dobson is coming off a disappointing season and returning to the same HC Roy.
If you are someone who is likely to command a big payday, you don't just play it out and hit UFA.

Reinhart, Tkachuck, PLD, Trouba, Fiala were all traded away as RFA.

For the Isles, I get that they don't want their version of Nurse who got $9.25 mill per and hasn't lived up to the deal.

 

[mrinsane]

Dobson could be a good add for the Habs.

 

[periferal]

If the Jet's could do a sign/trade with Ehlers, I think that would be a good basis for a Dobson deal.

Or...


The Isles could just wait 10 days and sign Ehlers.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Maybe so...but he is also overrated by Leaf fans.....

Can't agree. Almost no players in the league as skilled as him who play the way he does

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Hagens

Keep dreaming thinking Dobson after last season is worth anywhere near a top 10 pick.

 

[Patty Ice]

I still think Dobson for 2nd OA makes a ton of sense for both sides, but I know Sharks fans would just prefer the pick.

No thanks.

 

[Pure Slaughter Value]

Keep dreaming thinking Dobson after last season is worth anywhere near a top 10 pick.

It's like trying to convince non-Rangers fans that K'Andre Miller is worth a late first +

 

[Reddawg]

If Dobson can be the key to unlocking Owen Power, the Sabres need to be all in on acquiring him.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

It's like trying to convince non-Rangers fans that K'Andre Miller is worth a late first +

Yea, a top 4 dman at 25 is likely worth a late first. You dont think so?

 

[StreetHawk]

If Dobson can be the key to unlocking Owen Power, the Sabres need to be all in on acquiring him.

So, they send Byram the other way as the base of a trade?