Dr Quincy
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With his age and contract and injuries I'm not sure Boychuk returns a consistent 3 goal winger.
Rumor: Islanders working on a Boychuk trade
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With his age and contract and injuries I'm not sure Boychuk returns a consistent 3 goal winger.
KrisBeKreame
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It was suggested that the Islanders were trading Toews and Boychuk to make room to acquire Schmidt
Some people will never get it. Blinded by homerism. Ladd and Boychuk are nuclear waste.
miscs75
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I highly doubt he does but the post was they’re not taking on another comparable contract in return for Boychuk.
Beacon Isles
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I think that suggestion was nonsense and speculation. If anything they’d like to move those two and acquire a top 6 wing, along with signing Barzal and Pulock.
deca guard
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LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
Unfortunately not much for us to get excited about. That clearing is just going to be used to ink Barzal and Pulock (Barlock if you will). Gonna miss the Boychuk brothers being Islander fans. They are a gas!
Pelech-Pulock
Leddy-Mayfield
Greene (if he re-signs)-Dobson
Is still pretty good in the Trotz system.
Leddy-Mayfield
Greene (if he re-signs)-Dobson
Is still pretty good in the Trotz system.
GeeoffBrown
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Seems like Isles are coming back with the same roster but worse. They're gonna need Barzal to be in the Hart conversation in order to do some damage. (Which isn't that unlikely to be fair)
It will cost more than an Avs late 2nd round pick to move this guy. It probably costs more than both those picks they got for Toews.
I'm pretty skeptical of it being Detroit. Wings have already brought in 3 Dmen this offseason. I'd much rather they save their cap flexibility for a real improvement. Not to mention rumors that Detroit doesn't want to spend. I'd imagine they'd be asking the Islanders to pay through the roof
Which would make Boychuks actual salary of 5.25M over the next 2 years attractive.
How does that make it attractive? Detroit doesn't have issue hitting the cap floor
deca guard
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They can throw Biega back at full caphit and Islander can just keep him in the minors so his caphit won't hurt us.
Number1RedWingsFan52
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His real money over the next 2 years is only $5.25M pretty sure ownership would jump on that.
Looking at the wings roster they lack RHD. If you can get a 2nd round pick plus get a decent defenseman only for 2.625M a year that is a pretty good deal. As somebody else pointed out if Detroit really cares about actual cash just throw Biega or another contract that is under 1M back at us
Number1RedWingsFan52
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Need to remember though that there might not be an AHL this season, So burying him in the minors might not be an option.
KrisBeKreame
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If there is no AHL season then I have to think the NHL and PA work out some reserve system where call up are available for injury.
I do think there will be an AHL season. I think it will be compressed and regional but I think it will happen.
I can't see the league penalizing teams for having a 30 man roster if their is no AHL season. They probably will still have 23 man roster rules where guys who are part of the 23 man roster count against your cap and if you want one of the other 7 players somebody either needs to get injured or you send a guy down to the reserve roster who may be open to waiver rules(if they qualify for them)
They're not really lacking RHD. Hronek, Biega, and Lindstrom will be on the roster. Also not an issue to play a lefty on the right hand side. Lacking quality defenseman, yeah. But I doubt the team wants to spend a lot of cap and cash over the next 2 years for Boychuk without a pretty damn good incentive.
burn the cap. next off-season no team will be in cap trouble.
If Detroit wants good value for Boychuk, take a 2nd rounder from the Islander then turn around eat half his salary and trade him to a team that can afford the 3M caphit for something of value
