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Agreed.
And I love it. Watch the offense blossom. It's already been on display but just in glimpses. This kid is a stud.
Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Adam Pelech signs extension (8 years, $5.75M AAV)
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Agreed.
And I love it. Watch the offense blossom. It's already been on display but just in glimpses. This kid is a stud.
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miscs75
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Don’t take sides against the Family Adam. You know what happened to Fredo.
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Nice pay raise. I thought it was Mayfield making that, though. Or is he still ridiculously cheap?
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Not a chance from me. I take Pelech and his new deal over Toews every time.
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I’m not an Islanders fan but Pelech is a very good defenseman and a pleasure to watch, if you get a chance you get any Islanders games in, focus on Pelech.
Pelech is a pain to play against and this signing also gives room for the Islanders to resign Beauvillier, Sorokin, Palmieri and Cizikas.
Not sure if Tarasenko is in the cards for the Islanders, unless they can send some salary out, have St. Louis retain or LTIR someone until the Isles can send salary out.
Mayfield is still ridiculously cheap. $1.45M per through 2022-23.
Jake Muzzin is signed until he’s 35. Most would say Pelech is a better player than Muzzin and will make only 100k more through his prime years.
If you’re iffy about this one, you must hate the Jake Muzzin contract. Particularly because he’s gotten injured the past two seasons when they need him most.
To this point, Pelech has no durability concerns and has been a critical part of back to back conference finals.
Time can change things but this appears to be a very good contract for the Islanders as we sit here today.
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And it isn't very close, as much as I like Toews also. Apples and oranges, but give me the guy that just shuts down every top star of the other team. Toews is a great fit to what Colorado does. He isn't the same player on the Isles due to their defensive style. It would be interesting to see how Pelech would look on the Avs. He has shown flashes of much more offensive ability than his stats reflect at times. With more freedom, I would guess he would put up a healthy amount of points.
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BertCorbeau
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W.. why are you trying to bait me into some nonsense argument about Muzzin?
I just said it’s this is a long contract
One Winged Angel
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Chara scored 50 points when he won his only Norris and Lidstrom in his 7 Norris winning seasons registered 71, 59, 62, 80, 62, 70 and 62 points and had no less than 9 goals in a season.
Rod Langway won 2 Norris trophies in the 80’s and didn’t even break the 40 point mark while Paul Coffey was scoring 100 points a year.
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Mayfield is still stupid cheap. Both were dirt cheap signings at the time for bridge deals essentially and worth every penny plus some.
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I hope we dont resign Cizikas and keep the space for Tarasenko. Panik can play on this team and we save some money
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I wasn’t trying to bait you, it just seems like there’s a group of Leaf fans who try to find something wrong with everything Lamoriello does.
I interpreted your post as you insinuating it was too long so I provided an example with a player you’re familiar with whose inferior and paid until he’s even older than Pelech. If that wasn’t your intent than my apologies.
This seems like a huge W for the Islanders. The long term is the price to lower the cap hit. That’s almost unavoidable. The team would need to make some concessions and the term was one that likely lowered the cap. This will help keep the teams depth in tact.
When people say steal, it is all about context. It is relative to the fact that he is one of the top d-man on the market, granted RFA, and it is all relative to the contracts being paid out this offseason. You can't compare it to other contracts paid in other years because the market is always changing. What is tricky is that there is no one guy who can truly to compare to Pelech that was available this offseason. The big names and contracts were all to offensive defenseman. The closest comparable I see is Brandon Carlo who also got what i view as a favorable team contract with the Bruins. I would still say the Pelech deal is even better, although I like that the Carlo deal takes him through his prime years and not much further. He is not the player Pelech is, but still very solid.
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It's interesting comparing Avs/Isles and Toews/Pelech. Neither team probably would want to switch, Pelech is likely more effective defensively in NY than Denver. Both players more offensively successful in Colorado probably. Toews being more of a mobile/positional defender I think plays to Colorado's strength versus NY's. Watching him in the playoffs game me some serious Rafalski vibes, cerebral and always where he needed to be even if he isn't at the shutdown level Pelech is.
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Thought he’d come in around 5, so just a touch higher than I anticipated.
Solid deal for both sides. The Isles get to lock up a core piece for the rest of their cup window.
Solid deal for both sides. The Isles get to lock up a core piece for the rest of their cup window.
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PolishPrince21
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If the 2.5 per year rumored deal for casey is true, you aren't really saving much money. Give me Casey back if the 2.5 is accurate. Get creative to save that money elsewhere.
One Winged Angel
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Yes, but if you looked at the post I was responding to, you’ll see the point I was disproving.
