Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Islanders re-sign J-F Berube (1 year, $750K)

[JZCislesHockey]

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[SLAPSHOT723]

Nice, he was really good in his short spots last year. I see a really good future for this kid.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Three-headed monster or is Halak on the way out still? I can't see Berube not being in the NHL.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Three-headed monster or is Halak on the way out still? I can't see Berube not being in the NHL.

Halak is surely on the block, but we don't know where he'll end up.

 

[JIsles]

The big question is 1 way or 2 way?

 

[Yog S'loth]

Poor Berube. Another season of being the practice goalie.

 

[JIsles]

Compton states it is 1 way.

 

[hockeykicker]

the big question is 1 way or 2 way?

 

[izzy]

Halak needs to be moved

 

[Bexlyspeed]

you have to think they are trying to move Halak.

I don't like this plan.

 

[Siludin]

Greiss is underrated, Berube overrated, Halak aptly rated.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Greiss is underrated, Berube overrated, Halak aptly rated.

How is Berube overrated? Nobody ever talks about him and he signed a contract for less than $700k.

 

[seabass45]

Halak needs to be moved

That's the plan. They could come away with even more cap flexibility if he's traded for a pick.

 

[FazeLeaf*]

Kane for Halak + Mayfield?

 

[boredmale]

Poor Berube. Another season of being the practice goalie.

He probably made more last year then his entire career in the AHL

 

[seabass45]

Kane for Halak + Mayfield?

Isles are pretty set on LW (bigger need is RW) and I can't see Garth taking Kane.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Kane for Halak + Mayfield?

We don't want Kane now that we have Ladd. Ladd didn't seem to like Kane when he was in Winnipeg and we don't really have the room for Kane either.

If you want Halak, I'd take one of your 3rd's (BUF or WSH) and a 6th or something.

 

[blitzkriegs]

you have to think they are trying to move Halak.

I don't like this plan.

ANA and SJ only teams that need a true veteran presence and can take on Halak's salary to keep total goalie spend under $8M. Plus, get the benefit of exposing Halak to Vegas.

 

[CodeE]

How is Berube overrated? Nobody ever talks about him and he signed a contract for less than $700k.

Lot of people within the Isles organization have made comments saying they see him as a "potential starter"... granted it's lipservice but I really don't see Berube ever becoming a starting goalie in the NHL, even for a meh team. To me he tops out as a Nilsson/Poulin type of journeyman goalie, two goalies who Isles fans also heard the "omg starter potential" lipservice for.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Lot of people within the Isles organization have made comments saying they see him as a "potential starter"... granted it's lipservice but I really don't see Berube ever becoming a starting goalie in the NHL, even for a meh team. To me he tops out as a Nilsson/Poulin type of journeyman goalie, two goalies who Isles fans also heard the "omg starter potential" lipservice for.

I'll admit I did think that of Poulin, but never of Nilsson.

 

[CodeE]

I'll admit I did think that of Poulin, but never of Nilsson.

I distinctly remember being fed (and this is the fault of fans as well as management) that of the Koskinen/Nilsson/Poulin trio, any of the three could be our potential starter and it was absurd to suggest that at the very least, one of them wouldn't be locked-in starter by 2016. We sure would be in a sticky situation right now figuring out which of our starting goalies to keep and which we'd have to trade.

I get that vibe from Sorokin right now who a lot of people in HFIsles treat as our new goaltending savior, but Sorokin is actually putting up damn good numbers in the KHL to back up those fantasies.

 

[seafoam]

Kane for Halak + Mayfield?

I can't see Snow having interest in Kane.

 

[seafoam]

I still don't like the fact that Management wants to go into the year with Greiss/Berube, but you know it's going to happen.