Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Islanders sign Dennis Seidenberg (1 year, $1M)

[Felix Unger]

Most likely the first but also that Snow has learned his lesson and knows that injuries will take its toll during the season. Come playoff time and the teams are always patched up and having someone like Seidenberg to stick in the lineup instead of Mayfield or Pelech or Burroughs or someone else off the AHL roster is a massive upgrade.

There are a lot of reasons to do this - Boychuk's health (nothing known), Pulock's history of shoulder injuries, de Haans history of shoulder injuries, Pelech coming back from thoracic outlet. It's just good to have a vet back there. He's just this year's version of Zidlicky.

 

[seafoam]

There are a lot of reasons to do this - Boychuk's health (nothing known), Pulock's history of shoulder injuries, de Haans history of shoulder injuries, Pelech coming back from thoracic outlet. It's just good to have a vet back there. He's just this year's version of Zidlicky.

Pretty sure Leddy's late season injury two seasons ago was also a shoulder and obviously Hamonic had the knee injury.

I like the move. I think the style he plays is a better fit as a 7th D than Zidlicky's was, and I think he can show our younger guys some things (specifically how to lay a proper body check)

Presuming Mayfield stays in the organization, NYI's D is nine deep, albeit without a true 1D, but that's damn good for not only the organization, but the league as well.

Leddy
Hamonic
Hickey
de Haan
Boychuk
Pulock
Seidenberg
Pelech
Mayfield

 

[airbus220]

Scott Mayfield = Sweetener????

No.

He got a one-way contract due to his presence in the Washington series and the fact that he might play NHL minutes but not regularly. The Isles will have no problem shuttling him back and forth from the Bridge to Brooklyn and (I doubt) teams are going to want a 600k one-way contract for a player they know can't break their top 6.

Mayfield is on a one-way contract but still league minimum 575k. Hard to find someone on waivers for league minimum. Why shouldn't teams with injuries claim him, there's not much risk even if he has another year on his contract.

 

[boredmale]

Mayfield is on a one-way contract but still league minimum 575k. Hard to find someone on waivers for league minimum. Why shouldn't teams with injuries claim him, there's not much risk even if he has another year on his contract.

I can see a team who feels they are a lottery team taking a chance. All that being said I felt the same way about Tinordi last season and there was no biters. Wasn't Oleksiak(another guy I figured might get some interest) on waivers as well last season?

 

[serp]

Oleksiak and Nemeth where never placed on waivers . Both got condition stints in the AHL and sat in the pressbox when they weren't in Dallas lineup.