Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Islanders sign Ryan Strome (2 years, $2.5M AAV)
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Brock Radunske
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Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
2x2.5 is not bad. He took a step back last season, but if he rebounds, that's a nice bridge deal.
PWJunior
Stay safe!
Number1RedWingsFan52
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With Strome not really having a good season last season. A 2 year deal at $2.5 million per is a pretty good deal. I guess Garth Snow was feeling pretty generous here.
My thinking as well. I think it's a bit high when you look at last season, but not bad at all.
Seems like a generous contract. Caught a few Isles games last year and he clearly has hands. Never impressed me when he played the Canucks but that was like once a year; he seemed to play smaller than his actual size
AvsGuy
Hired the wrong DJ again
Woof, just checked his stats, did he ever. What's the deal there? 2 years doesn't tell me they think there's much there worth investing in.
Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
Standard 2-year bridge deal as a "prove you deserve a long-term deal worth a lot of money"
Number1RedWingsFan52
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Yeah i think a 2 year $4 million deal, Would've been fair enough. But overall it's still not a bad deal.
He's a center, and has to play center. Due to the roster last season, they had him playing out of position and he suffered for it. In July, Snow came out and said (to the effect of) "We're not worried about Strome, but we realize that he's a center and that's where he flourishes, so that's where he'll play from now on".
Capuano was obsessed with Brock Nelson being the big center of that line, with Strome on the wing, but they both do much better with the situation reversed. How our "wonderful" coach couldn't figure that out in 80 games, I have NO idea. The fans saw it immediately.
Yup. That's exactly what it is and that's exactly what Strome has earned to date. Time to **** or get off the pot.
izzy
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Our long national nightmare is over. 
Here's hoping he gets back to his form two years ago, when he clicked with Tavares or made Matt Martin look like a goal-scorer.
Here's hoping he gets back to his form two years ago, when he clicked with Tavares or made Matt Martin look like a goal-scorer.
SLAPSHOT723
QU! Bobcats!
Strome's biggest strength is that he has a lot of confidence in himself and he's showing it with this contract. He lost some of that confidence last year, but if it comes back, watch out NHL.
I'm interested to see how much he plays at C and RW this year. I think he should be converted to a RW full time, while others believe he should go back to being a C since that's his natural position. I hope he can just play either one and play with that swagger he brought two years ago.
I'm interested to see how much he plays at C and RW this year. I think he should be converted to a RW full time, while others believe he should go back to being a C since that's his natural position. I hope he can just play either one and play with that swagger he brought two years ago.
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Press reported in Nov and after the playoffs, that the isles received and rebuffed trade offers for Strome.. They have no interest in dumping him at 23 because of inconsistency.
This is a show me contract
If Strome wants the long term, big $ then he needs to show he is worth it.
SLAPSHOT723
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He was probably going to be protected in the expansion draft anyway. The list that most of us on the Isles board have agreed on is:
Tavares
Ladd (NMC)
Strome
Leddy
Hamonic
Boychuk (NMC)
Pulock
One of Nelson/Lee/deHaan
One of Halak/Berube
Right - I get that. I was just wondering if expansion is an option if this "show me" opportunity doesn't work out.
