Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Ross Johnston signs extension with the Islanders (4 years, $1.1M AAV)
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MatthewBarnabysTears
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Really not anything anyone can say about this until AAV and salary structure (how much could be buried in AHL) are known.
One suggestion I saw that makes sense—this likely removes any risk of passing him through waivers this season.
One suggestion I saw that makes sense—this likely removes any risk of passing him through waivers this season.
I like Ross Johnston. Big body, hard to move, hard to play against. I'm really curious to hear the AAV because I tend to be leery of giving bottom 6 too much term.
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the salary is meaningless
signing a 4th liner/13th forward to a 4 year contract is literal insanity
signing a 4th liner/13th forward to a 4 year contract is literal insanity
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leeroggy
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Maybe if your fourth line was as effective as ours you would think differently
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I think my team will survive without Ross Johnston's 200 minutes of ice time and 4 points per year, thanks!
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Islanders are so weird in how they give their bottom-6/4th line/bottom pairing players so much term on contracts
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lou has no problem giving out long term deals because he knows he won’t be gm when those contracts get worse. Getting cheap AAV is all he cares about since it makes the isles better today. Also, NYI is not an attractive FA destination so handing out long-term deals will ensure players stay in NYI. But of course this will have consequences, like signing komarov which prevented them from keeping Toews.
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low benchmark for 'literal insanity'
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I don’t think it’s necessary either but they do have success and those bottom 4th line guys aren’t used the same as other teams cotton guys. Trotz give them more than 4th line TOI and a lot of responsibility.
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Why, though? The contract isn’t that much more than the league minimum and can be buried in the AHL. Whenever he isn’t on the roster, someone else making about the same salary will be. You don’t want a dozen Ross Johnston’s on longterm deals but the downside risks are close to negligible.
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Horrible. Wasting money on players that hardly play/contribute is why we lose players like Toews/Leddy and replace them with Chara.
It's peanuts in terms of NHL, but a million a year puts you in a very high income bracket in overall society.
How many people you know who make seven figures a year?
SI90
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Some people also see this as a way to prevent teams from selecting him off waivers. Not wanting to commit that long term.
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this is simply, false
Ross can and will be buried in the AHL and count zero dollars against the cap
Gurglesons
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This is the second time he got four years right?
