Resigning Lee was a reactionary move much like the Ladd signing.
In what ways do you see these two signings as similar? Or specifically, reactionary?
Snow/Weight wine dined and showed the schools to the Ladds. He was targeted during the negotiations period then signed. Not reactionary, just a bad choice.
While not hard evidence… Lee’s agent has debunked many of the rumors about the signing. The quote under my name “really fries my bananas,” actually comes from him about the press reports suggesting Lee would sign elsewhere.
Yes, I think the Isles targeted Panarin before signing Lee. But I think Lee would’ve been re-signed regardless. Probably at a million less with an extra year.
I just think this board has ran with conjectured narration that Lee was a fall back to Panarin. But here is a direct quote from Lee about negotiations with his agent (Neil) and Lou:
“In principal, Lou had and Neil had agreed on some things that allowed Lou to go after some other things out there and then things kind of fell into place.”
From the start of New York Islanders' training camp last September, Anders Lee insisted his impending free agency situation was different from the one John Tavares went through...
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