A deal to upgrade the top 6 very likely may not happen, however I disagree that the time has passed. And the McLeod/Savoie deal might be some evidence of that. Like, I don't think anyone was going to trade for JGP when they had a shot at a Chandler Stevenson for "free". Now that UFAs are basically done, if teams need something they have to make a trade.
I think Tsyplakov will be given every chance to prove himself in the NHL with us. A safe expectation is that he’ll be given third line minutes and PP time and if that’s the case then I can’t see him going back home since he’ll be playing roughly 14 to 15 or so minutes per game which is more than reasonable. Only scenario I could see that involves him leaving is if he looks completely lost out there and somehow worse than our other options such as Fasching and Gauthier. But he’ll only be 26 so I think he’ll definitely be given one full season at least unless he’s complete garbage.
I think more teams would be interested in JGP if Isles retained 1-1.5 mil
Soshnikov sucked and Kovar literally is just PTSD from islanders fans at this point
This is a different player. His goal output garnered attention and likely a contract that made it worth his while to come over but he supposedly has more to his game.
Why would we do that, especially if you are saying per year (both years left on his contract)? We aren't getting a top6er for 3 million. We need all the cap space we can possibly get next season needing new contracts for Dobby and Romanov and likely needing minimum one new top6 guy...
Pretty much a guy who i also hope plays greatly on the PK. The islanders basically see him as that player, hence why no motive was made to sign trenin or lomberg
That's a good question. I enjoy reading your posts and insights. I think an equally important question is how many goals against can this team shave off from last year? Wasn't it in Barry's first year the Isles allowed 100 less goals? Hopefully a full year with Roy's system and a bounce back year between the pipes pays dividends as well as a bump in goals for.
I mentioned this in the Duclair thread but adding him with no other moves is a net positive.
Agreed, he’s a player.
You could but that player who’s making NHL and AHL money difference would ask for a trade and the agent would be pissed. Teams do it for breaks but you’d really be messing with someone’s pocket.
Well they could theoretically, if a player is waivers exempt you can yo-yo a player to accrue more cap by the deadline
Ruslan is/was before Russian reports
That method increases how much they are able to accrue cap space, I.e if they are 100k under the cap they bank that - if you drop Tsyplakov between games you accrue a bit more for the days.
