Koomkie Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 In the die by the blade article they say that Garth said he is not willing to pay the price tag for moulson. So the only fa that they have a good chance of recruiting, that can make an impact, they are not willing to pay. Yeah, I'm am betting we get a top five pick next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 If Wang is set on selling the team this coming year, I don't see any reason for him to spend any money on FAs. It makes little financial sense for him to do this and the team would be more attractive to buy if it wasn't stuck with a bunch of long, multi-million dollar contracts. Any new owner would likely want a clean slate. Plus, weren't the Islanders in a selling mode last deadline? They dumped Vanek and likely would've dumped JT if he wasn't injured. And I would be so certain the Islanders are going to be good with a bunch of prospects coming of age. It's going to take 1-2 years for these kids to be hitting on all cylinders. That sentence is such complete and utter bull#### it makes the rest of whatever you said invalid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 If Wang is set on selling the team this coming year, I don't see any reason for him to spend any money on FAs. It makes little financial sense for him to do this and the team would be more attractive to buy if it wasn't stuck with a bunch of long, multi-million dollar contracts. Any new owner would likely want a clean slate. Plus, weren't the Islanders in a selling mode last deadline? They dumped Vanek and likely would've dumped JT if he wasn't injured. And I would be so certain the Islanders are going to be good with a bunch of prospects coming of age. It's going to take 1-2 years for these kids to be hitting on all cylinders. They dumped Vanek after he wouldn't sign LT w/ them. They would have preferred to keep him. There is no ####ing way they would have gotten rid of Tavares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Hopefully we pick 1 and 2 next year. :w00t: That would be incredible. However, I have no doubt that we'd still manage to lose the lottery... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Via twitter: Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 7m NYI announce they are keeping their first-round pick in this year's draft and sending their 2015 1st-rounder to BUF: http://nyisl.es/x9IL5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 No shocker there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Arthur Staple @StapeNewsday #Isles sign G Jaroslav Halak to 4-year, $18-million contract. So the Islanders are busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Signing halak is part of the plan, obviously. I've read in a few places that their finish this year was out of whack with most of their advanced stats (that they were a borderline playoff team per the stats) -- that abysmal goaltending was the cause. Strikes me that the Isles are apt to have a much better year in 2015-2016. I'll be pulling for them to stink, but my guess is that they're projecting to the 15-20 spot range. Even so, in an historically good draft, even the 10th pick could be a real dandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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