Lol, the isles aren’t in a position to help anyone’s cap right now. They need to help themselves lol

You get laughed outta the room by every team here

Did you not look at the team

Islanders aren't in any position to be helping any team out let alone Tampa, I'd be more worried about covering both Barzal and Pulock then trading for Tyler Johnson. There's no freaking way that Barzal gets paid only $500,000 more then Pulock. Don't see anywhere that Barzal doesn't get bare minimal of $8.5 mil per if not more.

How?

Barzal 3 years

Pulock 8 years

Bridge deals are smaller than long term deals lol

Barzal 3 years

Pulock 8 years

Bridge deals are smaller than long term deals lol

Tampa's not moving a 1st and a 3rd to move Johnson.

Funny that you have Tampa moving a 1st and a 3rd for 1 cap dump but you think the Devils will take 2 cap dumps for a mediocre prospect and a 1st.

Jets are t just gonna take a bad d-man to help you out without you offering any incentive.

What makes you think Barzal is going to accept a 3 year bridge? He'll be looking at long term security. Barzal's importance to the team can't be measured. I see Pulock on a bridge before Barzal.

Barzal probably gets 7.5 on a 3 year bridge minimum.

Dumping boychuck alone will take that package, and you add komorov? Also I don’t think NJ will take him so there’s that too

It’s going to take more than that to dump hickey.

So you think dumping Johnson takes more than dumping boychuck? Lol.

Yeah I did look at the rest of the team, and 1) they are both in the isles favour, and 2) I think the isles shoudl worry about themselves, and 3) Johnson won’t be that expensive to dump imo

Pulock just got a bridge. Barzal takes a backloaded bridge deal and it makes his QO in his last RFA year massive and then he can get a long term contract when the flat cap is over for massive money

1. Compare him to other bridge deals and especially now that we are in a non-flat cap era

2. Johnson has FOUR years left and is owed almost $18M and Tampa is desperate to move him. Boychuk is owed $5.25M over the next 2 years and Komarov is owed $3,5M. if teams were asking for a 1st and a 2nd for 50% retained on MAF what makes you think a first and a third for Johnson isnt fair? Wanna add the Tampa third to the JB deal be my guest

3. Jets need defensive depth, they get a defenseman and a 6th. Hickey can still play hes just not playing over our guys

If Ladd could go to LTIR I don’t think Toews would’ve been traded

Isles aren't in a position to help

Where's the rest of the NJ and Winnipeg deals???

I am comparing him to other bridge deals. A 3 year deal would be at least 7.5 since he’s better than tkachuk and about the same as point (who got less because he is with a no state income tax team and its Tampa)

If teams wanted a first and 2nd for a serviceable player like fleury what makes you think you would give any less for a drastically overpaid 3rd pairing d-man. And fleury had 2 years left, unlike boychuck. Boychuck will cost more to dump than Johnson. The fact that teams all over this site are trading for Johnson should show that he won’t be that expensive to dump. Probably a first max.

“The jets need depth defensemen” is the dumbest narrative I’ve heard on this site and it won’t end. They jets have plenty of depth. Their ahl team is stacked with near nhl ready prospects who could step in and currently are poised to have 9 defensemen competing for 8 spots max. They have plenty of depth. They don’t need overpaid depth when they will likely be scratching guys like beaulieu, forbort, and sbisa. We don’t need an overpaid hickey lol (pun intended).