those are good contracts but almost no term left on them. i think the hughes contract well be as good or even better for new jersey as the mack contract was for colorado.

Oh I see, so the Habs wouldn't be able to get Dubois on a 8-year deal until January 1st

Imagine a summer where elite or top-talent, young wingers was available everywhere and Isles couldn’t get one lol. A team in contention-mode by their own standard at least. Isles are one of the worst offensive teams in the league and has a bottom-5 prospect-pool. They didn’t trade Mayfield, Varlamov, Parise, Clutterbuck, Chára and Greene at the deadline (Lou should have tried hard to trade Bailey too or at least this summer). This would have given them draft capital/trade capital and the cap space to offer Gaudreau 10.5-11, I believe that would have sealed the deal, he waited for a team to step up lol, Lou wasn’t in on him by his own words, embarassing.

Lou couldn’t get ONE of:
Fiala
DeBrincat
Gaudreau
Tkachuk
Huberdeau
Burakovsky
Bjorkstrand
Pacioretty
Marchment
Perron
Palat
Niederreiter
Copp
Trocheck
Marchment
Or guys like Mikheyev, Domi, C. Brown, Stromex2, Kubalík etcetera. Not even a potential high end forward talent in Frank Nazar, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Kirby Dach (for Isles pick), Danila Yurov, Brad Lambert etcetera. Sure I like Romanov and his upside, but still, that wasn’t (imo) the teams biggest need, far from it.

Long post I know, but I had to rant and I definitely didn’t or want every guy I listed above, just crazy to me how all of these forwards got traded/was signed and Lou couldn’t even get one of them. How he isn’t forced out of town considering the season compared to their pre-season expectations is beyond me. But hey, we still have Josh Bailey in our top-6 and the worst 4th line in hockey, we’ll be fine.

Tkachuk extension in FLA is $1M/year in salary, rest in bonuses ($68M).

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 23, 2022

What on earth

Imagine a summer where elite or top-talent, young wingers was available everywhere and Isles couldn’t get one lol. A team in contention-mode by their own standard at least. Isles are one of the worst offensive teams in the league and has a bottom-5 prospect-pool. They didn’t trade Mayfield, Varlamov, Parise, Clutterbuck, Chára and Greene at the deadline (Lou should have tried hard to trade Bailey too or at least this summer). This would have given them draft capital/trade capital and the cap space to offer Gaudreau 10.5-11, I believe that would have sealed the deal, he waited for a team to step up lol, Lou wasn’t in on him by his own words, embarassing.

Lou couldn’t get ONE of:
Fiala
DeBrincat
Gaudreau
Tkachuk
Huberdeau
Burakovsky
Bjorkstrand
Pacioretty
Marchment
Perron
Palat
Niederreiter
Copp
Trocheck
Or guys like Mikheyev, Domi, C. Brown, Stromex2, Kubalík etcetera. Not even a potential high end forward talent in Frank Nazar, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Kirby Dach (for Isles pick), Danila Yurov, Brad Lambert etcetera. Sure I like Romanov and his upside, but still, that wasn’t (imo) the teams biggest need, far from it.

Long post I know, but I had to rant and I definitely didn’t or want every guy I listed above, just crazy to me how all of those forwards got traded/was signed and Lou couldn’t even get one of them. How he isn’t forced out of town considering the season compared to their pre-season expectations is beyond me. But hey, we still have Josh Bailey in our top-6 and the worst 4th line in hockey, we’ll be fine.

Lou has done some good things, but he should have been fired for not selling at the deadline.

For sure, I agree 100% with that, he said something like ”don’t think we are satisfied as the reason for not trading anyone” he implied heavily change was needed, not only on the backend, it’s crazy how Lou couldn’t match what Fiala, DeBrincat, Bjorkstrand, Pacioretty was traded for or sign Burakovsky for 5x5.5, Niederreiter 2x4, Gaudreau 7x9.75, IF Lou offered him 10.5 or 11 I really believe he would be an Islander today… just so disappointing.

How is nobody talking about the fact that Huberdeau waived his NTC to go to Calgary?!?!

I would have offered two 1st rd picks and Raty for Debrincat. Pretty sure they would have accepted that offer. The isles had the assets to acquire one of the elite forwards this offseason, but Lou needs to keep Varlamov and Mayfield for whatever reason

It expired on June 30th is the report I believe that I read. It was a NMC.
If I recall correctly it changed into a 8 team NTC.

Again, thats atleast what I saw.

Tkachuk extension in FLA is $1M/year in salary, rest in bonuses ($68M).

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 23, 2022

What on earth

What’s the point in this? Does it just affect buyouts?

It’s a buyout proof contract , which really isn’t a big deal because Tkachuk is only 24 and he’s currently worth more than 9.5 mill per

What’s the point in this? Does it just affect buyouts?

1) Yeah, it's buyout proof.
2) Signing bonuses is guaranteed money. So not only do the Panthers have to pay that money in the event of a buyout, but also in the event of a lockout or the season shutting down for whatever reason.

A lot of high end players are taking their money in signing bonuses so they're actually paid what they're worth through the contract.

Imagine a summer where elite or top-talent, young wingers was available everywhere and Isles couldn’t get one lol. A team in contention-mode by their own standard at least. Isles are one of the worst offensive teams in the league and has a bottom-5 prospect-pool. They didn’t trade Mayfield, Varlamov, Parise, Clutterbuck, Chára and Greene at the deadline (Lou should have tried hard to trade Bailey too or at least this summer). This would have given them draft capital/trade capital and the cap space to offer Gaudreau 10.5-11, I believe that would have sealed the deal, he waited for a team to step up lol, Lou wasn’t in on him by his own words, embarassing.

Lou couldn’t get ONE of:
Fiala
DeBrincat
Gaudreau
Tkachuk
Huberdeau
Burakovsky
Bjorkstrand
Pacioretty
Marchment
Perron
Palat
Niederreiter
Copp
Trocheck
Or guys like Mikheyev, Domi, C. Brown, Stromex2, Kubalík etcetera. Not even a potential high end forward talent in Frank Nazar, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Kirby Dach (for Isles pick), Danila Yurov, Brad Lambert etcetera. Sure I like Romanov and his upside, but still, that wasn’t (imo) the teams biggest need, far from it.

Long post I know, but I had to rant and I definitely didn’t or want every guy I listed above, just crazy to me how all of those forwards got traded/was signed and Lou couldn’t even get one of them. How he isn’t forced out of town considering the season compared to their pre-season expectations is beyond me. But hey, we still have Josh Bailey in our top-6 and the worst 4th line in hockey, we’ll be fine.