Edited Nov. 6, 2022 at 2:37 a.m.
Quoting: Isles5513
Lmao
He’s scoring at a PPG pace and he’s the captain. **** off with this Bs lol
Quoting: dannibalcorpse
A 2nd round pick does not get you 4x$2M of retention. That's 1st round territory, at the very least.
No one is going to argue that Lee is a star on the level of Barzal/Dobson, but he's the team captain and he's performing at a great level the first few weeks of the season (up to 6-6-12 in 11 GP so far). You keep saying he's not worth the money but I'd argue he's lived up to the contract so far - since signing his extension prior to the 2019-20 season, he's scored 66 goals and 120 points in 182 games - averaging out to 30 goals per 82 GP.
It also ignores the fact that there's zero reason for the Islanders to move him - you keep saying that he has zero value at that cap hit to any team, but who said that the Isles are moving on from him? They're 7-4-0 and have beaten some very good teams so far this season, so there's no real rush to tear it down and rebuild. They've got cap space to add at the deadline if they want to go after a rental. And they've got north of $15M available this offseason with minimal needs (re-sign Oliver Wahlstrom, re-sign/replace Zach Parise, new RD3, backup goalie).
This trade is treating the Isles as a lottery team with your "they can flip Zucker 50% retained for a pick" nonsense. Jason Zucker does not make the team better than it is with Anders Lee currently on it, and, again, there's nothing in this trade that does anything but make Lamoriello laugh and say "okay, funny joke, what's the real reason you called today?"
Sure thing!! Lol. PPG pace through 10 games..lol..lol. He is not a PPG player. Never has been and he’s 32 years old and never will be.
Zucker is a PPG pace so far this season too..8 points in 9 games..lol. So I guess he’s a PPG player too..lol.
What a stupid comment..”he’s on a PPG pace” Thinking Anders Lee is a PPG player..lol.
And he’s probably one of the bottom 5-8 of the least skilled Captain’s in the whole NHL. He would not be a Captain on any contending team. And I’m not trying to knock him either; again, it’s just the truth.
Like I said, I think they accept the deal tomorrow; and would add more than just Bode Wilde if a 3rd team was involved and they got another 2nd round pick right away.
Two(2) 2nd round picks and shedding 5M of Lee’s contract for this season and 4 more. Ya, they do that deal tomorrow.
We can agree to disagree. I think they accept the deal(it’s why I did the ACGM). You don’t!! It’s fine. I get your point. I think u get mine.
I’m not gonna keep arguing saying the same things over and over just in different ways; using semantics and rhetoric to prove a point or win a fruitless argument.