Vlad *I'm assuming* is trying to max out his money... for 1 year so that when the cap goes up... so does his paycheck

We're never gonna get the most out of our young players' potential doing stuff like this. We already have Wheeler there who's gonna be our 2/3RW and then you get Vladi on top of that? You're basically asking for Laf to be traded for a 3rd rounder in the offseason only to pop off and live up to his potential on another team.

Its cause Vladdy really just wants to be an Islander... 😁

From most of what I’ve read it sounds like he’s looking for years, different from the Bertuzzi situation because he’s older and has a longer injury history

Fair, I was just trying to compare with the other FAs as well, not just Bertuzzi

I only used the Bertuzzi comp because they were the top 2 wingers available this offseason, hell of a signing for your Leafs tho

Yeah, Treliving gave me a heart attack on day 1... then reeled me back in yesterday... Classic Leafs

On a side note, I really do like the Rangers team (Chytil being one of my favourite non-Leafs player) and hope they do well, especially if the Leafs don't

Yeah Chytil is a stud his per 60 stats were on par with a lot of really good players across the league last year if they gave him PP1 time I think he could put up 60 points easy this year. Assuming our roster is basically set the kids taking a big step is crucial for us.