Av-merican wrote:
Chris18 wrote:
Isles fans are calling for Okposo to be traded because he reportedly wants $7 million/year. Meanwhile, they all keep demanding Snow spend any amount of money to bring in an "impact winger, to play with JT". Ummmmm...
IMO Nielsen is the priority, but I think they'll get deals done for both. Isles have quite a few options, especially w/Dal Colle coming up.
What are your thoughts on Strome?
If I swung the other way, I'd be courting him. I love that kid.
A) He wears a great number.
B) He is confident, but not cocky.
C) He has made great plays, and looks like he'll get better.
D) He's made it clear he really likes the Isles.
E) In an interview the other day, he said he knows the Isles have a great, young core, and he wants to be a part of it for a long time. Yes I know he's "got" to say that, but he really doesn't; at least not the part about wanting to be part of it for a while. He is very confident in the group going forward, and said he's pretty happy Snow showed faith in them by not making a lot of moves during the off-season.
Or did you mean what do I think they'll sign him to?
I think they really like him, a lot. I could see them going 6-8 years with him. They did 6 with JT before they needed to. I think they see Strome as their next really important piece. So I think they avoid the bridge, and go long. As for $, I have no idea. Some teams are giving crazy money to kids who I don't think are nearly as good as him. So the Isles may finally start to face the Cap Crunch next off-season. Maybe... It could also go up.
Does the expansion money do anything to help the cap go up? A frigging billion dollars divided by 30 is still 33,333,333 for each team. If they all get almost half an annual cap hit for nothing, the cap should go up, in my opinion. But it probably won't, since that's a one-time thing. Well, once every 10 years with Bettman at the helm...