Islanders Point Blank: ESPN: Kopitar & Stamkos negotiations will affect Tavares’ next deal

[The Underboss]

http://islanderspointblank.com/isla...s-negotiations-will-affect-tavares-next-deal/

John Tavares has an eye on Anze Kopitar and Steven Stamkos’ contract negotiations.

ESPN’s Craig Custance spoke to Tavares during the NHL Player Media Tour in Toronto this week, and JT admitted that he has paid attention to each of those franchise center’s contract talks.

“A little bit. You see it all,†Tavares said.

Custance says Tavares, who is under contract on a very team-friendly deal now, is in that same elite group of centers, and will be set up for a big pay increase, perhaps as much as double his current $5.5 million AAV.

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[xECK29x]

Whatever you want you will get JT!

 

[SI90]

Whatever you want you will get JT!

Exactly. Don't mess around with JT when it's time. Don't play hard ball. He deserves to get paid. He's the Franchise.

 

[IslesNorway]

JT comes across as very level headed in that interview and doesn't appear driven by greed, admitting he's already set for life

 

[seafoam]

8 years 72.8M.

Book it.

 

[Bexlyspeed]

JT is going to break 10M per on by the time his deal comes up. worth every penny.

 

[SI90]

8 years 72.8M.

Book it.

That would be great !!!

 

[CodeE]

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I get a definite "pay me and I'll stay" vibe from JT. In which case, pay pay pay pay pay.

 

[CREW99AW]

JT comes across as very level headed in that interview and doesn't appear driven by greed, admitting he's already set for life

I agree. Isles will need to have shown they are a serious cup conte der with this core group.

I also think the isles very deep prospect pool will help their efforts to extend Tavares. He has talked in the past, about how having young talent coming thru the system boosts the. NHL club and pushes the NHL players. Isles are in very strong shape with not only a very good NHL team, but an impressive prospect pool.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Give JT whatever he wants. If it's max amount for 7 years--get it done. It's that simple.

Tavares is our most important Islander since the dynasty.

 

[13th Floor]

I agree. Isles will need to have shown they are a serious cup conte der with this core group.

I also think the isles very deep prospect pool will help their efforts to extend Tavares. He has talked in the past, about how having young talent coming thru the system boosts the. NHL club and pushes the NHL players. Isles are in very strong shape with not only a very good NHL team, but an impressive prospect pool.

Good point. And, in today's NHL, it is one of the only ways to compete. You need a star player or 2 or 3 that are earning top dollar because they deserve it, a few in the middle, and then you need a mixture of RFA and ELC deals to be able to fit under the cap.

 

[QuadDeuces]

Has Craig Custance considered speculating on whether water is wet upon completion of this article?

 

[HumphreyBrogart]

Hopefully Garth has that contract sitting on his desk and the only blank lines are the $ and the signature lines ready for Tavares to fill out.

 

[IslandersFan17]

You give the kid a blank check and don't even think twice. Literally, let him make the terms.

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

You give the kid a blank check and don't even think twice. Literally, let him make the terms.

I'm just adding to the choir, but this really is the truth. Besides, this organization owes him for taking a crazy team friendly deal at a time this team was in a more dire financial position. I'm totally content to consider any "overpayment" in tavares' next deal as deferred compensation for the last few years.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

7 Years, 10 Million. Anything < 9 AAV is team friendly IMO.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

8 years 72.8M.

Book it.

I think the team wins that deal if anything. Which makes me think it's going to be more. Like 10MM+.

 

[PWJunior]

8 Years - $9.1M AAV

Isles Nation will rejoice.

 

[A Pointed Stick]

He wI'll get the bank, but the article is not saying anything not already obvious. What is next, "If you stand in the rain, you will probably get wet?"

Thanks for pointing that out, IPB.

 

[Islanderfan17]

He gets whatever he wants for sure.

 

[ab94]

If it were me, I'd sit him down and tell him he gets to write the contract, but impress upon him that we can only surround him with a seriously competitive team if he doesn't give himself the very maximum and take up too much of the cap. Especially if he hasn't won a Cup by then, I think he'd think twice before "overpaying" himself.

 

[42]

His new contract won't kick in until 2018 season. By then it's pretty much guaranteed it'll be over $10 mil per, if not close to $12 mil

 

[seafoam]

Staple tweeted a while back that he wouldn't be surprised if JT took a discount on his next deal. What a discount will be on July 1st of 2017 (is that the earliest he can re-sign?), who knows. I'd love nothing more (besides a Cup) than to see JT re-sign for 8 years on a discount as soon as he can to troll the rest of the league. He's the classiest pro in NY now that Jeter retired.

 

[42]

Staple tweeted a while back that he wouldn't be surprised if JT took a discount on his next deal. What a discount will be on July 1st of 2017 (is that the earliest he can re-sign?), who knows. I'd love nothing more (besides a Cup) than to see JT re-sign for 8 years on a discount as soon as he can to troll the rest of the league. He's the classiest pro in NY now that Jeter retired.

JT is already signed at a huge discount. Do you see him taking another one? I personally don't but perhaps JT is less greedy than most.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

As someone else said, don't play hardball with him. He's earned every penny of whatever he gets. Honestly, he even deserves the max contract whatever that'll be. I think he'll be an easy negotiation anyway.