Islanders Point Blank: Isles to start working on Okposo contract?
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He's coming off a team friendly 5 yr/$14.8m contract.
Imo he's not taking a short term contract or another team friendly contract.
Did Boychuk or Leddy ,accept short term or team friendly contracts?
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I think Ryan got $7m. I am hoping Okposo can get signed for $6m or a little above that amount.
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He's going to look to make as much as he can. He's 27. The perfect age to be a UFA. This will likey be the biggest contact average wise that he will ever see.
I think we will see 6x6 or somthjng around that.
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You're probably right, but damn, that really sets the bar high for JT. He's going to be in Kane/Toews territory.
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Even that 6x6 is a little higher then I hope to see.
I think the detached retina/threat of losing his career will play a role in Okposo's thinking. Sport careers are short. He's got a young family.
It would be very surprising, if he took a short term or team friendly deal.
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~$6-6.5 million is fair. Honestly I wouldn't even mind bumping it up to 7...he's crucial to the core, and we need him a lot more than he needs us.
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Jt will get a blank contract whereas Okposo probably gets around 6.5.
My best guess is going to be $6.5/5 years.
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I think Snow will sign him to a reasonable cap hit.
Okposo is not a first line wing. If Strome remains on RW he has much more offensive upside as he strengthens and grows into his so-called "man body".
As a 2nd line RW KO would be in the $5.5MM range as far as value. If he did more things, such as hit, you could overlook all the missed nets and perimeter play. I think Snow will wind up giving longer term at lower cap hit to compromise with him.
Okposo is not a first line wing. If Strome remains on RW he has much more offensive upside as he strengthens and grows into his so-called "man body".
As a 2nd line RW KO would be in the $5.5MM range as far as value. If he did more things, such as hit, you could overlook all the missed nets and perimeter play. I think Snow will wind up giving longer term at lower cap hit to compromise with him.
Isles Junkie
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Signing KO long term scares me a bit. On one hand, he's produced enough to warrant getting a nice long term deal that if he doesn't get here, he'll certainly get somewhere else. There's no chance of signing him to a team friendly/shorter contract. I'm sure he's keen on staying here but the money has to be right.
OTOH, he's been injured and has shown to be inconsistent and disappears for long stretches. I'm not 100% sure what the real KO looks like. Is he a ppg player like the guy in the 2013 playoffs or is he the floater we saw at the end of the season? I'd like to think he's the former, but it still makes me nervous.
At the end of the day, I guess I'm ok with giving him a $5-6m AAV for 5-7 years, but I'll always have a twinge of doubt as to what we're getting. But, I don't think we can pass on a player of his caliber so they need to sign him.
OTOH, he's been injured and has shown to be inconsistent and disappears for long stretches. I'm not 100% sure what the real KO looks like. Is he a ppg player like the guy in the 2013 playoffs or is he the floater we saw at the end of the season? I'd like to think he's the former, but it still makes me nervous.
At the end of the day, I guess I'm ok with giving him a $5-6m AAV for 5-7 years, but I'll always have a twinge of doubt as to what we're getting. But, I don't think we can pass on a player of his caliber so they need to sign him.
JT set his bar high with his performance. He is one of four players we can't afford to lose (2, 3, 41, 91). The Isles will have money for him when the time comes.
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I'd rather have him with those flaws than not have him at all. Maybe Ho-Sang and Strome push him out one day at RW, maybe not, but the guy is an Islander and I'd be very upset to see him wear another jersey.
Overall, I think I agree. I'm not 100% confident that he will live up to what we all hope he'll be but, at the end of the day, this team is better with him than without him and I'm not sure a viable replacement is easily attainable. And any potential deal he gets can fit within in our cap construct.
Its also nice to have homegrown guys who maintain a certain atmosphere and comraderie. Supplement that with vets like Boychuk and Leddy and you have a nice culture for the long term.
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I hope he rebounds next year and is more like pre-retinal tear KO and not like the empty husk that came back afterwards.
rikker
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i hope it's long term at 5.5. i honestly can see Strome as 1st line rw, as early as this coming year. when KO is good, he is really good, but he had his moments when he was hurting the team. this is more a reflection of poor coaching, IMO. instead of bringing him along slowly after he returned from injury, Cappy thrust him into the top line.
i think over 6 is too much.
i think over 6 is too much.
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I am thinking he is in the $5 to $6 million range. It seems like he can't go more than a season without a significant injury, and when he comes back from one he plays like the worst forward out of all of them for months.
It may be in both party's best interests to do a one year to see if he he can make it through without that cycle repeating.
