Halak Ness Monster
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If you're going to bet on anything you'd bet on Tavares re-signing with the Islanders. Star centers just don't move teams. Front offices make the finances work.
There's obviously still hope, though, as long as he doesn't have an extension! Perhaps Tavares is sick of not being on a true contender and in a bad arena situation and wants out. I hope!
If the Islanders move Tavares, it is 100% because he wants out. So now the Islanders will either trade him for whatever they can get or lose him for nothing next summer after a shitty season(not after a Cup run). Their negotiating power rests pretty much in matching other teams against each other. Can or will another team offer a 1st line winger like Jaden Schwartz for a pending UFA? I'm gonna say 99.9% NO. That just doesn't happen.
There's obviously still hope, though, as long as he doesn't have an extension! Perhaps Tavares is sick of not being on a true contender and in a bad arena situation and wants out. I hope!
If the Islanders move Tavares, it is 100% because he wants out. So now the Islanders will either trade him for whatever they can get or lose him for nothing next summer after a shitty season(not after a Cup run). Their negotiating power rests pretty much in matching other teams against each other. Can or will another team offer a 1st line winger like Jaden Schwartz for a pending UFA? I'm gonna say 99.9% NO. That just doesn't happen.