The Winter Soldier
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- Apr 4, 2011
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Isles should have gone hard after Stastny to shelter Barzal. He has much better tools than Tavares and could be in the Seguin/Kuznetsov/MacKinnon tier with good coaching and support
I agree. I liked Statsny if JT outpriced himself from the Isles. Poster @Instant did not like this strategy. Wonder what her ideas are on this now? But it looks like it was JT all or nothing. As the Isles didn't even have a chance to bid on Statsny. 3 years at 6.5 is what it cost VGK. Statsny would have been a great alternative on the shorter and cheaper caphit.
I think Barzal will be fine.. by the 2nd half of the season he was the Center facing #1D pairings. The ones that watched the Isles games know this. An Islanders fan posted a chart collaboratng this.