Speculation: Mathew Barzal Contract Discussion
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Kevin27NYI
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Depends on term, not sure what structure they have in place now but I'd aim for Point's deal preferably.
PK Cronin
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Not for a shorter deal, no. $6-7M is where the comparable contracts come in.
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RUMOR- I have no clue who this guy is or if he has any credibility.
Bronson
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He has a Matt Martin jersey on him so I believe.
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What food kiosk does he work at though?
CREW99AW
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Please
Get Barzal locked into that team friendly deal,that will have him a rfa when it expires, then get Pelech locked into a reasonable extension.
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No idea who he is, may have no more credibility than my friend's, sister's, uncle's barber but 3x6.5 was exactly what I have been hoping for as the most optimistic possible outcome plus his twitter says he is a Star Wars fan, so I am going to choose to give him full credibility until proven otherwise LOL.
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I think he's a former Orange Julius vendor so you know he's super legit.
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Please
Get Barzal locked into that team friendly deal,that will have him a rfa when it expires, then get Pelech locked into a reasonable extension.
Looking at cap friendly, if you
1) Sign Barzal at 6.5M,
2) Signed Greene/Martin for a combined $2.5M-2.7M,
3) added Aho and his $725K to the NHL roster
4) and sent Hickey/Ladd to AHL (picking up $2.1M),
then you would have a 22 man roster with about $2.1M-$2.3M available to add a UFA or player via trade where we take on a bit of salary in order to slightly upgrade the offense
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A lifetime ago (towards the end of our dynasty), I used to work at Haagen Dazs in the Sunrise Mall right next to Orange Julius .. those guys were ornery but knew their stuff, so I am buying it.
Well he has plenty of time to get accurate info, because he's not dating anyone.
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Hoffman's at the top of my wishlist, but his camp is saying they have interest from a dozen teams,so I expect he is out of the nyi budget.
I read in a recent ufa article,that these teams either are at or above the cap ceiling: Vancouver, Arizona,St. Louis, Washington, Toronto,Vegas, Anaheim, Edmonton and Winnipeg. We can now add in TB.
Once the league announces a start date to training camp and the season,we should see plenty of front offices scrambling,forced to make moves.
mm11
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Think the kid comes in at 6.5 million a year for 2 years. Hopefully he is looking at video of point going to the net and stopping in the paint. Barzy has another gear we have not seen. LGI!
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If he’s willing to sign for 6.5 it would have already happened by now. I don’t see him getting less than 7.5...probably 8.
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There's pretty much zero chance he gets that if he isn't signing long term. No comparable is making anywhere near that.
ScaredStreit
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I see Point mentioned a lot as a comp, but the Islanders need Barzal a lot more than Tampa needs Point. Barzal has all the leverage. This also doesn't take into account that Tampa is a more desirable place to play.
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There's been a cap crunch and he has no arbitration rights, I'd say he has less leverage than you think.
ScaredStreit
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I said this for a year before Tavares left, I argued that (most) posters on here not to count their chickens before they hatch just because he was saying sports PR 101. What do you expect them to say "we can't wait to leave", "we want as much as we can get"? Words by guys who have vast amounts of PR and say generic sayings like this really don't mean much. Business is business and personal is personal. This is a business decision on both ends...nothing more, nothing less.
