Novak Djokovic
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Pure Slaughter Value
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It's pretty much the same deal. Both overpaid for a player that is declining yet signed to produce with an elite center.
Isles never even discussed a new contract with Okposo. That's telling. He hasn't missed a whole lot of games, but I think his injury history might be a big concern. Detached retinas have a risk of recurring, which at worst could be career threatening, or at best might make a contract uninsurable or prohibitively expensive.
macleod50
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Or he didn't want to stay with the Islanders...
They had to do something to replace him.
This has to somehow factor in with the expansion draft requirements to expose a certain percentage of the salary cap. It has to...
macleod50
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Read above. The Islanders did not even offer him a new contract or even try to negotiate with him. It has been stated in numerous places.
I'm not sad to see Okposo go.
Pure Slaughter Value
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We knew we weren't resigning Okposo as early as last years draft. He doesn't fit in the Isles long-term future as far as Snow is concerned.
HFBS
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I think it has less to do with the injuries and more to do with the fact that he's an extremely streaky player. He'll have a stretch of five great games where he's on fire and then disappear for 15 games. And he also never developed into the big power forward who uses his body.
You do understand that an islander fan could think both will be brutal contracts in a few years. But hey if they only way you could fell better about the deal your own team made is to point out that other GMs make questionable deals too, have fun.
I'm thinking that teams might give extra term to keep the AAV down in order to compete today and fade in the future.
So, if NYI feel their time is now and the next few years, then ok, $5.5M is pretty solid for Ladd. If NYI feel their team's window is over in years 6 and 7 of Ladd's deal, then it's not a big deal having a high cap team during a time when you're tanking/reloading.
So, if NYI feel their time is now and the next few years, then ok, $5.5M is pretty solid for Ladd. If NYI feel their team's window is over in years 6 and 7 of Ladd's deal, then it's not a big deal having a high cap team during a time when you're tanking/reloading.
GoPuckYourself
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I like Andrew Ladd, I like his type of play but I have to ask why not Okposo? He's 3 years younger and gives you the same type of play, I don't get that but I like Andrew Ladd, he's a solid 2 way player.
CodeE
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Oiler fans need to tell us how everything we do is horrible and everything they do is incredible. Today the Lucic contract was a brilliant move and the Ladd contract is David Clarkson 2.0.
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Okposo is not a solid 2-way player. At all. He's not even defensively competent.
Wish Vancouver could have signed Okposo or Ladd instead of Erikson. Around the same money and term
Good signing for the Isles
Good signing for the Isles
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It's almost like GM's totally don't learn their lessons from previous terrible contracts. Which makes sense when a GM is trying to save his job, but there's a lot of future buy-outs that are happening today.
Ladd really struggled to come back from sports hernia surgery last year. He has a lot of hard miles on his body and showed it last year. Jets fans really liked Ladd, but would have been horrified with a 7 year term.
