Come on down (or up?) Johnny.
Andrighetto, Fucale and a second round pick for Tavares?
We may have to do same thing with Carey Price. If he wants to see what is out there
I used to think he would leave but we have a decent coach now. Price won at every level if he like it here and he think he can do win here he might sign at a hometown discount.We may have to do same thing with Carey Price. If he wants to see what is out there
I expect that keeping of price will cost around 8-9 million a year.
"We have a trade to announce."
Crowd cheers
"The New York Islanders trade John Tavares to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan Beaulieu, and the 2017 first round draft pick."
"We have a trade to announce."
Crowd cheers
"The New York Islanders trade John Tavares to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan Beaulieu, and the 2017 first round draft pick."
"We have a trade to announce."
Crowd cheers
"The New York Islanders trade John Tavares to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan Beaulieu, and the 2017 first round draft pick."
It's not Galchenyuk's fault the rest of the team can't score. That Plekanec and Emelin are 10m wasted. That Weber cannot generate offense. That Petry plays well every other night. That Markov is on his last legs. That our PP set-up is ridiculous (in a bad way). That Radulov can't play more than 50 games in a season. That Gallagher was ice-cold for a long stretch. That Lehkonen was ice-cold for an even longer stretch. That Danault was ice-cold despite tons of ice-time.Please Isles, take Galchenyuk. Please.
Lundqvist got 8.5M for 7 years at 32 years old.
WhiskeySeven makes a good point -- it took a very long time for Carey Price to become an elite goalie, but we stuck with him.
Price was drafted in 2005 and showed numerous flashes of brilliance from 2008 onwards. He emerged as an elite goalie in the 2014 campaign.
Islanders should have traded him this year.
It's not Galchenyuk's fault the rest of the team can't score. That Plekanec and Emelin are 10m wasted. That Weber cannot generate offense. That Petry plays well every other night. That Markov is on his last legs. That our PP set-up is ridiculous (in a bad way). That Radulov can't play more than 50 games in a season. That Gallagher was ice-cold for a long stretch. That Lehkonen was ice-cold for an even longer stretch. That Danault was ice-cold despite tons of ice-time.
He just turned 23, has hit 30 goals already and is playing this season at 0.8ppg as a C. He's just getting his legs back after the injury that clearly debilitated him and has something like 10 points in his last 12 games. He's so damn far from being the problem, I really don't get all this criticism.
He's a younger player, he's going to make mistakes. He's not as good as McJesus or Tavares or other super-elite rookies, his trajectory isn't as steep. Why should we get rid of a player who is constantly progressing and actually scores??
If the Isles are willing to move Tavares, that would be one thing. And yes, Chucky would probably go the other way and it would be a fair deal. But both Beaulieu and Chucky finally, for the first times in their NHL career, have a legitimate NHL headcoach. I'd rather see if they can fulfill their promise. We stuck with Carey Price and it paid off in an incredible way, maybe it's worth sticking with Chucky too.
I was criticising his usage and development for years but now that Therrien and DD are gone, we should see what's in store. And I don't think Tavares is getting moved - and if he is, why wouldn't they swap him with Duchene/Ladenskog+ and get him out of their conference while they're at it? Why wouldn't the Leafs trade one of their great youngsters+ for their prodigal son? Why wouldn't half the teams in the league not lineup and offer a treasure chest for the near-elite 1st line C that is Johnny T?
"We have a trade to announce."
Crowd cheers
"The New York Islanders trade John Tavares to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan Beaulieu, and the 2017 first round draft pick."
That move doesn't really help us. Tavares would be awesome but it's really awesome if we get him and keep Chuck."We have a trade to announce."
Crowd cheers
"The New York Islanders trade John Tavares to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan Beaulieu, and the 2017 first round draft pick."
Price became elite in the 2014 season after Stephane Waite was hired (By MB ). Waite surely helped Price (to some degree) at being a consistent goalie allowing less "soft" goals. To me, the difference between an elite level NHL goalie and an average NHL goalie is consistency and not allowing too many soft goals.