It would take Seattle hiring a complete idiot for GM. Short of that, Sabres will have Okposo for the remainder of his contract.
Karlsson was the expansion draft pick. Clarkson wasn't eligible for the expansion draft.
I doubt we'll even have to do anything like that. We should be able to protect everyone important.Several things in this thread gave me a mild chuckle. Way to early to be looking at what we are doing in an expansion draft, not to mention that Okposo isn't someone I'm paying anyone to take. Okposo is someone you offer up to protect other assets, especially to an expansion team that will have cap room for that (incoming sarcasm) horrendous 6mil cap hit for 3 more years. But the stand out comment was the Tom Tageson protect on page 1. Mmmmm, that was choice and the only thing you need to know to understand why its too early to be talking about expansion drafts.
This season he's playing 4 full minutes less per game than his average as an Islander.I'm not overpaying to purge the contract. It's designed to be bought out in 2022. He's still reasonably productive.
He's gone from a 25 G, 60 pt guy to a 20 goal, 50 pt guy.
I'm sure down the line the contract will get worse. However, as we've seen from other teams, it's not impossible to get out of these.
I doubt we'll even have to do anything like that. We should be able to protect everyone important.
On the other hand, the cap continues to go up, so his cap hit becomes a smaller percentage of our payroll every year. It's not a good contract, but it's not a back breaker either.I'm not overpaying to purge the contract. It's designed to be bought out in 2022. He's still reasonably productive.
He's gone from a 25 G, 60 pt guy to a 20 goal, 50 pt guy.
I'm sure down the line the contract will get worse. However, as we've seen from other teams, it's not impossible to get out of these.
Maybe move Arizona Bettman. For the NHL to be 32 teams before the NBA is pretty absurdI’m sick of expansion drafts.
I doubt we'll even have to do anything like that. We should be able to protect everyone important.
Maybe move Arizona Bettman. For the NHL to be 32 teams before the NBA is pretty absurd
I agree with that as well, Vegas should have been givin an existing team not expansion.For the NHL to be 31 teams with lopsided divisions... Is even more absurd.
I agree with that as well, Vegas should have been givin an existing team not expansion.
Not when a league has dieing franchises elsewhere that need to be moved.But we still had lopsided divisions even at 30.
32 is a nice number - there won't be any more after Seattle.
He was so bad tonight.
Crying on the bench with a minute left rather then trying to be positive since were down by one and he’s an assistant captain