Wow. Just wow...

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 11m Contract for Visnovsky could be done soon.

Exactly.. the second you let it be known that you are looking to move someone.. their value decreases and it can create animosity with the player if they dont end up moved

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This was the point I was making with Garth's interview a month ago. GM's never tip their hands in situations like this. If you're looking for a GM to say "yeah, we need help bad", that's when you should be dissatisfied with him because he's just advised the other GM's he NEEDS a deal.

Wow. Just wow...

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 11m Contract for Visnovsky could be done soon.
- Jethro09

Presumably 2 years...does this signal the end of Steit, I wonder?
** I thought the '11m' was $11 million which really had me shocked....
to clarify....that's eleven minutes ago!

Presumably 2 years...does this signal the end of Steit, I wonder?
- keaner17

I don't think the "11M" is the amount of the deal I think that the tweet was posted eleven minutes before I cut and pasted it. But, that might be the amount of the deal too. I think that it is much more likely Streit is dealt if Vis is re-signed and I have no problem with that, if Vis is re-signed.

Wow. Just wow...

Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday 11m Contract for Visnovsky could be done soon.
- Jethro09

Hopefully thats for 3 years.. that would be ALOT at his age for 2

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I don't think the "11M" is the amount of the deal I think that the tweet was posted eleven minutes before I cut and pasted it. But, that might be the amount of the deal too. I think that it is much more likely Streit is dealt if Vis is re-signed and I have no problem with that, if Vis is re-signed.
- Jethro09

Yes, it's 'minutes'.
I do wonder though if he won't see at least around $8 million for two years.

Yes, it's 'minutes'.
I do wonder though if he won't see at least around $8 million for two years.
- keaner17

Thank goodness!!

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Thank goodness!!

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Let's face it, it wouldn't be a shock that we had to overpay to keep someone.

At some point the taboo of coming here should wear off. We now have two players who fought to stay off the team but then reported, liked it, decided to move here and resign...
With Barclays coming and this team flirting with a playoff spot, our UFA options should start picking up.

"IF" he signs... that has to be a HUGE neon billboard that says "Hey Long Island is the place to be" after how much he & Nabby didnt want to come here.

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Mind if I interject a conspiracy theory?

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What if Vis has already told the team he is going back to the mother land at the end of the season & since he is 36 already... They made a deal with him to sign a 2 years deal for silly money... he can get something up front for signing it.... go back home & we have an unpaid cap hit for 4-5 million the next 2 seasons?

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Mind if I interject a conspiracy theory?

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Please do!

What if Vis has already told the team he is going back to the mother land at the end of the season & since he is 36 already... They made a deal with him to sign a 2 years deal for silly money... he can get something up front for signing it.... go back home & we have an unpaid cap hit for 4-5 million the next 2 seasons?

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I think the NHL might step in if we have two players on the cap with unpaid salaries. Although somewhere Colin Campbell still lurks in the darkness....

NHL POLL

"Which team currently outside the Top 8 in its conference is most likely to qualify for the playoffs?"

Islanders: 16.54%
Hurricanes: 13.91%
Capitals: 15.04%
Predators: 13.91%
Stars: 13.16%
Oilers: 14.29%
Other: 13.16%

Either people are starting to believe... or there are a lot of Islander fans

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What if Vis has already told the team he is going back to the mother land at the end of the season & since he is 36 already... They made a deal with him to sign a 2 years deal for silly money... he can get something up front for signing it.... go back home & we have an unpaid cap hit for 4-5 million the next 2 seasons?

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whyd u do this?

I think the NHL might step in if we have two players on the cap with unpaid salaries. Although somewhere Colin Campbell still lurks in the darkness....


- keaner17

Thomas' would come off, his unpaid hit only works 1 year

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whyd u do this?
- LetsGoIsles

its what I do!!

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Thomas' would come off, his unpaid hit only works 1 year

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To my understanding, they could toll the contract like they did with Nabby if he doesn't play this year. Now perhaps they can but it no longer counts against the cap?

Of course there's always the chance that the Isles have a deal in place for Vis which is dependent upon him siging an extension....

To my understanding, they could toll the contract like they did with Nabby if he doesn't play this year. Now perhaps they can but it no longer counts against the cap?

Of course there's always the chance that the Isles have a deal in place for Vis which is dependent upon him siging an extension....
- keaner17

yes they can toll him, but the hit would not count against the cap untill he reports,

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This was Per Bob McKenzie
"Which is ideal for NYI. No acquisition price. NYI can toll contract to next year if they like, continue to get cap benefit in perpetuity"

whyd u do this?
- LetsGoIsles

What if Vis has already told the team he is going back to the mother land at the end of the season & since he is 36 already... They made a deal with him to sign a 2 years deal for silly money... he can get something up front for signing it.... go back home & we have an unpaid cap hit for 4-5 million the next 2 seasons?

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Hey, wait a second. What if I minded you interjecting?

Hey, wait a second. What if I minded you interjecting?
- Cptmjl

You didn't buzz in....

yes they can toll him, but the hit would not count against the cap untill he reports,

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So if they sign him to a 20 mil per year contract we should be suspicious?

You didn't buzz in....
- keaner17

He only gave 2 minutes that's not nearly enough time.