thejazz97 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 17 minutes ago, thejazz97 said: That's really good news. JT will most likely see the positive changes occurring (led by the new GM) and re-sign. Then there is no chance for us to make a HUGE mistake signing JT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Isles finally have qualified hockey people running the show. Hoping they sign Tavares as he probably would have gone to a rival such as the Sharks. Keeping him in the East helps us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 meh, he's a coach, good luck Isles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Isles now have Lou as GM which isn't a bad improvement on Snow. Trotz as potential head coach. Some cap space, Tavares possibly re-signing there and the 11th and 12th pick this year as well as some ok prospects. Maybe they finally pull themselves out of that 20 year hole they've been in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Isles now have Lou as GM which isn't a bad improvement on Snow. Trotz as potential head coach. Some cap space, Tavares possibly re-signing there and the 11th and 12th pick this year as well as some ok prospects. Maybe they finally pull themselves out of that 20 year hole they've been in Was Snow really that bad anyways? He gets a bum rap for some poor moves made or some bad contracts, but all GMs make poor moves and give out bad contracts. He seemed to amass a bunch of solid prospects but could never overcome inadequate goaltending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 minute ago, RonMexico said: Was Snow really that bad anyways? He gets a bum rap for some poor moves made or some bad contracts, but all GMs make poor moves and give out bad contracts. He seemed to amass a bunch of solid prospects but could never overcome inadequate goaltending. Overall, except for a couple of absolute homeruns with the Oilers (courtesy of Chia-pet), he's been below average. He's had years of Tavares at a bargain rate, with nothing to show for it. Think of this - he had Tavares, Lee, Bailey, Barzal, and De Haan for a combined cap hit of $13.7M last year, and totally wasted it. Lou Lam will probably do more to stabilize the franchise this offseason (first coach, then goaltender, then...?) than Garth did in multiple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, RonMexico said: Was Snow really that bad anyways? He gets a bum rap for some poor moves made or some bad contracts, but all GMs make poor moves and give out bad contracts. He seemed to amass a bunch of solid prospects but could never overcome inadequate goaltending. Actually yes Snow was that bad. Since 2006/2007 the Isles made the playoffs 5 times. Drafted top ten 6 times, top five 5 of those 6 times. Coming in he had a solid stable of prospects but managed to flub it all repeatedly. The DiPietro signing was just the start. Aside from owning the Oilers completely he's actually had a very sub par trade record as well http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_GM/Garth_Snow/23/1 In all honesty his drafting wasn't the worst but with 6 of ten picks in the top 10 during his tenure it also wasn't spectacular either. He gets a lot of flack but I do believe much of it is warranted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Official. And the next tweet will read: "Islanders News: President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello announced today that the team has re-signed John Tavares to a new 8-year deal worth $80m." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 This is a great move by the Islanders. Not just in terms of potentially helping convince Tavares to sign. Whether JT stays there or not, the Islanders need stability and an identity. Trotz is one of the best in the business at creating a team wide culture of accountability. That is the biggest positive for the Isles here imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmetts Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I can still see Tavares testing free agency. Perhaps he is far more likely then before to sign with NYI but when you mentally are ready to move on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Get a 1st rounder from them JB.... They need to solidify that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 i see the real possibility now that the isles will pillage the caps free agents trotz was liked by his players there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Actually i could see that too coastal. Plus the obvious trade for Grubauer connection makes a lot of sense too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 hours ago, BabychStache said: Get a 1st rounder from them JB.... They need to solidify that team. Trade Edler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Good for Trotz. Great payday for what seems like a great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 John Shannon said today that successful teams are all about good management. And he's right. Happy for Trotz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Alflives said: That's really good news. JT will most likely see the positive changes occurring (led by the new GM) and re-sign. Then there is no chance for us to make a HUGE mistake signing JT. Come on man! Imagine getting jt... How could it go wrong? It's acquiring a star. Anything 10.5million or less I'd love to hand him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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