What Will the New York Islanders Do with Their RFAs
Ross Macias of NYI Hockey Now: Macias appears to be like on the contract extensions for restricted free agent defensemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov. Early on, he mentions how the Islanders are leaning towards Matthew Schaefer over James Hagens in terms of the primary total decide.
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There’s a perception that Noah Dobson will re-sign and stick with the Islanders. New GM Mathieu Darche likes Dobson and sees as a part of the longer term regardless of the experiences of his identify on the market in commerce rumors. Primarily based on projections from AFP analytics, Dobson could possibly be taking a look at an eight-year deal at $10 million AAV. That doesn’t imply he’ll get that, however the feeling is he is not going to get something lower than 5 years. It could possibly be a six-year deal within the $8-$9 million vary.
Macias writes that Simon Holmstrom and Maxim Tsyplakov will signal extensions which can be shorter in vary. So, the place does that depart Alexander Romanov? Properly, projections have him at a one-year deal round $4.48 million and if the Islanders do go Schaefer, they’ll have a log jam on protection. Somebody must go in the event that they resolve to maintain Romanov. However with Isiah George there and Schaefer possibly NHL prepared, the Islanders may have a troublesome determination to make on Romanov.
Don Sweeney Has Work To Do on the Boston Bruins Roster
Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic: Fluto writes that now that the Bruins employed their new coach in Marco Sturm, GM Don Sweeney must get to work on his roster. The Bruins missed the playoffs and moved out gamers like Trent Frederic, Brandon Carlo, and Brad Marchand on the commerce deadline. It’s a new period within the Black and Gold for the Bruins.
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The Bruins have a strong roster with Elias Lindholm, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha, and Casey Mittelstadt up entrance. On the backend, there are Charlie McAvoy, Nikita Zadorov, and Hampus Lindholm. Nonetheless, the query for Sweeney is, will he deliver Morgan Geekie again? He was a wonderful member of the Boston Bruins this season. Let’s not overlook concerning the tandem of Jeremy Swayman and Joonas Korpisalo.
Nonetheless, the roster must get youthful and they should substitute what they’d in guys like Marchand, Carlo, and Frederic. The subsequent precedence for Boston will probably be add objective scoring. Whereas Mitch Marner is probably going off the desk, the Bruins can’t overspend on gamers this summer season as they did final yr. However a commerce isn’t out of the world of chance to get the kind of gamers Marco Sturm needs.
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