Defensemen the New York Islanders would possibly think about
Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News: The left facet of the New York Islanders blue line obtained a bit of thinner with the accidents to Adam Pelech and Mike Reilly. Mathew Barzal ($9.5 million) and Anthony Duclair ($3.5 million) are on the LTIR, in order that they have some cash to work with for now.
“I believe you’re all the time doing that. However clearly, when you might have a few gamers that go down the way in which they did, you definitely are being attentive to no matter may be and can’t be finished,” Lamoriello mentioned.
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Potential targets
Erik Gustafsson – Detroit Pink Wings – He’s been a wholesome scratch 4 instances this season and carries a $2 million cap hit.
Erik Brannstrom – Vancouver Canucks – The Islanders had eyed him when he was with the Senators. On a one-year deal at $900,000.
Brendan Smith – Dallas Stars – He’s solely performed in 5 video games this season and is on a one-year deal at a $1 million cap hit.
The Islanders don’t have a lot leverage however the above gamers ought to solely price a mid or late-round decide.
Some CBA subjects the GMs could also be speaking about quickly
TSN: CBA talks between NHL and NHLPA are anticipated to get underway within the New 12 months. The GMs are going to be assembly quickly and Deputy Commissioner Invoice Daly goes to current the GM a abstract of their suggestions from the previous few months.
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“A few of these appear extra like tweaks, like perhaps tweaking wage arbitration, walkaway rights and wage arb. Revising the compensation chart for supply sheets, however the one which definitely catches my eye, one of many GMs recommending revisiting time period limits on contracts. It’s possible you’ll keep in mind this was the hill that the league was prepared to die on within the 2012 lockout once they needed to restrict contracts to lower than eight years. They ended up at eight years with the PA. I’ll say this, and I believe Dregs and CJ agree, I don’t really feel proper now that neither facet, the PA or the league, need to have a giant warfare on this spherical of CBA talks. I actually suppose they need this to be a easy negotiation.”
