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Originally Posted by sureLoss
IIRC a lot of speculation that the Islanders don't want to pay Trouba the salary he is asking for.
Hamonic at $3.8 million cap hit and Barzal on a ELC is probably better for the Islanders than Trouba at $6 to 7 million.
Especially with Tavares' contract up in 2 years.
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First of all, I agree that Hamonic AND Barzal is an overpay but secondly I agree with this emphatically!
Hamonic's deal is sweet and for right now and probably for a little while longer, he is the better, more complete, player. Plus Tavares is gonna get paid big after what i expect to be a couple of great seasons.
Trouba is good and may become top tier but that deal doesn't make sense for the Islanders. Especially if he wants top tier money now. Don't fix what ain't broke.