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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Yeah, no other GM would have figured that one out at all.
Players don't generally score goals in a vacuum.
He's likely to still produce at a pretty good clip.
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I never said he was inflated by Tavares but the fact is he was still coming off a 40 goal season, is a UFA, and will be 29 years old at the end of his current contract
My personal feeling was just that his value would never be higher than it was at that time, and really once Tavares left that should have signaled a rebuild for the Islanders.
If he has another good season you either just have to shop him as a rental (which probably will be just as good value as it would have been July 1), or sign him to an inflated UFA type contract for a 29 year old.