06-02-2016, 12:59 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Isles sign Cizikas to 5 yr deal worth $16.75 million
Arthur Staple @StapeNewsday
#Isles sign Casey Cizikas to a five-year deal worth $16.75 million.
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06-02-2016, 01:05 PM
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Fair contract I suppose. Makes Backlund's look good.
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06-02-2016, 01:13 PM
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Could Care Less
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Isn't he their 4th line C? That seems like a huge over-payment.
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06-02-2016, 01:15 PM
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First Line Centre
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Who?
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06-02-2016, 01:17 PM
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Considering the Islanders middle-six is so bad, the Cizikas line could really be anywhere from the 2nd to 4th line any night, and they are pretty productive for a fourth line. But I still think that's a rich deal for him.
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06-02-2016, 01:17 PM
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Yikes IMO
Is he $1.5M better than Bouma?
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06-02-2016, 01:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heep223
Isn't he their 4th line C? That seems like a huge over-payment.
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3rd/4th line center, yeah. Had 30 points this season though and is also one of their key penalty killers.
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06-02-2016, 01:19 PM
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I'm sure the notion here is that once Okposo walks they move Strome to 1RW and Cizikas becomes their 3C behind Nielsen. But it's still mostly an RFA deal, seems a tad pricey.
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06-02-2016, 01:24 PM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yikes IMO
Is he $1.5M better than Bouma?
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I would say yes. They are both overpaid imo, but Cizikas is more valuable. But as Corsi alluded to, I'm sure they're expecting Cizikas to play a bigger role next season, particularly if they lose Martin (and perhaps, the chemistry from that line)
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06-02-2016, 01:25 PM
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The Islanders 4th line is the best in the league and Cizikas is the straw that stirs the drink. That line wins then games
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06-02-2016, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by neo45
The Islanders 4th line is the best in the league and Cizikas is the straw that stirs the drink. That line wins then games
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This.
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06-02-2016, 01:32 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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General Fanager @generalfanager
Casey Cizikas (5 yr @ $3.35M) comparables
Eakin 4 yr 3.85M
Lee 4 yr 3.75M
Turris 5 yr 3.5M
Eller 4 yr 3.5M
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06-02-2016, 01:34 PM
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Too long. He's fine but there is zero need to take on risk to have him signed for five years.
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06-02-2016, 01:35 PM
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Just when I was starting to think Garth Snow had figured out how to manage. He reminds us why he was a punchline of the league before he fluked out the Leddy and Boychuk moves.
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06-02-2016, 01:39 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Hard to believe some people like this move. Tying up that much money into a fourth/third liner for five years is ridiculous.
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06-02-2016, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bax
Hard to believe some people like this move. Tying up that much money into a fourth/third liner for five years is ridiculous.
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30 points is solid production and given he's 25 year old center I'm willing to bet he's much easier to move in a trade than say Lance Bouma on his current contract. Nobody is saying it's the signing of the century but they are going to lose a few players to free agency and have the money to spend to keep their own guys which is never a bad plan.
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06-02-2016, 01:43 PM
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so the salary cap has now gotten to a place where 4th line guys are paid over $3.0 million per year (although I will acknowledge that there are likely about 2 or 300 other guys in the world at his skill level)....... still makes you want to say yikes!!!
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06-02-2016, 01:46 PM
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Isles sign Cizikas to 5 yr deal worth $16.75 million
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
30 points is solid production and given he's 25 year old center I'm willing to bet he's much easier to move in a trade than say Lance Bouma on his current contract. Nobody is saying it's the signing of the century but they are going to lose a few players to free agency and have the money to spend to keep their own guys which is never a bad plan.
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Not going to argue that Cizikas is more valuable than Bouma because I agree, but it's just bad management to lock up a fourth liner for that long. This contract will impact their roster decisions for the next 5 years. Not a good plan at all. Just because you are losing guys to free agency, doesn't mean it makes sense to hand out 5 year deals to fourth liners.
Also, Bouma at 2 years left is much easier to swallow than Cizikas at 5 years.
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06-02-2016, 01:50 PM
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there's different levels to "fourth liners". This isn't an 8 minute per night plug, this a 30 pt center who played almost 15 per game in the playoffs and is a great PKer. Still a lot of term for a bottom six player, but it's not outrageous.
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06-02-2016, 02:03 PM
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The Cizikas contract does swallow three years of UFA availability which in my opinion makes the dollar value look a heck of a lot better.
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