Can't say I blame him. The way the Islanders have treated him is absolutely ridiculous.
Haven't followed this very closely, what is going on over there?
Dude is a point-per-game player in the AHL this year and he wasn't even invited to camp? Looking at the Islanders roster....I mean, they can't find any use for him? Really?
The kid wasn’t ready last year and was put into a position to fail. He shouldn’t be judged based on his NHL numbers – take a look instead at what he’s been doing at the AHL this season. He’s still going to be a solid winger capable of 30 goal seasons.
The Islanders are so weird I have no idea what they would want for him. Lately they’ve been claiming every dman put on waivers so maybe they would have interest in Bouwmeester. Bouw+prospect for Nino+salary dump.
Bouwmeester + Ramage or Wortherspoon or Breen for Nino + Vishnovsky?
Haven't followed this very closely, what is going on over there?
Dude is a point-per-game player in the AHL this year and he wasn't even invited to camp? Looking at the Islanders roster....I mean, they can't find any use for him? Really?
Basically.
From what I've heard, they first tried to call Wang/Snow but haven't gotten an answer.
Haven't followed this very closely, what is going on over there?
Dude is a point-per-game player in the AHL this year and he wasn't even invited to camp? Looking at the Islanders roster....I mean, they can't find any use for him? Really?
Classic case of the islanders being the islanders. Cheap owner and horrible management. They make the blue jackets front office look like the red wings.
Location: F*** me. We're so f***ing good, you check the f***ing standings? Lets f***ing go! F***ing practice!
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I wonder if Vishnovsky would come back to the NHL to play for the Flames? Guy would be a great replacement for Bouwmeester although I really don't see Bouwmeester agreeing to waive his NTC to play for NYI.
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One goal in 55 games last year, with a -29. His average ice time was 10:06 a game. How the hell do you get a -29 playing 10 mins a game?
I know the Islanders are horrid, but that is pretty ugly.
Save percentage of Isle's goalies while Niederreiter was on the ice in 2011/12 - .889%
Save percentage of Isle's goalies overall in 2011/12 - .903%
Shooting percentage of Isle's players while Niederreiter was on the ice in 2011/12 - 0.84% (which is ridiculous)
Shooting percentage of Isle's players overall in 2011/12 - 8.1%
Niederreiter's play obviously has some effect on these numbers, but it's hard to deny that he wasn't terribly unlucky last season. His goalies performed even worse than usual and literally no one he was paired with on forward or defense could score.
He put up nearly a point per game in the AHL this year so clearly there's something still there. This is exactly the type of guy the Flames need to be targeting if they don't want to blow things up (and should even if they did). Top 5 talents aren't available easily and one bad (and unlucky) season is well worth the risk.
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Not that I'd want to see him traded yet, but I wonder if Max Reinhart would be tempting to the Islanders, to have him play with his brother?
Interesting. That's the type of gimmick that Wang would be into.
I'd hate to give up Max, he's the type of guy you win with, even if he's not going to put up a tonne of points.
But Nino's upside is probably higher.
Tough call. Max fills an organizational need and would probably contribute more in the future.
I'd probably pass.
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Haven't followed this very closely, what is going on over there?
Dude is a point-per-game player in the AHL this year and he wasn't even invited to camp? Looking at the Islanders roster....I mean, they can't find any use for him? Really?
They have completely mismanaged Niederreiter right from the get-go ... well, probably not from the very beginning because the 9-game audition in his first year surely wasn't negative. But he was by no means ready for the NHL next year, at least not for a checking role on the 4th line. They did that just because of the bonuses in his ELC in order to reach the salary floor ... so they basically burnt the first year of his ELC and waste his development along goons and plugs all year, just to get salary cap compliant. The equivalent of that would have been the Flames keeping Sven on the roster for the whole last season and let him rot on the 4th line with Jackman and Kostopoulos. Horrible management decision - Nino should have been in Portland and dominate the WHL with Sven and Rattie. Then in the summer, when Parenteau left and they actually had a spot on the wing for Nino, they instead went out and signed frickin Brad Boyes instead. Nino goes to the AHL, plays really well there and they don't even invite him to camp ... just beyond horrible. Really, can't blame him at all for wanting out.
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Who knows what the Isles would be interested in. That is one weirdly run organization. I mean, they tried to trade all seven of their picks last year to move up and grab Murray, then after failing to do so, proceeded to draft seven defence men with all their picks.
Crazy.
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can teams retain salary but not cap hit? for instance islanders take on the whole 6 mill cap his but calgary retains a couple mill in salary to make it more manageable dollars wise for islanders/any trade partner? just curious.
No, the same percentage of both has to be retained. If the Flames kept $3M of his salary they'd also have to keep $2.57M of his cap hit on the books for the rest of the contract.
The Islanders are a team that kept a 19 year old Niederreiter in the NHL and played him on the 4th line just so they could save some cash by using his unattainable bonuses to hit the floor. This is not a team that's going to be interested in a $7M Cammalleri or a $6.6M Bouwmeester.
Flames could always keep some of the salary.
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Cammy has a limited NTC, not a NMC. Perhaps the Island is on his list, maybe he got blitzed in Vegas one night and faxed in a joke list to the Flames. One can always hope.
