Don't Wiz On The Electric Fence

I sometimes imagine how awesome it would be if Wisniewski accepted his lot as a third pairing defenseman making third pairing money. He’d probably have a Stanley Cup by now, or if the Hawks still traded him, he would’ve been great in limited minutes against bad forwards. Plus, he’d have time to let his injuries heal between shifts. I still think Niedermayer would have retired, though. Playing with Eminger wasn’t much more fun for him.

Yeah but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story. Look at the guys he was playing with. Scotty, HOF for sure, and Ryan Getzy Perry line. If those guys keep going at the rate they are going then they will have a shot at the hall as well. He was playing with a line that can put pucks in the net no matter who is feeding them. I went over to the NYI SB Nation site and they were happy to get him and saying ah who cares what ducks fans think. I hope things work out for Wiz but they could be in for a shock in NY.

Great how we’ve ended up with neither of them.

Where do you find these stats? I’ve been wanting to look a few guys up.

Islanders fans apparently don’t enjoy me pointing this out, and as I’m not registered on Lighthouse Hockey, I’ll just say here that Getzlaf is a pass-first center with incredible playmaking ability. If you were the defenseman that got it to Getzlaf, plenty people would argue that you didn’t really participate in the goal, even though statistically, you did. I’m not saying that’s what happened every time, but from fans who watched the games, none of us are surprised to hear that Wisniewski rarely made the direct pass or shot that preceded the goal scoring shot. His numbers from last year are not guaranteed to travel with him.

Well, first, we tried trading him last year and couldn’t find takers, so the Wiz market has never been great. And if they really had the deal in place ahead of time, which is how Wisniewski paints the picture, then I think NYI probably would have dictated how much they were willing to pay Wiz and what they would give us in return— I doubt Bob Murray ever writes a contract like that unless he has another GM’s WORD that he won’t be keeping it. I think it’s really hard to find a team with that much interest. Or maybe it’s hard to find a team with so little interest in the player that they don’t even want to see what the arbitration number will be.

" I have other plans……" Really Bob? Lets hear them.

In my experience, people usually say that when they don’t want to hang out with you. So Bob thinks we’re cool and all, but maybe we should let him do something else next weekend.

The franchise is losing more money than it was in 06-07, so he would be spending much much more money in the red than he was when we were a cap team in 07-08, especially when you consider the cap was lower. And even then, Burke had to ask to spend over the projected budget for the year; I don’t know if Murray has the same traction with Samueli to make that request. It’d be nice with Getzlaf and Perry’s contracts ticking down, but I don’t expect that from them, not until their internal profitability budget numbers start looking better than 46M.

On Bob’s move, it’ll probably be big. Good? Maybe not. But he’s selling us on big, so I say hold on to your butts regardless.

The NHL had to go into Columbus last year and teach them to maximize the use of their building because the franchise was supposedly losing more than 10M per year. The Coyotes have claimed similar numbers. No luxury is worth a 10M loss per year, and that’s why teams end up changing ownership. And every change in ownership brings a team one step closer to Canada these days. I guess I’d root for the Winnipeg Ducks, but I’m not in a hurry for them to move there.

I think they’ll overspend as much as they did last year. They raised ticket prices and called in Aramark, so they’re working out the revenue shortfall. But the Cap is at the point where it’s not benefitting a 50M team like the Ducks anymore.