Islanders Sign Nino Niederreiter; No Progress on New Arena
by Dominik on Sep 21, 2010 4:32 PM EDT
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"All he’s got to focus on is playing his game and playing well," [GM Garth] Snow said. "He played extremely well last week in Boston, the rookie games. He’s obviously a big body, that’s something that he has in his favor going in to training camp and his skill set (is also very high)."
As expected, the New York Islanders agreed to a three-year entry-level contract with top 2010 pick Nino Niederreiter, which they announced at today's media day. Terms weren't disclosed, but you can expect they'll be in the rookie-max range of $800,000 to $900,000 base (NHL) salary, plus signing and performance bonuses. Last year's top pick John Tavares received a $900,000 base, and CapGeek says Nino's Portland Winterhawk teammate Ryan Johansen received the same base (though smaller bonuses) from Columbus this summer.
The first year of the deal will kick in as soon as Nino plays 10 NHL games in a single season -- if that's not this year, he'll draw on the signing bonus but the rest of the cap hit will be kicked forward a year. However, given the Islanders recent history with top-10 forward picks it'd be no surprise to see him hit that mark this year. Newsday's Katie Strang thinks that's "a very good shot."
Also in the Islanders write-up, Scott Gordon cautions every situation is different:
We look at Josh (Bailey) and we look at John (Tavares and those were both) different situations. And Nino’s situation will probably be different too."
Tavares and Bailey were drafted at the tougher center position, and both were nearly a year older than Nino is at their respective first NHL training camps.
Lighthouse Project? Status Quo
Also at today's media day, Charles Wang spoke on the arena situation for the first time in quite a while. Naturally, there isn't really any news there. The lease is the lease, and Town of Hempstead is Town of Hempstead. Per Newsday online:
"We have a lease until 2015 and we're going to be here until 2015 ... We'll look at other options but right now our focus is on the hockey season."
I stand by my take when this was discussed in a recent FanPost: Right now, given zero ToH movement, as it has been for years the lease expiration date of 2015 is what will really move things. Wang, via a Chris Botta tweet, almost sounds resigned to same, saying, per Botta:
"Wang: Gary Bettman told him years ago 'expiring lease is your best asset.'"
Possibly sad, but likely true.
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Its Nin-official! :D
I sent that as a text to my friends as soon as I heard.
Yeah I know… but they are used to me.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
Haha
I like it. My alternate headline in this one was, “Resisting an El Nino pun just this once.”
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"We have a lease until 2015 and we're going to be here until 2015 ...
That statement should make every Islander’s fan head spin.
Get out of the sticks, Charles, move to Queens!! Come, Get some respect a Professional team deserves!!
I’ve said it before and say it again, they aren’t leaving the area while Wang owns the team.
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Whooo! Reyyyyy! Long Live the future Tavares/KO/Nino Era!
Once it starts and they’ve all matured, anyway. lol
Go isles or Go home.
Brooklyn or Queens
I really believe they’re gonna go to brook or queens. There is so much corruption with ToH ob this deal.
by Torch7 on Sep 21, 2010 5:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Nine-o games and a trip to Portland...
Can’t be construed as a bad thing… not at this point.
Nino is almost two full years away from having a shelter where he can get solid minutes should he not be able to consistently be in a top six role in the NHL. I just don’t see them gambling with his future like that… not when they have four or five guys that need those minutes, and have already paid for them… because they’re not roll-over minutes.
Q: Is the fact that games don’t start for the Isles until 9/29 a result of them originally planning on playing at the Moa Zedong Dome, the Walmart Arena and the Lighthouse at Lianyun Ganggang?
My cup is 3/4 empty, How 'bout yours?
A: I’ve always assumed so. Figure that’s why we’re treated to the joy of simultaneous split-squad games, too. (Although on that front, they’re always literally split-squad games, so if I can’t see ’em I prefer they knock them out as quickly as possible. Preseason games are like the ugly sister, except at least there was a reward for taming the shrew.)
I wonder if the Chinese premier would’ve showed up at a game? One must save face.
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Nino in the opening night roster?
I hope Nino has a nine-game cup of coffee and then back to Portland, but I’m glad I got my tickets for the season opener. It’ll make the drive up the coast so much more worth it to see his first game. Here’s hoping DiPi is in net as well.
What’s all this talk about a new arena? I’m on Kate Murray’s mailing list and I’ve never heard of it.
If nino does get 9games, that would be cool,
but tavares’s 1st game was some pretty high standards for rookies as of lately to perform in their 1st game(lol). Doubt nino will pull off 2pts(1goal/1assist) while playing over 22minutes against the defending champs was pretty impressive. Obviously Dallas isn’t the penguins, but if nino get’s the tryout he;ll have huge shoes to fill if he wants to stay.
Go isles or Go home.
That's got me dreaming...
Man, how awesome was Tavares’s home opener? If he’d nailed his shootout attempt (and had Crosby missed) that would have been the icing on the cake … although it would’ve thrown the hype machine into overdrive for about three months.
No matter what happens with Nino, I hope he gets to notch a goal in front of the home fans first.
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