Radek Martinek Signs With Columbs-Botta-IPB
And a small tribute to the blue collar breakable man. Thanks for the quiet hard work Radek. You will be missed! He's getting paid too!
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Keith Quinn
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Good Luck Marty
Unfortunately I knew once July 3rd hit and there was no news, that Radek would not be re-signed. It’s a shame bc I really would have loved to see him share in a few winning seasons here on the Island. He busted his ass here and is one player that you could never deny bled orange and blue. Best of luck in Columbus.
I'm the only RFA to get a qualifying offer worth less than the year before
Top 4 Guy?
CBJ thinks so. He’ll be paired with Methot on the second pair (link).
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jul 6, 2011 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
Options Anyone
I guess Snow isn’t adding anyone via FA. Shame because we could use some additional talent at wing and defense. I hope if he does trade he doesn’t give up much.
Good luck Radek……
The problem is
there really isn’t any talent left at either of those positions on the free agent market. Not any worth the price tag at least.
I'm the only RFA to get a qualifying offer worth less than the year before
by Chris McNally on Jul 6, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Andrej Sekera is a possibility
from Buffalo. He’s an RFA who’s 25 and played top 4 minutes last year. He made $1.25M last year and is going to arbitration. Buffalo though is right up against the cap and have 6 defensemen under contract already. He could probably be had for a mid round pick, but you’d have to work out a contract. I checked out his stats from behindthenet here and he was 2nd on the team in Corsi Rel QoC. If you could work out a decent contract, prob in the neighborhood of $3M per, would you take him? It’s a question worth asking I think and a possibility at least.
"It don't make you a bad person" - Ron Bennington
I should add
that I think Buffalo would love to keep him and I don’t know if they could dump salary from other places, but maybe they have no choice.
"It don't make you a bad person" - Ron Bennington
Best of luck to Martinek.
Shame he wasn’t more durable and underrated because of it, but alwasy a class act. I’d rather have kept him as our fifth defender than some of the guys we have currently signed, but the writing was on the well. How long before he passes the Wiz on the CBJ depth chart? Here’s hoping he laps the rink in Columbus for his first star of the game!
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I’d rather have kept him as our fifth defender than some of the guys we have currently signed
Me, too.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jul 6, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Good luck Marty. I guess we will read about you in our favorite Columbus newspaper
by Torch7 on Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
What a joke of a franchise
to let the steady Czech walk away for nothing…no wonder they’re 10 points ahead of the Jackets constantly a laughing stock.
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I'm surprised he wants another season
I figured he would prefer a lighter European schedule at his age and with his injury history.
Vote Yes on August 1st.
Good luck Marty
The longest tenured Islander will be missed, he really did everything we could have asked of him.
Would so much rather see him play in Europe
…than see him in a BJ uni. I’m afraid the West may break him.
Na zdravi, Radek! You’ll need it!
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Maybe a lot of BJ fans are delusional...this is the exact sequence from my posting over there
Also
He was really good at shutting down high end guys like Ovechkin for some reason. If he can stay healthy (he can’t) he will be worth every penny…Even if you get 60 games out of him, with some of the depth you have now, he will be good. I posted a fanshot for you on him also if you want to look at that.
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by Keith Quinn on Jul 6, 2011 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
Love this signing. He is a durable defender,
Adam Foote still blows!
by Heavysoviet on Jul 6, 2011 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
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Them's mad reading comp skilz
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jul 6, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought that
and then I saw the “heavy soviet” screen name, and seriously, I wonder if some words just don’t translate…like did he mean “reliable” and durable is all that comes close in Russian. Instead of google translate, I wish there was a sight like “whats the (language) word for (word)” where it would spit out the closest thing.
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Indeed, this is the case.
There’s a word in a Russian language that when translated into English can mean both “reliability” and “durability” (depending on the context, of course).
Funny, because when I went back
Somebody said something and he corrected to “reliable” and the guy said he wasn’t sure what he was thinking.
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by Keith Quinn on Jul 7, 2011 8:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Good luck, Marty...
News was a bummer. Oh well…
Good Luck Marty
thanks for the years!
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jul 6, 2011 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
This HAS to mean...
…that Snow plans on getting a D-Man? A D better than McCabe or Hannan? Because otherwise why would you let Radek go? Right? RIGHT?
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jul 6, 2011 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
"WHAT is happening?"
/looks confused at Garth
Well…ahem, besta luck Marty!
Still wondering who our new dman is gonna be…
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Jac Khillen
He’s Russian
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by Keith Quinn on Jul 6, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
D-Men is more like it
unless the new D-Man comes with body armor.
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jul 6, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Costco
I hear they carry D-Men in bulk.
by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Jul 6, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Do they come with a warranty if they break within the first 3 months?
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by TheMetalChick on Jul 6, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Overreaction to the Witt contract???
Perhaps Garthie is overcompensating for the bad experience he had with carrying Witt for 2 years too many??
Streit – Jurcina
AMac – Hamonic
Eaton – Mottau
With the possibility of us carrying both De Haan and Wishart for the regular season, and Reese/Katic as 9/10 on the farm.
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Would have much preferred Martinek/Hillen to Mottau/Reese/Katic.
I’m truly worried if Jurcina carries 1st pairing minutes as well. I would have like
Streit – Eaton
AMAC – Hamonic
MArtinek – Hillen
Wishart for the injuries, but that’s spilled milk.
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posted to quick
Streit – Eaton
AMAC – Hamonic
MArtinek – Jurcina
Hillen/Wishart for the eventual injury.
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Is Eaton capable of those minutes either?
I had never really thought about that, but ice-time capability may throw more of a wrench into the works than the “name” on the jersey. You may see Streit/Wishart Amac/Ham and Eaton/Jurcina if you go that way. With the first two pairings having similar ice time until they get their post-injury legs back.
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I just think Streit Eaton make a better pairing skill wise.
I never bought into Streit – Wiz, because that meant Streit would have to babysit in the defensive zone and wait a week for Wiz to wind up on the PP and never be able to quarteback.
If you dress seven (which is rare) you can have Wishart/hillen spot Eaton shifts where you need more offense.
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No I hear you skill wise
but do you think Eaton’s capable of 27 minutes? I mean, can you keep a pair together if your going to have to sub a different guy in for 5-10 minutes a game?
That will be interesting to watch evolve…maybe Eaton is good to go…that would be the best case scenario.
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27 minutes
Well, I look at it like this: Streit shouldn’t play 27 minutes but when he does it’s with a lot of PP time, which Eaton won’t be a part of.
Granted, Eaton will make some of that back on the PK, but overall Eaton’s game is somewhat energy conservative: He doesn’t hit a lot, doesn’t rush and wander a lot … so maybe his stay-at-homey, homey jib frees up the offensive rushing part of Streit’s jab.
Or maybe A-Mac goes back with Streit.
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Or
I like the idea of Hamonic with Streit. Actually frees Streit up to do a little more. And then Amac can cover Jurcina’s, ahem, weaknesses. And Eaton can (hopefully) mentor Wishart or de Haan, or hold it down with Mottau.
I know people loved the Amac/Hamonic combo last year (I did as well), but I think we could be better overall splitting them up.
by afrosupreme on Jul 6, 2011 8:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It's gonna be awesome if in a couple of years
Nobody has to babysit anybody and you could just throw the best pairings out without having to worry about one pairing being decidedly weak. I’m hoping either deHaan, Donovan, or Wishart make that decision happen much sooner. (Like in October).
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by Keith Quinn on Jul 7, 2011 8:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The idea of "pairings" is a little misleading
There are ideal pairings, but game situations dictate guys playing with multiple partners per game. Dominilks argument about PP time versus PK time pretty much re-enforces this point.
For example, I don’t think Jurcina is great defensively, but he may be their best PK defender on the 5-on-3.
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Except
You need De Haan on the roster right now to make the Floor.
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Does right now include Bailey, Cozo, Wishart?
Does it also include Niederreiter?
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by Bryan2112 on Jul 6, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't forget that Streit will be rusty...i hope he can regain his All-Star form...
If not we are in for a LONG, LONG, season….
Ive been reading Bottas blog...There's a mass suicide watch
everyone is trashing Garth and Wanger…The vibes here are so positive compared to Bottas..I like his interviews but most of “Bottas Fan base” all hate Garth and Wang…
by KO21 on Jul 7, 2011 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
everyone is trashing Garth and Wanger…
So in other words things are completely normal over there!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jul 7, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, negativity and Garth/Wang bashing is the norm on IPB...
The thing that sucks about that is they all feed into each other with the bashing…It can kind of make you think negatively if you allow yourself to be swayed…Its the exact opposite over here…Why is it that we are so much more optimistic here in LHH? You rarely see anyone bashing the team…There’s plenty of criticisms but its not in a hateful anti-Garth/Wang way…Could it be mostly because these people are Botta fans who hate Garth for the cred situation? Is much of it spurred from Bottas creds being revoked by Garth and the fact that NY writers boycotted the vote for the awards?Who knows?
the difference between hatred and criticism
I don’t bash the team just to vent my anger, I try to be constructive and think of ways that the team can reasonably improve and evaluate the moves in the context that they are being made.
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