P.A. Parenteau Contract Talkus Interruptus; NHL Power Rankings

I went back and read through the thread again. While reading it, I had this thought.
The man who is going to give the Islanders a high draft pick or prospect for Nabokov has probably been around the game for longer than you or I have been alive.
So the first thing he’ll do is go to his pro scouting department, and send a scout out to see Nabby work live. He’ll look at how he cuts off his angles, how sharp his reflexes are, his puck handling decisions, his focus, and probably a few dozen things I can’t even think of.
And when he gets his report back I’d be a slave to advanced stats if the word “lucky” was on that report.
So, yeah, it’s nice to see a statistical analysis of why YOU would trade Nabby… but I’m guessing it doesn’t mean jack shit as to why somebody would want him. remember, we claimed off waivers after detroit signed him… and he was FAR FROM LUCKY in the KHL.
Watch the games, see what the guy does… that’s the true value in the man.
It’s funny… if you’re right, the stats were right. If you’re wrong, you just read the stats wrong. I wonder if the stats told you that Moulson was LUCKY to even be getting an NHL paycheck based on his 2006-08 performance.

In other words, Montreal should be a True .500 team. Our goal differential suggests we’re terrible.

Montreal’s remaining schedule is much easier than ours.

… taking the remaining schedule and playing it out thousands of times. Each game is weighted equally (coin-flip, with a certain percentage getting Bettman Bonus Points based on historical data). So it’s not like actual advanced statistic based formulas, and therefore is not perfect.

Just statistics and numbers.

We’ve been between 1% and 5% for about a month. It can jump in extremes toward the end of the season, but right now it’s hard to budge it too much either way.

Walsh’s mission statement at the top of his twitter page

To protect clients rights, promote their interests and maximize their compensation

here’s some recent “maximizing compensation” deals for other Octagon clients in years and dollars:

Giroux 3 yrs/$11.250m
2.75 / 3.5 / 5m (cap $3.75)

David Krejci 3 yrs $15.75m
3 yrs at $5.25m

Brassard 4 yrs/$12.8m
2.8 / 3 / 3.3 / 3.7 (cap $3.2)

RJ Umberger 5 yrs $23m
5 / 4 years @ 4.5 (cap $4.6)

David Booth 6 yrs/$25.5m
3.5 / 3.75 / 3yrs @ 4.5 / 4.75 (cap $4.25)

Milan Michalek 6 yrs $26m
3 / 3.5 / 4.25 / 4.5 / 4.75 / 6 (cap $4.333)

Okposo straight up might do it, and would make sense because he could fill-in for Horton as a "power forward type" and chip in some goals, especially with Krejci centering him. Or they could use Okposo on a checking line next to bergeron if they want and he’ll still score goals.

Okposo is playing with Tavares, one of the best players in the game, and yet still can’t score any goals.

but I would have to think that KO is replaceable by either Strome or Nino in the next couple of years if not by a Kirill, Martin or Ullstrom.

I always feel like hard board work and defensive tenacity can be taught…KO doesn’t have that knack for the net. And lately, he hasn’t really been around it or mixing it up that physically either.

He had it for a few weeks there, but it fell apart again. (not that anyone is necessarily lighting it up, but man does he disappear a bit physically sometimes).

19 goals isn’t a ton playing on a line with JT. (this 19 goal thing is starting to sound like DP’s all-star season when we refer to it…once upon a time). I’m not holding out a lot of hope for him to remain a 1st liner…maybe not even a second. So if theycan land a potential 1st pairing D, I’d go for it.

In certain situations, yes. For instance if I think I am a scoring forward away from a cup or that Horton is going to be tough to replace from within and PAP can help that and get a deep playoff run for the team.

But definitely not just for shits and giggles…only if I thought it would be a deep playoff run or a cup. Theoretically, Hamilton can sit in their system for years. They have cap space, people will sign there, and they have tradeable assets that they won’t need for a few years. They can play for “win now”, so it’s certainly not like they have to take the Islanders mentality toward trades and rebuilds when they consider roster moves.

PAP doesn’t seem very Bruin-y though.

I could only imagine trading KO over there and once he puts the black on, he turns into what everyone wanted him to be…all Lucic -like.

It’s debatable if the Isles do it though.

All for what? A 5% chance of making the playoffs?

Win big? Please don’t tell me you think this team as it sits could win a cup when you say that.

He may lose half-a-step but he’s always going to be able to put the puck where he wishes, and recognize a play more quickly than most of his opponents. His decline may be slower than a guy like, say, Grabner.

but there is no one to replace PAP for a few years, arguably, and you are not getting any FA’s to come in and pot 70 points. So you sign him for maybe a bit more than Moulson and be done with it.

Otherwise, your prediction sounds more likely than not.

I mean the real but counterintuitive premise behind this entire discussion, of course.

He said that right now he wants his client to focus on hockey, but will entertain offers if/when Garth wants to talk. Standard agent speak. Nothing ground-breaking. Nothing alarming. No challenges.

That was part of his agent’s quote. Sure , it’s a business. But in this case PAP would PROBABLY ( note I did not infer any certainty) be in Europe or the AHL if it wasn’t for Snow going dumpster diving. That’s why I suggested a one year deal at 3 million and let’s see him do it again.