Isles Match Barzal Offer Sheet

Do you really think he is worth 12M? Just want your opinion. I see people offering 13M and all kinds of crap.

Barzal would sign 12 x 5 in a heartbeat. The amount of teams that would offer 12 x 5 : 0.

It's just silly. The Isles should take the four draft picks, to make up for that curious Pageau acquisition. In my view, he's worth what any really good young center is worth -- about $9 million per year. Plus, the five-year contract that I've seen is too short.

At my age, I've developed certain suspicions about how things work. In the real world, I think Barzal/his agent would get an offer, talk to the GM about it, and go from there. Only if Barzal wanted to become a free agent at 27 (and/or would be getting advice to do that) would he sign an offer sheet for five years.

elite 1C are so hard to find and develop and the islanders have made "win-now" moves by locking up nelson, lee, and Eberle. Losing barzal would be disastrous.

As for the pageau trade and extension, I am a big fan - and I think Lou Lamoriello has made some questionable moves since becoming GM. 3C has been a big hole on the islanders for a while, and their center depth within the organization is extremely thin. Casey Cizikas is the "4C" but he is able to control play and shutdown opposing teams top lines and he's a linchpin to the islanders. What he brings is worth several million to the islanders, and if you've watched them play without cizikas over the last month, its evident how much they miss him. Pageau is a younger version of cizikas with more offensive skill, and even though he is having a career year, he's always been a strong 5 v 5 play driver.

I wouldn't consider Barzal elite yet. He had a great rookie season. After that he's gotten about 20 less points the seasons after. He isn't worth even close to the rumored 12M. I rather have a center like Aho who puts up about as much, yet paid almost 4M less.