Hickey is too expensive, send him elsewhere or buy him out

I think Beauvillier is the Islander's second best puck controller, and will get more money, he consistently gets on pace to score over 22 goals. I think he makes 4.5-5mil. Pelech is the islanders best defenseman, and as one of the moron NBC broadcasters said, is a star defenseman. He'll probably make 5.5-6mil. I see where you are coming from with the deal with Seattle, but I think they need more in that deal, maybe a second or Bellows. For the deal with Calgary, I think, despite Hickey being a top 6 defenseman and Dal Colle a middle six forward, they need a 3rd to make that go through. Greene probably retires this offseason.

I think the only deal that could make sense for the Flames with the Islanders is something around Eberle, but I'm not sure if that is something the Isles would entertain.

$2M for 1 year and getting Dal Colle (cheap salary) and a 3rd is well worth it to be honest.

Hickey's played 5 NHL games in the last 2 years, we already got fleeced from you for Hamonic because he wanted to go home. Cap space is an asset right now and Flames arent using theirs on expensive plugs we aren't even going to play. He would be sent to Stockton in Cali. Send him to Jersey for the year instead

I agree with you regarding Beauvillier he's such an important piece with the isles. He's speed, puck handling an clutch scoring is huge. I thought about $4.5 too I just thought this group is such a tight knit group. I think we will see a little bit of a discount to stay together. But $4-4.5 still works with my budget for the moves I proposed. Regarding Pelech 100%, but I'm just thinking he just doesn't have the offense to command $5.5-6M per. Again, I could see him making 4.5-5M but had him giving Isles a very small discount at $4.75M.
Regarding Seattle deal. With the isles giving a first for Palmeri I just don't see them giving Seattle a 2nd along with a young good prospect in Koivula just for 1 year of Uncle Leo who is such a role model. Brazal and Beauvillier speak so highly of him....just someone who can help the youngsters be a professional.
As far as Hickey, If we didn't have such a cap problem to be honest I'd keep him as our 7th Dman. I like Hickey, but like Hamonic who we traded to Calgary because he wanted to be close to home becaue of his mom's health. I don't think that package is a bad one for them. A useful 6/7 Dman, a grinder in Dal Colle and a 3rd rounder for 1 year? seems pretty reasonable. Is salary is only 2M.

Although Isles fan would like to get rid of Eberle, we don't have a scoring winger to replace him. So I don't really see a match with him going to Calgary. But my guess is if we don't win or get to the Stanley Cup next year, you will see major changes with roster. We are getting old, with some key players such has Eberle, Bailey, Lee, and the entire 4th line.

You are wrong, Hickey is a sixth defenseman and would crack the flames roster.

No he wouldn't. Valimaki, Gio, and Hanifin are all better than him. And Stone would be much more preferred on the 3rd pair right side since he is way cheaper and was excellent at the end of the season

Pelech has taken huge strides in terms of offense in the last year. He’s more aggressive, he’s joining the rush, carrying the puck into the offensive zone. He’s not Leddy or Pulock, but his offensive ability doesn’t drag his value down that much. He’s the islanders best defenseman, and at least gets more than Pulock.
I don’t think the “hometown discount” or any kind of discount is legitimately a thing that happens, with few, rare, but notable exceptions(🐍). These players have families and lives outside of hockey, money is incredibly important. Beauvillier is young and hasn’t gotten all that much money. It’d be very unlikely he takes a discount.
As for Seattle, I’d agree with that deal, if Leddy wasn’t exposed. A part of that deal is protecting Leddy. So we are paying them a middle to bottom 6 prospect to take 2 years of a bad 3 million dollar contract, and to protect a top 4 veteran defenseman. That’s not going to be enough.
Hickey’s deal may need a bit of a sweetener, or may need to be with someone else. I don’t think Calgary is looking to take on cap space, or do they need defenseman. A route that is possible is paying someone to take the contract and then they buy it out, a buyout would cost 833,000 for two years, not terrible.
Also, Greene’s performance bonus will count 2 million dollars to the cap this year.

Fair.