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Pelech leaving that kind of money on the table might raise some eyebrows, but hey Islanders fans could care less. They now have a guy who hasn’t even scratched the surface of just how good he can be. A homegrown player too.
But with them no longer together, the question now is: Which team does have the best twosome in net? Look no further than the Islanders.
The length of Shesterkin’s contract — which Mercogliano pointed to being between five and six years — seems like the ideal amount for Sorokin. Sorokin turns 26 tomorrow and by the time that contract would end, the Mezhdurechensk native would be nearing age 32.
Sportsnet’s NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman was on the No Sleep Till Belmont podcast earlier this week with Islanders’ beat writer Arthur Staple to chat about the team when he was asked which player he’s watched from afar who has improved the most as during the organization’s success the last three years. His answer: Pelech.
Under his watch, the Islanders have always kept all their handlings under wraps for the sole purpose of not giving any indication to other clubs what they might be doing
The end has finally come for the Islanders with Michael Dal Colle and Josh Ho-Sang. Yesterday reports came out that neither…
The Islanders have continued to make tremendous strides as a franchise the past three years, and now they might finally be getting rewarded for it with the national spotlight.
But the fact of the matter remains, Bailey is still an Islander. And there’s no question, he deserved to still be here if and when the Islanders finally win it all.
There is a nervousness among many that they could very well lose Josh Bailey. The longest-tenured forward on the Isles’ roster…
There had been a lot of speculation from the season till now that Pelech could end up in the $5.5-6M for his new contract. But seeing what he and Bruins agreed to, the Isles might be able to get him for a more reasonable price.