He’s an amazing 3rd line center depending on the price I love this
Tniz15
Good fucking lord you bring in schenn to extend pageau?????
noah_dobson
Why are people upset about this before seeing the AAV? Pageau is an elite PKer, faceoff guy, and bottom-6 C.
toledosurprised
it’s like lou never left. got one kid on the roster and said that’s enough of that
JoeBethersonton50504
I wonder if Barzy and Horvat are going back together.
Horvat
Schenn
Pageau
Not a terrible center situation. With Barzy and Ritchie able to slide in for injuries and shakeups.
RS_EJB
This would allow Barzy and Horvat to stay together.
FortyYearTransform
Pageau is great and this contract is excellent, but yeah it makes the Schenn thing mystifying. Moving Lee, maybe?
ArchieInABunker
I like that. He’s a useful 3rd line center who put up 40 points last season. I’m not complaining
IslesDynasty79-83
i truly dont see why people are upset, thats pretty cheap for a player that shows up and is good in multiple areas.
USAJourneyman
A+ I like this team friendly signing
ConHead_4_Life
I like this extension a lot at this AAV, overall though I’m a little confused about the gameplan here.
The one decent thing about this is all these uncs will be off the books by the time Schaefer needs an extension, that bad thing is I don’t know how we are getting younger besides praying all of our prospects hit.
Kinda seems like a recipe for a bubble team the next 4 years that doesn’t get any younger and doesn’t sell because we are still in the playoff hunt.
JBR409
Don’t get how we think that this is worse than the Schenn/Drouin trade. This is miles better
Correct-Local3240
Lmao. Our average center age is 33.5 and will be almost 36 in 2028….. why?!
Geodaddi
So we’re not retooling! Got it. Have Schaefer fall into your lap and play Ritchie, the guy the previous GM snagged for you.
Rolling back a slow, mid, old team for the next 2-3 years is the plan.
This guy sucks.
RealestJP
Really good in a vacuum but Schenn and Ritchie fit the same mold and I think I’d rather Ritchie at center rather than on the wing. I was relatively positive about the Schenn deal but not with extending Pageau
BigVin15
Lee-JGP-Cizikas 4th line next year.
Schenn can play the 2nd line for the playoffs push and start on the 3rd line next year. Hopefully in the off-season we can add a Thomas type Center for the 2nd line.
Excellent-Heart2267
I hope this means that we can trade him this summer and get assets as opposed to him just walking him in free agency?? Maybe??
minos157
In the Schenn thread I said it probably indicated JGP wasn’t re-signing 😂
Ok_Attention9023
Love this
BostonSucksatHockey
I don’t hate it but I don’t love it. I don’t think it makes sense after the Schenn trade and JGP will be 36 in the last year of the deal. As long as there’s no trade restrictions, it’ll be fine.
Necessary_Tie2856
Douche is not looking good after this especially after we got Schenn no reason for Pageau
Ok_Sentence_5767
877-Pageau!!!
BruceShark88
Love it, JGP is so valuable in so many different situations, I hope he retires an Islander.
thr0waway2morrow
When does cizikas contract end?
priester85
As yes, it all makes even less sense now.
(I don’t hate this in a vacuum but… huh?)
Parking-String-5356
We won’t get better than him on the market or in our current system. Pageau’s solid and that’s ok.
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Didnt see that coming today. Wonder what the AAV is.
Run it back
-Lou
So is Ritchie move permanently to wing
So he’ll be traded next year
Can’t believe Lou Lamoriello would extend a 33 year old until he’s 36
Edit: and a two year NTC? Can we fire this guy and hire a smarter GM like darche?
Are they gonna move Ritchie to wing long term then?
No more than $5m AAV and I’m ok with this
Edit: $4.85m AAV is fine. With how good he is on FOs and the PK, shouldn’t have issues with shipping him out if needed
What?
https://youtube.com/shorts/9RSiBXr2Z40?si=eVpNqZ-DkTpSd7R1
He’s an amazing 3rd line center depending on the price I love this
Good fucking lord you bring in schenn to extend pageau?????
Why are people upset about this before seeing the AAV? Pageau is an elite PKer, faceoff guy, and bottom-6 C.
it’s like lou never left. got one kid on the roster and said that’s enough of that
I wonder if Barzy and Horvat are going back together.
Horvat
Schenn
Pageau
Not a terrible center situation. With Barzy and Ritchie able to slide in for injuries and shakeups.
This would allow Barzy and Horvat to stay together.
Pageau is great and this contract is excellent, but yeah it makes the Schenn thing mystifying. Moving Lee, maybe?
I like that. He’s a useful 3rd line center who put up 40 points last season. I’m not complaining
i truly dont see why people are upset, thats pretty cheap for a player that shows up and is good in multiple areas.
A+ I like this team friendly signing
I like this extension a lot at this AAV, overall though I’m a little confused about the gameplan here.
The one decent thing about this is all these uncs will be off the books by the time Schaefer needs an extension, that bad thing is I don’t know how we are getting younger besides praying all of our prospects hit.
Kinda seems like a recipe for a bubble team the next 4 years that doesn’t get any younger and doesn’t sell because we are still in the playoff hunt.
Don’t get how we think that this is worse than the Schenn/Drouin trade. This is miles better
Lmao. Our average center age is 33.5 and will be almost 36 in 2028….. why?!
So we’re not retooling! Got it. Have Schaefer fall into your lap and play Ritchie, the guy the previous GM snagged for you.
Rolling back a slow, mid, old team for the next 2-3 years is the plan.
This guy sucks.
Really good in a vacuum but Schenn and Ritchie fit the same mold and I think I’d rather Ritchie at center rather than on the wing. I was relatively positive about the Schenn deal but not with extending Pageau
Lee-JGP-Cizikas 4th line next year.
Schenn can play the 2nd line for the playoffs push and start on the 3rd line next year. Hopefully in the off-season we can add a Thomas type Center for the 2nd line.
I hope this means that we can trade him this summer and get assets as opposed to him just walking him in free agency?? Maybe??
In the Schenn thread I said it probably indicated JGP wasn’t re-signing 😂
Love this
I don’t hate it but I don’t love it. I don’t think it makes sense after the Schenn trade and JGP will be 36 in the last year of the deal. As long as there’s no trade restrictions, it’ll be fine.
Douche is not looking good after this especially after we got Schenn no reason for Pageau
877-Pageau!!!
Love it, JGP is so valuable in so many different situations, I hope he retires an Islander.
When does cizikas contract end?
As yes, it all makes even less sense now.
(I don’t hate this in a vacuum but… huh?)
We won’t get better than him on the market or in our current system. Pageau’s solid and that’s ok.