Islanders News: Barzal’s contract value; Darche on things

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Islanders News: Barzal’s contract value; Darche on things

Tough to get good help these days.

There isn’t news, exactly, but there are topics:

Summer topics like Cap Court taking on five contracts, including Elias Pettersson’s, Jakob Chychrun’s and Mathew Barzal’s after an injury-torched season:

He was injured for almost all of last year, so we can probably ditch those disappointing numbers. The year before that, he had 80 points, his best total since his rookie season. There’s a reason new Isles management made it clear Barzal wasn’t going anywhere. And while you don’t want to overplay the “cap is going up” card, we already covered how the center market is about to shift in the Pettersson section.

— Athletic

• Or Ryan Pulock (subject of a different recent contract critique) having a big summer with a firstborn on the way and various training, as one does. [Isles]
• Barzal was one of many topics Jeff Marek brought up with Mathieu Darche on this lengthy interview, beginning about 35 minutes in to this. [The Sheet via Twitter]
• THN broke some of those topics into clickable content: Darche on Barzal, Calum Ritchie’s chance of making the squad out of camp, and Semyon Varlamov’s rehab “I’m told it’s progressing well [but you never know].”

Elsewhere​

• That Athletic Cap Court piece’s discussion of Pettersson linked to something from earlier this year that tried to understand his freefall and determine if it was a true (and early career) decline. Some of the signs do look like they’re lingering-injury-related, which would be bad news if his knee has slowed him down.
• For his part, Pettersson says he’s healthy, working on speed and “wants revenge.” [NHL | Sportsnet]
• It’s summer, so rosterbate over the Canadian Olympic roster. [TSN]

Source: https://www.lighthousehockey.com/is...-news-barzals-contract-value-darche-on-things