Yashin’s Agent Tells Newsday He’d Give Up The “C”
April 26th, 2007 by Tom
Looks like Alexei Yashin really wants to remain an Islander and maybe take that target off his back. According to Newsday, Yashin’s agent said his client is willing to give up the captaincy. We think that is a must if the Islanders are going to move in the right direction. That said, we’re not sure that will make much of a difference with regards to fan expectations. Yashin gets paid like a star. He has to play like one or he’s going to hear it until the contract expires.
“I’m sure Alexei would be happy to bring the jersey back and be on the team in whatever role management likes,” agent Marc Gandler said. “It’s not an issue for him. I know he would do it, whether it’s for Ryan Smyth or any other player. It’s not an issue.”
fauxrumors Says
1) Not sure how to take this story. One has to ask. Why??? Why would Alex even broach the subject? Was it his idea or his agent’s?
2) We’d imagine he wants to saty on LI. Not for the money at this point(Even with a buy out he makes oodles, then he would most likely get a decent free agent contract from someone on top of that.) BUT we believe his wish to stay is for Carol Alt(Are they married?) Who is a LI native.
3) We believe taking the C would help him as it educes the pressure BUT his salary is what hurts more than his dearth of leadership. Removing his 7 million/year cap hit(instead a 2 mil/year buy-out hit) would help more than retaining a C-less Yashin. That 5 million savings can be used to upgrade the team as a whole. Making singing Smyth more possible/likely.
Apr 26th, 2007 at 1:00 pm