Found June 07, 2007 on Hot Stove New York: Yardbarker Blogger Network
According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, league sources have indicated that impending free agent Ryan Smyth had let it be known that he "would not consider re-signing with the Islanders if [Alexei] Yashin remained with the team for even a portion of the remaining four years of his contract." So much for the theory that the buy-out was engineered to appease the fans. Brooks also reports that former Islanders captain Michael Peca could look to return to the Island and reunite with head coach Ted Nolan, for whom he played in Buffalo. Peca played last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and like Smyth, is an impending free agent this offseason. Peca, too, could be swayed by the buy-out of Yashin. The pair did not mesh well during their tenure together.

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  • hockeydude
    Yashin scores more goals in an off year than Peca does in a good season. You want to pay Yashin $4million not to play and then give Peca a couple of million to ice the puck for you all season long?
  • bzr034
    I would rather see Smyth return to Edmonton. No offense to Islanders fans, but it's where he belongs.
  • I want Smyth back on the Island, along with Jason Blake. Peca is not worth the money he is asking, granted the Islanders now have some more cap room.
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