I was all gungho for Yash in Ottawa, no he's the biggest hoser in hockey, eh. If I was his cable provider, I wouldn't even let him watch the all star game on tv, the chump
2007-03-21 15:56:59 · 7 answers · asked by TheMadLith 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
What happened is he was the first player "with star-potential" to win the Islanders insane contract lottery given to guys in the hope they might not suck sometime in the future. It has since been won by Rick DiPietro.
2007-03-22 03:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by wbo_vp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever happened to Yashin??? He stunk in Ottawa. He has always been a big choke artist. Less than a point per game guy and a -81 over his career. Play-offs he gets even worse, just ask Ottawa. Paid like a top star somehow though. Most overpaid player in the league probably and always has been.
2007-03-21 16:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
New York Islanders, 2001-Present
On draft day, 2001, Yashin was sent to the New York Islanders for defenceman Zdeno Chara, forward Bill Muckalt and the second overall draft selection, which the Senators used to draft highly-touted centerman Jason Spezza.[8] The Islanders signed Yashin to an enormous 10-year, $87.5 million USD contract. Although his contract was reduced 24 percent due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in 2005, Yashin is widely considered overpaid and virtually untradeable.[9]
Since joining the Islanders, Yashin's point production has declined. While he helped his new team make the playoffs for the first time in eight years in 2001-02, the Islanders have been unable to advance beyond the first round. The Isles bowed out to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a hard-fought seven game series in 2001-02 and then lost in five games to Ottawa in 2002-03 and the eventual champion Tampa Bay Lightning in 2003-04. Yashin's play was generally praised in 2001-02, as he carried the team's offense for stretches during the season. The following years, his mediocre point production led people both inside and outside the Islanders organization to question his effort and salary.
Prior to the 2005-06 season, the Islanders lost several key players to free agency or retirement and significantly retooled their roster. Captain Michael Peca was traded to free up room to sign free agents such as high-scoring wing Miroslav Satan.[10] Yashin succeeded Peca as team captain.[11] Journalists suggested that the team had finally been built around Yashin and would sink or swim with his performance. A common defense of Yashin's decreased offensive output had been the lack of a legitimate first line winger to play with him. Satan and Yashin showed signs of chemistry early in the season, but generally produced disappointing results. When Satan was moved off Yashin's line, his offensive output increased markedly. After the season ended with the Islanders out of the playoffs for the first time since his arrival, Yashin acknowledged that he needed to score more. After the' season ended, there had been speculation that the Islanders would buy out his contract and rebuild in a different image, but the team decided to retain him.
An October 2006 article in Newsday suggested that Yashin must "make a difference" in 2006-07 or he will be bought out at the end of the season.[12] By the 20 game mark, Yashin was earning praise in the local media for the first time in recent memory, and his point totals were among the league leaders.[13] On Saturday, November 25, 2006, Yashin suffered a knee sprain after taking a knee-to-knee hit. He initially returned after a few weeks, but his effectiveness was reduced, and the team revealed that the knee was not 100%. Early in February, Islanders coach Ted Nolan decided to rest Yashin until his knee was completely healthy, which prompted questions about whether team still had faith in Yashin and whether the re-injury was legitimate or a pretext for benching him.[14]
2007-03-21 16:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by doctorhockey18 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing happened to him. He's the same underachiever in NY that he was in Ottawa.
2007-03-21 16:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by pags68 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Alexei (Cash-in) Yashin has cashed out!
2007-03-21 16:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he'll go down in history right behind Alexander Daige as a bust.
2007-03-22 06:17:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
he stinks. he thinks he is really good, the only good player on the isles is dipietro
2007-03-22 01:53:30 · answer #7 · answered by MOSS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋