LOL, what a dumb trade for the Islanders to acquire this twat. I don't know what his mindset was but I'm guessing Matt Moulson would have resigned if offered a new deal? So now at the end of the season they have no Moulson, No Vanek and they lost a 1st and a 2nd round pick in the upcoming draft. Yes they can move Vanek before the deadline and possibly get a 1st rounder back but dollars to doughnuts it will be to a playoff team which will mean it's a late round pick. Once they move him they'll have neither asset from deadline to the end of the season, they'll probably drop to a lottery pick (that now belongs to Buffalo) and they are still down a second round pick.
Leave it to the Islanders to make the money trades with or without Milbury.
Report: Vanek turns down 'substantial' offer from Islanders
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Thomas Vanek's NHL future does not appear to be with the New York Islanders.
Newsday's Arthur Staple tweeted Monday morning that his sources indicate the 30-year-old Austrian has turned down a "substantial" contract offer from the Islanders.
Staple added that the Islanders are now likely to deal Vanek before the NHL's Mar. 5 trade deadline.
Newsday reported on its web site that the offer is "believed to be in the same range as Vanek's current seven-year, $50 million deal".
The Isles acquired Vanek from the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 27 in exchange for forward Matt Moulson and a first round draft pick.
In 41 games with the Islanders, Vanek has scored 15 goals and added 23 assists. He has 19 goals and 28 assists in 54 total games this season between the Sabres and Islanders.
Vanek is in the final season of the seven-year, $50 million contract he signed with the Sabres prior to the 2007-2008 season. A one-time Second-Team NHL All-Star, Vanek has scored 269 goals and 266 assists in 639 career games with the Sabres and Islanders.
The Sabres originally selected him fifth overall at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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