After turning down a lucrative offer from the New York Islanders, Thomas Vanek has just installed himself as the crown jewel of the this year's trade deadline. And despite a hefty cap hit ...

Now, Vanek did put up offense at a nearly point-per-game pace (17 goals and 44 points) in his 47 games as an Islander, but a contract that took him through his early thirties into his mid-thirties ...