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I don't get how Gaborik suddenly has turned into a monster in the playoffs. He had a monster playoffs his first year. He's been mediocre since then. LA doesn't seem like the type of team he would thrive in. Why was he just ok in Columbus but so good in LA?
 
SnowblindNYR said:
I still do the Brassard trade for age, health, position, and salary reasons. There's no guarantee we get this Gaborik.
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I very much like Brassard, and I very much like Gaborik. At the end of the day, I still blame Torts for his inability to make that stacked team last year work out. They should've been matchup hell for any team and instead they squeak into the playoffs on the virtue of depth moves that necessitated trading away an elite goal scorer. End of the day... still couldn't score enough to beat a real team in the playoffs. Taking my role as Capt. Hindsight even further... Prust/Feds should've been resigned, Anisimov/Dubinsky retained, and the Black and Blueshirts should've been given one more run at the Cup in a shortened season. That said, sitting on 1-0 ECSF lead with a deep offensive team and a coach who knows how to play an OT game in the playoffs isn't a bad position to be in.

EDIT: And although I agree it was a decent trade, I still can't help but feel Gabby deserved his NYR legacy to be better than one in a long string of hired guns. I really think he was on a path to being one of those Ranger greats, and certainly at least remembered as endearingly as Jagr is.
 
GWOW said:
He waived a NTC. If he wanted to stay he could have nixed any trade.

Gaborik hated Tortarella.
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Feel free to make assumptions, but I know for a fact that he didn't want to leave

Just because a player waives his NTC does't mean he wants to leave
 
Gaborik's legacy was in his hands. Whatever the history books hold for him is a result of his mostly uninspired play, much like Nash.

I don't know, I must have been somewhat disengaged with rangers hockey if names like jagr and words like endearing are used in connection to Gaborik. Not what I saw out there and am nothing but delighted he was jettisoned.
 
Definitely happy for Gaborik as well. Always seemed like a good guy and one of the Rangers' best UFA signings.

Kopitar is a big factor, as well as him being able to be a complementary piece. But Gabby's still going to the paint where his hands remain lethal.

Feeling decent with my Kings Cup bet I made before this round at 9/1. Ducks dropped to 10/1 this morning after the loss, threw a hedge on them as well to cover my tracks. But Boston looks very tough to beat right now.
 
The funny thing is that the way Gaborik is playing right now is how Torts wanted him to play - he is engaged and involved, he is driving to the net, and he is putting himself in a good position to score. It's frustrating to see that he is capable of playing like this consistently when he didn't always do that here, but playing on a line with Kopitar helps, as well as being on a team who knows what it takes to win a cup. However, Gaborik is also in a contract year, and I'd have to imagine that is a source of motivation for him too.
 
SnowblindNYR said:
I don't get how Gaborik suddenly has turned into a monster in the playoffs. He had a monster playoffs his first year. He's been mediocre since then. LA doesn't seem like the type of team he would thrive in. Why was he just ok in Columbus but so good in LA?
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He is playing with better linemates than he ever had in his career. He has more space than he ever had and he is a player that thrives if he has space.
 
OverTheCap said:
The funny thing is that the way Gaborik is playing right now is how Torts wanted him to play - he is engaged and involved, he is driving to the net, and he is putting himself in a good position to score. It's frustrating to see that he is capable of playing like this consistently when he didn't always do that here, but playing on a line with Kopitar helps, as well as being on a team who knows what it takes to win a cup. However, Gaborik is also in a contract year, and I'd have to imagine that is a source of motivation for him too.
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For stretches? Gaborik absolutely did that here and he did that under Tortorella. The question will be whether or not he maintains it for longer. It's a question that won't be answered until next year, since there aren't enough games left on the schedule to find out if this is a long-term thing or not.
 
I'm happy Gaborik's having a good playoffs. I loved him when he was here and I still love him now that he's gone.
 
SouthJerseyRanger said:
I very much like Brassard, and I very much like Gaborik. At the end of the day, I still blame Torts for his inability to make that stacked team last year work out. They should've been matchup hell for any team and instead they squeak into the playoffs on the virtue of depth moves that necessitated trading away an elite goal scorer. End of the day... still couldn't score enough to beat a real team in the playoffs. Taking my role as Capt. Hindsight even further... Prust/Feds should've been resigned, Anisimov/Dubinsky retained, and the Black and Blueshirts should've been given one more run at the Cup in a shortened season. That said, sitting on 1-0 ECSF lead with a deep offensive team and a coach who knows how to play an OT game in the playoffs isn't a bad position to be in.

EDIT: And although I agree it was a decent trade, I still can't help but feel Gabby deserved his NYR legacy to be better than one in a long string of hired guns. I really think he was on a path to being one of those Ranger greats, and certainly at least remembered as endearingly as Jagr is.
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I blame Torts for a lot but how was it his fault that Gaborik and Richards' game fell off a cliff? That's 2 of our best 3 forwards from the year before. Gaborik wasn't an elite goal scorer when we traded him though. He was over 30 with a long list of injuries and having a ****** season. He was only good with Columbus, but still injured and got traded for scraps. He wasn't just another hired gun, but he wasn't a great either. Half his seasons here he stunk.
 
Sticky Fingers said:
At least Gaborik disn't shy away from all physical contact like his "replacement" Nash. Oh, he did score as well. Didn't like letting Gabe go then, but the situation with Tortz wasn't sustainable.
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Yes he did and on top of that he wouldn't even backcheck. That's why Columbus traded him, too.
 
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