Just had to point it out because people just overlook the fact that NYR had to use these guys lmao. Trouba trade in isolation looks amazing. Trouba trade in the context of him being on the ice for like every single playoff goal against in this cores window is less good lol. Drury had direct control over that
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Kendo
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It's like that scene from The Office where Dwight goes on the whole run of, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. But Jim's his own worst enemy, which makes Jim my friend..." and then back and forth and so on.
Everyone is so pissed at Mika and Kreider for being pissy at Drury. But then those people are pissed at Drury too. And Drury is Dolan's friend, who is also our enemy.
I don't know what to make of this. LOL
There are so many of his moves that I reeeaaallly don't like. Even with trading away players I like, I can be perfectly fine with it if the value is there and the overall "vision for the team going forward" is apparent.
Drury has made a lot of moves in four years, gotten horrible value on about half of them, and the team is still lacking an identity/direction.
There are some moves that I can excuse, and a few that I actually really like!
There's going to be some turnover this summer. There's no chance I would bet money that Dru's gonna make good moves, get good value, and display a direction. I will, however, remain optimistic because I'm a fan and hopium costs $0.
I would argue that making ONE move for a top end 2nd pair LD is enough (while keeping Miller). The setup of "Fox, Miller, and five 5D," is sketchy. Trading Soucy for one "actual guy" while keeping the rest is a perfectly fine plan. It's just a question of what the plan is or if there even is one.
Whatever happens with the forwards can be done after Panarin's money comes off the books. We don't HAVE TO trade him immediately, but if we do, fine. We can let him walk after next season and that's fine too. Any other F trade, and the only thing I ask is the return.
With the Trouba and Lindy trades, any value back at all was awesome. Addition by subtraction plus a little addition. Cool. I'm not there yet with even Kreider from the forwards.
If Drury nibbles at the edges this summer, I'm worried it could get even worse. If he takes a big swing, there's potential to get MUCH worse. I want to see him do surprisingly little for one season. That's just me.
We have a pretty darn decent pipeline (except for C, where we need one stud kid to round it out). I want to see Drury show faith in it.
Everyone is so pissed at Mika and Kreider for being pissy at Drury. But then those people are pissed at Drury too. And Drury is Dolan's friend, who is also our enemy.
I don't know what to make of this. LOL
There are so many of his moves that I reeeaaallly don't like. Even with trading away players I like, I can be perfectly fine with it if the value is there and the overall "vision for the team going forward" is apparent.
Drury has made a lot of moves in four years, gotten horrible value on about half of them, and the team is still lacking an identity/direction.
There are some moves that I can excuse, and a few that I actually really like!
There's going to be some turnover this summer. There's no chance I would bet money that Dru's gonna make good moves, get good value, and display a direction. I will, however, remain optimistic because I'm a fan and hopium costs $0.
I would argue that making ONE move for a top end 2nd pair LD is enough (while keeping Miller). The setup of "Fox, Miller, and five 5D," is sketchy. Trading Soucy for one "actual guy" while keeping the rest is a perfectly fine plan. It's just a question of what the plan is or if there even is one.
Whatever happens with the forwards can be done after Panarin's money comes off the books. We don't HAVE TO trade him immediately, but if we do, fine. We can let him walk after next season and that's fine too. Any other F trade, and the only thing I ask is the return.
With the Trouba and Lindy trades, any value back at all was awesome. Addition by subtraction plus a little addition. Cool. I'm not there yet with even Kreider from the forwards.
If Drury nibbles at the edges this summer, I'm worried it could get even worse. If he takes a big swing, there's potential to get MUCH worse. I want to see him do surprisingly little for one season. That's just me.
We have a pretty darn decent pipeline (except for C, where we need one stud kid to round it out). I want to see Drury show faith in it.
haohmaru
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Carrick was pretty good. Rempe was his draft pick. JT Miller trade was a steal.
And Calvin M’effing DeHaan mister.
Should be coach as well and send some players to ahl and echl or something lol
Would you consider James Dolan one of the worst owners in sports ?
I hear he ban’s fan’s for life just for telling him to sell the team.
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Attempted promo code DRURYEXTENSION on Colony Grill website. No dice.
Gonna try again tomorrow.
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Riche16
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Right and Drury fought tooth and nail to get Trouba off the team with drastic measures such as *checks notes* naming him team captain and building stacked rosters with Braden Schneider as the other RD option
Riche16
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Trouba was getting the C after the throwing the helmet incident. Everyone knew it & it wasn't a bad move at the time.
Schneider was in the system already when Trouba was named captain... you wanted to trade a Braden Schneider who was a blue chip prospect just because he plays RD also? Or deal Trouba because Schneider "might be him" eventually?
Check your notes more carefully next time.
& BTW Schneider is still NOT Trouba when we acquired him sooooooo again, not sure what you're on about with Drury in this regard
Plenty more to gripe about
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Yes on Mika's new album, he and special guest Christopher James Kreider will perform a duet "a cappella" of "When the Children Cry" by White Lion. It will be a binding gesture of unconditional friendship and an expression of their love for human kind, together as one.
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No relation to Sergei, Joe
That offer is only for current employees...bitter or not.
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One of my favorite songs
What have we become? Just look at what we have done. All that we've destroyed, you must build again.
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Kane One
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I hate Drury but this isn’t fair. He’s worked his way up in the FO since 2015.
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He joined as Director of Player Development, then became AGM, then added GM of Hartford, too. Also served as AGM and GM of Team USA a few times. He definitely worked his way up, whether or not posters here are impressed with his work.
Kane One
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He absolutely worked his way up; I must give him that credit. But I will also say on the flip-side, he was 100% being groomed into the GM job by Sather and Drury. Was he deserving of that? Who knows, but at the end of the day he did work his way up.
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Rod Brind'Amour spent half of his 21-year long career with the Hurricanes, captained them to a Stanley cup win, joined the team as an Assistant Coach immediately upon his retirement as a player and is eventually rewarded with the head coaching job. 
Chris Drury spent the majority of his career with the Avalanche and the Sabres, came to New York as a mercenary, stole a ton of money from the organization by being thoroughly mediocre on the ice and by continuing to collect a paycheck when he could no longer play, f***ed off for 4 years after retiring as a player, and is eventually rewarded with the dual jobs of President and General Manager.
You. Can't. Make. This. Shit. Up.
Chris Drury spent the majority of his career with the Avalanche and the Sabres, came to New York as a mercenary, stole a ton of money from the organization by being thoroughly mediocre on the ice and by continuing to collect a paycheck when he could no longer play, f***ed off for 4 years after retiring as a player, and is eventually rewarded with the dual jobs of President and General Manager.
You. Can't. Make. This. Shit. Up.
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