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If Gorton is playing chess, I hope he makes a good move soon. So far Free Agency has been the equivalent of getting a few pawns taken, and Fast was a Knight or Bishop. Now would be a good time for Gorton to snag a Rook or the Queen and make us all forget how bad this has been so far and to help it all make sense.
 
RGY said:
I dont think he is any good either. Just dont see them as being satisfied right now. Rooney and Blackwell are depth.
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Blackwell had really good analytics to the point where I'd take a flier on him on the 4th line.

GeorgeKaplan said:
I dunno, signing RFA contracts is different than signing UFA ones, so I kind of disagree with that
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Not trying to be smart here but can you name a guy who got a new contract and was traded by that team in the same off-season?
 
Fast was a great player for what he was and in the grand scheme of this rebuild this is not a huge loss.

His mins will be replaced by someone. At first that someone won't PK as well, or do the dirty work for Panarin as well, but in a couple years someone will have replaced Fast's roles and do it even better.

I have no insiders but I bet we didn't offer him a 3rd year. At Fast's age he probably wanted a 3rd year. Or he wanted to go to a team that has a very good chance of making the cup next year, not 3 years from now like our most realistic timeline. That's it.
Nothing more or less.

I know we all get amped for free agency but I think if we show a little patience this year it's going to pay off in the next couple years. Patience is tough but we are getting very close to a huge payoff for the patience of the last few years.
 
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re: Fast, the Rangers, Carolina, and contract offers (if true):

What's hard for me to understand here is jumping from the Rangers to the Hurricanes, supposedly for less money, in what is somewhat of a lateral move. I mean, he's giving up playing with Panarin to go to a team that's a little ahead of where we are in the grand scheme of things. I'd understand Colorado, or a team like that, but Carolina? I don't get it. Nothing against Carolina, but I don't think they're on the cusp of winning it all.
 
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Edge said:
That’s what the word was.

Wondering if he sees a Carolina team that could make a run sooner, things he is less likely to be moved and likes the ability to pocket more money.
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I also think - no slight to DQ - that Brind’amour is held in incredibly high regard around the league.
 
haohmaru said:
re: Fast, the Rangers, Carolina, and contract offers (if true):

What's hard for me to understand here is jumping from the Rangers to the Hurricanes, supposedly for less money, in what is somewhat of a lateral move. I mean, he's giving up playing with Panarin to go to a team that's a little ahead of where we are in the grand scheme of things. I'd understand Colorado, or a team like that, but Carolina? I don't get it. Nothing against Carolina, but I don't think they're on the cusp of winning it all.
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Carolina is the best team in Metro if their Goalie is in form. East is wide open.
 
Richard Banger said:
Ain’t nothing wrong with loving to talk sports. Better than politics:laugh:


Also I promise you Kreider will lift the cup in a NYR sweater
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That's all it is. Just having discussions on the two biggest days of the off-season. Makes me the bad guy.

I think some people just want roster building to always be about them, not mentioning any names.

I'm holding you to that last part!
 
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haohmaru said:
Apparently skipping down the street while doing it. Sorry I missed it. :)

I don't equate "rant" with "happy", either, FWIW.
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Literally, yes. I was actually skipping down the street.

And if you don't happy rant, you haven't been in New York in awhile!
 
May Rih said:
Unfortunately we just don't know the details behind this yet. It could be we gave him a lower offer, or we gave him a better offer and he still chose Carolina. It's all speculation until we get more information on this.
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That's fair but still not really sure I'm buying that this is on Fast..
 
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