Ridge1982
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- Nov 4, 2019
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I say yes. The defense will be a sieve all year long, O’Reilly and Vova are getting long in the tooth, and Kyrou will continue to be lazy after getting a fat contract.
This. Really the only great teams who are running the league so far are Boston and Vegas.Has anyone who thinks it is time for a rebuild actually looked at the standings? Dallas and Winnipeg are 2 games over .500, Chicago is a game over, Colorado and Minnesota are .500, we're a game under, Nashville is 2 games under and Arizona is 3 games under. We're throwing in the towel after 7 games?
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As you smartly laid out, ROR is tricky because he is still key part of team but need to expect that the next 240 games are likely much worse than the last 240. So he needs to be signed to lower number than he is at now. And that may be hard pill for him to swallow.You have to start wondering about ROR and looking at UFA next summer.
ROR will turn 32 in Jan.
Tarasenko will turn 31 in Dec.
Barbie will turn 27 in Dec.
ROR has played in 945 regular season and 64 playoff games, Total 1009, and let's be clear, he plays tough minutes.
Tarasenko has played in 613 regular season and 90 playoff games. Total 703
Barby has played 358 regular season and 50 playoff games. Total 408
From October 2021 until current, regular season games
ROR 85 games played .69 points per game
Tarasenko 82 games played 1.09 points per game
Barbie 88 games played .69 points per game
Who do you bring back if any?
ROR was an absolute freak in the playoffs last year scoring 12 points to Tarasenko's 9. The Colorado series was a perfect example of the type of gritty play ROR has brought.
The questions is how much longer can he bring it?
For me ROR has always reminded me of Bobby Holik when he centered the old "Crash Line" in NJ. Holik retired after 1300+ games, and his last 3-4 years where tough to watch.
There is only a handful of centers that are active with over 1000 games played, which ROR will hit early next year. One of those players is Paul Stastny. Since the beginning of last season, ROR .69 points per game, Stastny .59 PPG. Stastny has a better FO% as well.
ROR clearly elevated his game in the postseason, however you cant look past Staz making 1.5 million this season, which while not the saem player right now, ROR is trending into that reduced roll.
I used to be a fan of his, but no longer. He needs to go.They need to retool and get some youth in the system. Are they one of the best-8 teams in the West? Yeah...probably. But only barely if they are, and likely because there are some pretty terrible teams in the West (which unfortunately may mask some of the short-comings this roster already has). Squeaking into the playoffs and immediately getting waxed shouldn't be the objective, but I'm not sure if the upside is much higher than that. You can't be all-in every year, and if this team doesn't lock itself firmly into a playoff spot by mid-January I fully expect Army to be a seller.
It's shocking how thouroughly the defensive corps have been dismantled since the Cup squad. Beyond unfathomable how Army so quickly saw a team strength turn into a glaring weakness.
I used to be a fan of his, but no longer. He needs to go.