Zil
Shrug
- Feb 9, 2006
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James Dolan still owns the team doesn't he? The Rangers were even more hopeless and more godawful in Sather's first four seasons pre-Lundqvist. He still didn't get fired.
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James Dolan still owns the team doesn't he? The Rangers were even more hopeless and more godawful in Sather's first four seasons pre-Lundqvist. He still didn't get fired.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
That's the point..you build your team with talent - forwards and D..goaltending doesn't need to be elite..how do you think they got Kane and toews? By finishing last fir 2 straight years. If you have an $8.5 mio elite goalie and no talent, you never finish last but always be mediocre..get it?..get out of the Hank fan club..join the rangers fan club
I don't think it would be too hard to argue that Tampa, Dallas, Colorado, and Minnesota are having so much more success than years past in huge part because of improved goaltending. But they weren't rosters constructed around goalies so it proves nothing about the impact of a great goalie on a team's success.
The Gloaming
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Yep.
Drop Hank and let the genius GM spend that saved cap money to his liking.
The stuff said on HFBoards is genius!
Nanaki
Registered User
whose gonna be left once the rangers get rid of sather, hank, danny g, nash.. whoever else is at fault for everything going wrong..
LeetchisGod
This is a bad hockey team.
Quick is a mediocre regular season goalie who gets hot in the playoffs. Chara and Bergeron are far more important to Boston's success than Rask. Thornton, Couture and Pavelski are more important to San Jose than Niemi. Vancouver is built around the Sedins and Kesler. Also none of those goalies have the cap hit that Hank will have.
NoQuitInNewMexico
it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
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Shady Brey
bmoak
Registered User
- Apr 4, 2004
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Nothing, This team needs a blank slate, as it's rotten to the foundation. I would gladly give away EVERYONE on this team if that meant that Sather and all his underlings (Clark, Gorton, Schoenfeld, Vingneault, Samuelsson, Arniel, Gernander, etc) were unceremoniously tossed out of the organization.
Yes and no. Having a great goalie probably prevents a team from getting lottery picks, but lottery picks are not the only way to build a successful team. I refuse to buy into the idea that having a great talent lowers the chances of a franchise's long term success. Having Lundqvist doesn't force Sather to pay fifteen million a year for seven years to Gomez and Drury. Or Redden. It doesn't force us to draft Sanguinetti over Giroux, Berglund, Lucic, or Marchand. Or Del Zotto over Carlson and Eberle. Having a highly paid goalie doesn't cripple a team, especially if he's earning it. Poor management does.
Quick had a phenomenal regular season the year he won the cup, vezina runner up I believe. The otehr three statements I won't even touch, because they're opinions stated as facts. Also none of them have earned the cap hit that Hank will have.
I Eat Crow
Fear The Mullet
- Jul 9, 2007
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I don't see how it can be worse than losing at home to a team that hasn't won in regulation in over a month.
Doctor King Schultz
Garian Maborik
Anyone have a replay or can explain something: about a minute before the Rangers 3rd goal the Isles got a breakaway and it looked like they scored top shelf. I was at the game and they showed no replay but everyone sitting around me was convinced it went in and was going to get reviewed when the whistle blew. How close was it?
NoQuitInNewMexico
it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
Wasn't actually close, hit square on the crossbar. But yeah, watching it on the TV my thoughts were also that it was going to the booth.
Top_Scorah19
Registered User
- Sep 4, 2006
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Im really starting to think the new size pads Lundqvist has + AV's style infront of him is REALLLY affecting him this year. I find it hard to believe we'll see the old Lundqvist anytime soon
Doctor King Schultz
Garian Maborik
I was so sure that it went in that I wasn't happy when the Rangers scored because I didn't think it was going to count. If only the team could hold on to a damn lead.
aufheben
#Norris4Fox
8th seed means nothing, they won the Cup. Boston not only won a cup around a great goalie, he won the Conn Smythe.
What am I talking about, Quick won the Conn Smythe also. Then they gave him a 10-year extension with a $4M raise.
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LeetchisGod
This is a bad hockey team.
Lottery picks are generally the way you obtain franchise forwards in their prime.
