He'll always be on that second pair with Fox around. Which is fine, he also doesn't get PP time. But our defense is awful, he's one of the only players we aren't holding our breath over every other shift when he's on.
I mean, the Canucks’ potential obsession hasn’t caused them to lose out on a trade that might’ve produced a Stanley cup though.
NFLPA is the worst players association in sports. They get absolutely bullied in every négociations , I agree with you on the NMC stuff but the relation between the NHLPA and NHL is alot healthier than NFLPA and NFL or MLBPA and MLB who are lopsided on one end of it
That’s fine. My point is Miller in his prime, when the Rangers’ core was also in their prime, was a potential missed opportunity. And yet Drury is still trying to chase after a worse, more expensive JT.
(opinion) Yes, depending on how much of an anchor the contracts coming back are. Adding significant futures would theoretically be fine, since they can always flip futures for a roster C/D after
They've only won 3 rounds in over 10 years. I'd say they had a lot more problems than 1 potential trade. But speculation is speculation, there's no way to know that JT Miller would have pushed them to be cup favorites with Gallant behind the bench. JT Miller can be traded today and absolutely bomb with the current parameter style NYR play. Also, Chytil was pretty damn good in that ECF run years ago. I'd argue that really started his breakout success that was heading in the right direction. It might have been a missed opportunity, but we also had a core that was actually putting up points, and I think Miller would have received less minutes here.
Truly the worst possible outcome. Ottawa did the same with guys with Stone, Karlsson and Duchene and it takes a long time to recover from these types of blunders.
My favorite quote is from Friedman "When you have to make a deal, the other GM's aren't throwing you a life-preserver, they are throwing you an anchor."
Who gave up on who first? Sounds like the team gave up on him. Hard to give your all for a management who is trying to trade you. Wjhy should he try and max out the return for a lacklustre team that is dumping him?
Kotkaniemi, Drury, Morrow, '25 1st
The NFLPA might as well not even exist....
IF "there are other teams trying to land Miller."
Both leagues share 50% of their revenue with the players. And i don't think a NMC changes the dollar value of a player's contract much, it's more or less expected on high value contracts.
I would assume that SC's value is significantly less than Miller's due to difference in production after coming back from injury while having similar term/AAV left. I like Bonk, but wouldn't think that would be enough to bridge the gap.
Even going beyond the anti-labor stuff, people always say they want more flexibility and player movement but if they got it I don't think they would be very happy. Look at the NBA where players hardly stay on a team for more than a couple of years and it's impossible to follow or understand the rules at all. That's without even bringing up the fact that if you're a bad team or a small market team or both it's ridiculously difficult to hold onto your best players, let alone become a real contender. Think about how shitty it would be for Buffalo and their fans right now if Dahlin was on year one of a two or three year extension and not an eight year one.
If/when Miller is dealt, I highly doubt Vancouver will want an older or even similarly aged player with a similar contract. The idea is, they aren’t the contender they maybe thought they were, so trading in Miller’s contract for that of players who better fit their age group around Hughes/Pettersson, is the way they plan to go.
its fine, ride or die with demko. quite clear this year is a year to make hard decisions anyways, and cut off the cancers
