Mika Zibanejad

[SnowblindNYR]

i don't disagree. as i said it in my other post, it is a trade off between cap space and roster flexibility.

if an agent pushes for max term, max $ plus trade protection it might be best and let the player walk or explore other options. good gm'ing is sometimes about not signing a contract. carolina for years excelled/excels in it.

Yeah but something tells me that if the Rangers let Shesterkin sign elsewhere no matter for how much they'll get ridiculed if he plays great for the other team. Like the Giants and Barkley now. It's damned if you do and damned if you don't.

 

[TBF1972]

if it was so easy every team wins the stanley cup every year.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Basically, I think NMCs are aligned with player but not fan interests. And frankly I only care about the players insofar as what helps my team win.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I don't know about anything undiagnosed but as far as I know he hasn't had a concussion in over 5 years. His insane 19-20 season was after his concussion issues. He's had all of his best seasons long after his concussions. He is either depressed or suffering from crippling confidence issues or both. But as bad as the contract looks now. It's mostly hindsight and there's no way to know a guy consistently in the 80-90 point pace range would become a non-NHL player by 31. I believe he had more than 90 points two seasons ago. This wasn't a scrub or even an injury prone player getting a big contract. It was a lemon and NMCs are frankly a disgrace. A player can just dog it for 6 years and a team has to take it.

The Zibanejad worries was always the dude's 5v5 production long term, he never moved the needle for me as a rival watching him. If I was an NYR fan, I'd want a more in the guts type of 1C, every playoff series I watched him as a Ranger, he was a perimeter guy. Granted, most of his playoff series came after the extension but it was always the risk. The move was always trading for Eichel and trading Zibanejad for those pieces back but alas. The only real thing the guy had was his shot early on too.

Yeah but something tells me that if the Rangers let Shesterkin sign elsewhere no matter for how much they'll get ridiculed if he plays great for the other team. Like the Giants and Barkley now. It's damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Funny thing you mention Saquon because I can literally see the Flyers signing Shesterkin with their need in net if he walks to UFA Would be insane if two NY sports stars become legends in Philly with the rate Barkley is going at and the Flyers are somewhat building a good team in the Metro.

 

[GbgRanger]

If a player wants a ntc or nmc they should give a substantiable discount for it.

Unfortunately rangers have been dishing put these clauses like candy

 

[SoundAndFury]

I can literally see the Flyers signing Shesterkin with their need in net if he walks to UFA <...> the Flyers are somewhat building a good team in the Metro.

Flyers have 3 goalies with NHL aspirations signed for the next season and are more or less committed to their terrible core. They are basically at stage 1 of the rebuild where they have Michkov, Luchanko and 3 first-rounders this year but they are also stuck with the players who are just bad and overpaid on the current roster. If Shestyorkin signs there with all the choices he has, he is crazier than Fox News.