I don't think Zibanejad's contract is anywhere near worse enough to merit a 1st added on NYR side. In fact, I think it's far more likely that Preds would be the ones adding. Stamkos is totally cooked at 5v5. He can be a useful addition on the powerplay, with the right people around him (which NYR has). But as much as Z hasn't been great lately, he's still a useful player at even strength.
I'd like to say "good" and that it might lead to productive changes, but all it will mean is a kid or character scrub gets benched/scratched/traded and the country club vets keep country clubbing.
I'm guessing it was Saros and Annunen arguing over who gets the Juice nickname. Annunen does have the better save percentage for us this season so I could see why he'd be incensed he has to give it up.
Well... i will say that the Ottawa game finally had a more even handed approach to TOI for the forwards. Younger players like Evangelista, Svechkov, Novak, etc were given around 14 mins TOI and Marh/Stamkos were limited to around 16 mins TOI. Evangelista accounted for 4 SOG and March + Stamkos had 1. Novak - 3, L'Heureux - 3, Svechkov - 2 (1 was a goal), hell Wilsby had 3 and he is a rookie dman. 2 of the 40G scorers we brought in had 1 SOG between them. Forsberg had 4 by himself as well. If those guys are sitting back waiting for someone to dish em a puck for a tap in, that isnt going to happen with the level of playmakers we have out there. They have to help create space and make shot opportunities.
Yeah this isn't my normal source so I'm not sure I believe it as much as other reports I've gotten. Not sure they even travel with the team.
I wouldnt doubt for a second that there is a ton of turmoil in the group at the moment. Vet goalscorers arent scoring goals.
There’s been chatter about moving any player under the sun here although because we have almost no center depth he’s one who is generally considered someone we should keep around. In any case, there is a massive disconnect between what the posters here want and what our FO is doing so what we think is almost completely irrelevant to what will actually happen.
We suck and are obviously going to suck. That said - our center depth is just terrible. Unless we get one heck of an offer, i dont see us moving from RoR.
Depending on the price, you have to put him out there. I wouldn't move him barring a crazy overpayment.
It just takes a few emergency recalls and we're getting close to that with the number of injuries.
Empathy is worse than anger, and our lack of booing shows empathy. You boo when you have expectations, and they're not being met. We've stopped expecting to win. The points concerning the in-arena fans are spot-on. It's a sad by-product of success and growth. The question now is, are the Preds too big to fail? In the old days, attendance was fragile and a constant issue. We've "sold out" during this down streak. Will that continue because we have enough convention-goers, corporations, and tourism? We'll see.
