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You sure? The guy was the 2nd most PK time in the league.
Big reason why the Leafs, as brutal as they were, still had almost a top 10 PK.
And to compare the Rangers:
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Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYR] Michael Grabner (2 years, $1.600M AAV)
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You sure? The guy was the 2nd most PK time in the league.
Big reason why the Leafs, as brutal as they were, still had almost a top 10 PK.
And to compare the Rangers:
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Jyrki Lumme
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Look, I watched pretty well all of the Leafs' games last year, he isn't anything special on the PK.
McDonagh27
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Can you come up with a better reason then "you've watched all Leafs games?" Anything specific you can point to to prove your point that he isn't anything special on the PK?
Jyrki Lumme
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Basically positionally he is just ok, doesn't have a particularly active stick, will not get involved along the boards. Has a tendency to cherry pick around the point. His best asset on the PK is his speed, while it's not what it used to be, he's still quite fast. This leads to what I'd say is his best virtue on the PK, which is his threat to get breakaways, which keeps the opposing d honest.
I mean he's ok, and you can definitely use him on your PK, but I just don't think he has the motor or the smarts to be an elite PKer.
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Grabner is money on the PK. Good shot blocker and he's a one man breakout. In fact the PK is pretty much the best use of his skillset since his biggest deficiencies are his lack of vision, bad hands in tight and only an average shot.
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Nope, teams will keep their gameplan as is given that Grabner doesn't finish his breakaways. Easily one of the worst regular players on the Leafs that contributed to the last place finish with nothing short of horrendous offensive touch. Zero physicality to speak of which is not admirable in a bottom six role. Best suited as a fourth liner that exclusively kills penalties and doesn't see such much (if any) ice 5 on 5.
New York overpaid by 1 million dollars and a year in term.
Suntouchable13
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A loss? Leafs fans are not crying about losing Grabner, I assure you. He is good on the PK, that's about it. It sounds like that's what the Rangers got him for so good for them. I won't miss him as a Leafs fan at all.
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Lol. The inevitable collapse of a team that gave away every draft pick and prospect
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His breakaway speed is still pretty good, but the guy couldn't score on a soccer net last season.....
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What have the Islanders achieved recently by keeping their picks/prospects? Rangers would just have to replace 2-3 bad players to stay as a top team in the east
... with the goalie pulled. It's a really amazing collapse since his rookie year.
Yes, Rangers were one of only 8 teams to be eliminated in the first round last year. If I recall, Islanders went farther and still have their best days ahead thanks to all those prospects.
He's hagelin lighter than light.. Not a point guy and not as fast as he was but he should give us more than 19 points this year on a better team and at that price you can't go wrong. We got a great depth signing
MattMartin
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I really love this signing for the Rangers. I really love where the team is headed.
