Confirmed with Link: [NYR/NSH] Michael Del Zotto for Kevin Klein

[nikonsniper*]

Holy crap people. If you haven't sen him play stop analyzing the trade like you have. Klein will be a perfect top-4 d-man on this team. He is a tough, in-your-face defensive d-man who skates well and can drop the gloves if need be.

He is 29, but he is also signed at 2.9 million for 4 more years after this one. That's a GREAT contract.

Is he a crease-clearer?

 

[slipknottin]

Defensively? A LOT better.

I feel like this is a total myth

If he is much better defensively than stralman then he should be a top pairing guy and playing over girardi

 

[Machinehead]

The Rangers essentially got a poor man's Girardi.

Well I don't know about that. Klein can skate.

 

[Samuel Culper III]

I feel like this is a total myth

If he is much better defensively than stralman then he should be a top pairing guy and playing over girardi

I'm positive you've never seen him play. Jesus.

 

[NYR Viper]

Then why isn't he playing more? Why isn't he playing against the other teams' best players? Give him Girardi's minutes and he won't do as well.

He gets literally '0' PP time.

 

[aufheben]

I'm excited, I love stay at home defensemen.

 

[NYR Viper]

Is he a crease-clearer?

He is a similar player to Girardi. People will like him a lot.

 

[aufheben]

Stop talking about him. Its too painful to be reminded.

I can't, he was one of my favorite Rangers.

 

[NYR Viper]

I feel like this is a total myth

If he is much better defensively than stralman then he should be a top pairing guy and playing over girardi

Klein is much better defensively than Anton.

 

[slipknottin]

I'm positive you've never seen him play. Jesus.

So he isn't good enough to be a top pairing guy? But he is massively better than the rangers 2nd pairing guy? Who all season has played better than the first pairing guy?

And this thought process works for you?

 

[NYR Viper]

Another HUGE positive of this deal is John Moore finally gets to play with a vet. He needs a stay-at-home partner so he can open up his game and jump into the rush more.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Klein is much better defensively than Anton.

I think he'll be on the pair with Staal.

I think AV will try and find offense from Stralman by pairing him with Moore.

 

[Blueshirt Special]

Yep I heard that on Boomer's show as well. Guess I will have to listen to his program more often,

Yeah but it's painful to get through all the crap from the other yo-yo

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Klein is a great player to have. We could definitely use him in our top 4. MDZ fell out of favor, best of luck to him and I hope he reaches his potential but hes being wasted right now and we need a rock like Klein.

 

[slipknottin]

Klein is much better defensively than Anton.

I still think this is fans under rating how good stralman has become.

 

[gardenparty]

You've got to love the posters who, most nights, would have gladly traded Del Zotto for a bag of pucks, but somehow expected Seth Jones in return.

I expect AV was consulted on this deal before it was consummated. He would have seen a lot of Klein coaching the Canucks (especially in the playoffs). If he gave it the rubber stamp, I am more than okay with it.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Pairings this year:

McD - Klein
Staal - Girardi
Moore - Stralman

Next year?

McD - Klein
Staal - Girardi
Moore - McI

?

 

[NYR Viper]

I still think this is fans under rating how good stralman has become.

No one is stating who is the better overall defenseman. Defensively, Klein is better. Offensively, Stralman is better.

 

[Barnaby]

Agreed, but I would've much rather packaged MDZ with someone like Brassard to make an actual trade.

This is a sideways trade for what should've been a trade chip that could've been used to improve the team. I think we failed to do that.

I agree, but this is reality, not NHL2014. Saying add Brassard doesn't necessarily get you a great 2C. MDZ has been awful all year, and I think Klein is a great return.

 

[Greg02]

So he isn't good enough to be a top pairing guy? But he is massively better than the rangers 2nd pairing guy? Who all season has played better than the first pairing guy?

And this thought process works for you?

Stralman hasn't played better than Girardi in my opinion. Girardi gets tougher minutes and handles them better for the most part. Stralman has improved a lot, but he lets people get into the defensive zone and below the hashmarks too easily.

 

[slipknottin]

No one is stating who is the better overall defenseman. Defensively, Klein is better. Offensively, Stralman is better.

Stralman does nothing offensively anymore.

But he has become an excellent defensive player

I think you are looking at what stralman was supposed to be instead of what he has actually become

 

[Killem Dafoe]

You've got to love the posters who, most nights, would have gladly traded Del Zotto for a bag of pucks, but somehow expected Seth Jones in return.

I expect AV was consulted on this deal before it was consummated. He would have seen a lot of Klein coaching the Canucks (especially in the playoffs). If he gave it the rubber stamp, I am more than okay with it.

I'm 96% sure that he did.

 

[pld459666]

Another HUGE positive of this deal is John Moore finally gets to play with a vet. He needs a stay-at-home partner so he can open up his game and jump into the rush more.

McD - Girardi
Staal - Stralman
Moore - Klein

If this was based on the #1 thru #6

McD - Staal - Girardi - Klein - Stralman - Moore

take away Klein's physicality and he is Stralman

Or as the great Ace Ventura once pointed out

"Finkel is Einhorn!"

 

[Inferno]

ppl forget how well MDZ played defensively 2 years ago.

This system, and the asinine man to man coverage was what killed his value.

 

[Trxjw]

People are out to lunch if they think Klein is taking over for Girardi on the top pairing.