Would Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
Yeah pretty much all the Ranger fans that i've seen on here, Say that Fowler to the Rangers makes zero sense. The Rangers need to go after Hometown boy Kevin Shattenkirk instead.
Would Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
I'd rather sign him as a free agent next year. No reason to give up assets.
He is still signed past next year and if he does become a UFA you would have to compete with many other teams no guarantee you would have him. If you trade for him he would be more likely to stay with your team.
Would Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
Would Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
How on earth can a player be elite at handling the puck and keeping possesion but have poor possesion numbers? Thats not possible...
cmon, he is not a top 2 defensemen... I have watched them a good amount and Lindholm and Vatanen are both better and Vatanen is a solid #3. Lindholm a great #2 or decent #1. Fowler is not anything special at all. Decent top 4. He also has bad possesion numbers and no matter how much you ducks fan say it doesnt matter, it does matter.
Take out Hayes.
Swap Fowler with Manson.
Done deal.
I like how you tried to pretend you observed this first hand from Fowler, but then when the bold came up I knew you just googled his analytics like everyone else. Fail.
How on earth can a player be elite at handling the puck and keeping possesion but have poor possesion numbers? Thats not possible...
A couple of things.....why is his name in rumors if he is a top 2 or 3 guy on your team? If his fancy stats are bad because of his crappy partner, should the Ducks be shopping for a partner for him instead of shopping him? And lastly, back to stats, um, well, there is a reason they keep stats and I seem to remember looking at his fancy stats a while back and they were on par with Girardi's, they might have even been slightly worse. Stats do actually stand for something. I guarantee his own team would be using those stats against him in arbitration. You can't simply say, oh stats don't matter he is a better player than that.
That said, I kind of like Fowler but I don't believe the hype and I do think he is overvalued by Ducks fans. I don't see the Rangers trying to acquire a guy they decided not to pick in favor of McIlrath.
depends on the plusWould Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
Would Ducks fans be willing to do something around Montour+ for Kreider?
What about someone like myself who has center ice and although admittedly doesn't watch a ton of ducks hockey, recognizes that while skilled offensively, he isn't a fit on the Rangers?
We need defenders stronger in our own zone. Fowler is strong at moving the puck, however just like other defenders on the team, his troubles come down to when he's pinned in his own zone.
Also, if the analytics are as bad as people are saying, that doesn't bode well for the Rangers either. We already have the Super Corsio Brothers in Staal and Girardi and it showed how bad they were this past year.
Fowler is also left side. We need right side.
Not a fit and definitely not at the cost of Miller and Hayes. I'm going after someone better at that price.
So it's not that Fowler sucks. He's just not the guy for the Rangers.
However. It brings me to the question, why is he put in every trade proposal involving the Ducks on here if he's so good? I don't put much stock in HF's mob mentality, but if you see the same player over and over again in trade proposals, something tells me the honeymoon is over.
ranger fans hardly ever watch the ducks play so they depend on about 2 stats to justify their opinions, the ducks might trade fowler because of the mismanaged salary cap by the gm when it comes to the defense and the team desperately needs a top 6 forward, with the deal vatanen got it's logical to presume the ducks may trade fowler.
I don't know why you are invoking mcilrath, 6 years after that draft and he has done absolutely nothing worthwhile in the league
depends on the plus
I know the Ducks are a budget team. What would the Ducks offer for Zucc at 50% retained (cap hit would be $2.25).
With the talent Zucc has plus retention I would think something significant. One of the young D (not Fowler) +?
What about someone like myself who has center ice and although admittedly doesn't watch a ton of ducks hockey, recognizes that while skilled offensively, he isn't a fit on the Rangers?
We need defenders stronger in our own zone. Fowler is strong at moving the puck, however just like other defenders on the team, his troubles come down to when he's pinned in his own zone.
Also, if the analytics are as bad as people are saying, that doesn't bode well for the Rangers either. We already have the Super Corsio Brothers in Staal and Girardi and it showed how bad they were this past year.
Fowler is also left side. We need right side.
Not a fit and definitely not at the cost of Miller and Hayes. I'm going after someone better at that price.
So it's not that Fowler sucks. He's just not the guy for the Rangers.
However. It brings me to the question, why is he put in every trade proposal involving the Ducks on here if he's so good? I don't put much stock in HF's mob mentality, but if you see the same player over and over again in trade proposals, something tells me the honeymoon is over.
ranger fans hardly ever watch the ducks play so they depend on about 2 stats to justify their opinions, the ducks might trade fowler because of the mismanaged salary cap by the gm when it comes to the defense and the team desperately needs a top 6 forward, with the deal vatanen got it's logical to presume the ducks may trade fowler.
I don't know why you are invoking mcilrath, 6 years after that draft and he has done absolutely nothing worthwhile in the league
This question has already been asked and addressed several times in this thread. The Ducks have arguably yhe best group of U25 defenseman in the league. We can't protect all of them. Fowler represents the most valuable trade piece that we could perhaps afford to part with in order to add a much needed impact forward. Maybe you're just taken aback by a fan base on HF actually realizing that we need to give to get.