Proposal: Rangers - Flyers

Kshahdoo

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The Flyers get Zibanejad
The Rangers get Tippett, Cates (salary reason, his contract is over after this season)

Rangers get $2.3M free space after this season plus a winger who can skate and shoot.
Flyers get a veteran center who probably needs a change of scenery.
 

Crazy8oooo

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The Flyers get Zibanejad
The Rangers get Tippett, Cates (salary reason, his contract is over after this season)

Rangers get $2.3M free space after this season plus a winger who can skate and shoot.
Flyers get a veteran center who probably needs a change of scenery.
5 points in 5 games but he needs a change of scenery?

Yet Tippett who has 1 point in 5 games is described as someone who can skate and shoot.
 
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Rangers lose a center here. Tippett would then play with Kreider and ?
This doesn't make sense for either team. Flyers aren't in a must win the cup now situation.
 

FlyguyOX

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Ziba doesn't fit flyers timeline. Flyers say no. Tippett leads team in scoring chances. The points will come.
 

Dfence033

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Rangers must desperately need a charitable tax deduction to consider this trade.

Owen Tippett can “shoot?” He shoots about as much as Zibanejad but would need to score on >40% more of them to match “change of scenery” Zibanejad. “Change of scenery” Zibanejad has almost as many assists over the last season + 5 games as “skate and shoot” Tippett has points.

What current/known 1C has ever been traded as a “change of scenery” short of reported attitude issues? And even if you can find a 2C with attitude issues who was traded, the return was a hell of a lot higher than a W with half of the production of the C and a cap dump.
 

HeadLiceHatty

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Flyers fan, Tippett is ass, Rangers hard lose this trade. Tippett will remain a streaky 20-25 goal scorer who's extremely limited by his low hockey IQ, Zibby is just many levels above when he turns it on.
 
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LokiDog

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Zib doesn’t really need a change of scenery - he needs a serious sit down and something other than “gentle parenting” from his coach and GM about what his expectations and responsibilities are and how much time he spends with his toys (making music, etc) versus how committed he is to winning, because for better or worse, he is the 1C on a contending team and that team’s window is another 2-3 years at most. It’s time to stop the pouty, passive, spoiled act and give yourself a cup check and go play with the intensity of just 3-4 years ago when he was genuinely probably a top 10-15 C. He’s just a massive wimp. Like the wimpiest.
 

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