Surely you hire the best person for the job, not the nice guy who you get on with?
Having said that, sports teams seem to do a lot of strange hirings
Confirmed with Link: Rangers Will Buy Out Dan Girardi
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Surely you hire the best person for the job, not the nice guy who you get on with?
Having said that, sports teams seem to do a lot of strange hirings
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Machinehead
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There's a disconnect between AV and reality, so assuming Gorton lives on this planet with the rest of us...
eco's bones
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Scouting and coaching have to start somewhere and players are hired for that purpose after their careers are over and it works out for some and not for others but not everyone always has previous experience. It's a learning thing unless that is all you want is a bunch of really old guys.
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It's an interesting thought.
Things that are true about Girardi:
1. He played 22 minutes a night in the playoffs this year
2. He was bought out a month later.
That's gotta be a negative on 'talent-judgment' for AV, no?
NoQuitInNewMexico
it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
I always figured McDonagh must have been cool with the pairing, because if he said anything else, as much as G deserved respect as a player and as a guy for all the minutes and the shot blocks and the ****ty injuries and coming up from being undrafted...McD's still the star player, right? I don't think we'll ever get that answer though.
Undrafted and dedicated to showing the Rangers they made a good choice. It's another step on the road for Danny G. I hope he does well wherever he goes and whatever he does. Maybe he gets on a team, gets just enough minutes and enjoys himself there too. I will miss him.
Girardi was a warrior, but he clearly went downhill the last couple years. I wish him the best.
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AV likes "balanced pairings" or pairing that have one good player and one bad player so none of the three pairings are step through the trailer home flooring and step on a pile of your neighbor's dog **** bad.
I would argue AV knew well enough. Management must have discussed the eventual buyout possibilities with AV last summer. Prime Klein never played with McDonagh. Struggling Holden played with McDonagh. Struggling Staal switched to the right side to be sheltered by McDonagh. That's AV defense pairings for you. Protect with McDonagh but at the same time give a terrible player in need of protection 20 minutes a night
What's a negative on "talent-judgment" for AV is the fact that in keeping with his "good-bad balance pairing", he managed to ice Staal-Holden.
BroadwayStorm
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Dan Girardi was a warhorse. A warrior and a man's man. And once upon a time for a while was a shutdown #1 defensive dman. No one has taken more pucks to the body than Girardi. A great Ranger.
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Incoming staal McD pairing....
U know the rangers would do something like...
McD staal
Skjei trouba
Cuz av gonna av
U know the rangers would do something like...
McD staal
Skjei trouba
Cuz av gonna av
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It makes perfect sense when you consider the alternatives. You also have to consider that McD is used to playing with G and probably prefers playing with G outside of other options. The only other player who could have maybe filled that role was Smith, but he was new to the team and the system and had developed a good rapport with Skjei. No sense in breaking them up. Who else are you putting on the top pair? Clendening? Holden? Sometimes the devil you know is better.
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What were his alternatives though? Clendening? The organization isn't retaining him, so obviously they feel like he was crap too. Klein was incredibly inconsistent all year. Holden played in that role for a bit, then faltered.
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I'm figuring the Rangers are going to be breaking in a cheap D or two out of Bereglazov,, Pionk and Graves this year. The Rangers are going to need to be circumspect about the cap and FWIW I wouldn't be surprised if the cap stays about the same for two-three more years.
Nash comes off the books after next year but Skjei if he improves is going to get a really nice raise. McDonagh in two years if he maintains his level of play is going to make a lot more then $4.7 mil per and he's easily a better player than Shattenkirk or Brendan Smith.
For that reason as well I think Staal is on notice too--if the Rangers can offset his salary--even make some savings with a cheaper, younger D he might be gone next year.
Which is to say it might not be all high profile defensemen like Shattenkirk or Trouba that wind up here. At best only one guy like that.
Nash comes off the books after next year but Skjei if he improves is going to get a really nice raise. McDonagh in two years if he maintains his level of play is going to make a lot more then $4.7 mil per and he's easily a better player than Shattenkirk or Brendan Smith.
For that reason as well I think Staal is on notice too--if the Rangers can offset his salary--even make some savings with a cheaper, younger D he might be gone next year.
Which is to say it might not be all high profile defensemen like Shattenkirk or Trouba that wind up here. At best only one guy like that.
Maliks PlusMinus
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Did a great job for a long time and never stopped giving everything. I hope everything goes well for him.
haohmaru
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The scary thing about this is that this means the Rangers think Staal has something left in the tank.
Tawnos
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Side effect of buying out Girardi: Staal may be more amenable to waiving his NTC in order to be dealt to a team who won't buy him out.
