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RD Adam Fox (2016, 66th, CGY; traded to CAR; traded to NYR)

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Pavel Buchnevich said:
You can get rid of Staal, and it doesn't change the situation that much. How do you accommodate three right-shot defensemen to play on the PP when you already have two right-shot forwards that are going to play on the PP? Are we going to run a PP with 3 or 4 right shots? Also, while you can always use players on their off-side for the penalty kill, it's easier to have players on their natural side. I also think its going to have a balance of roles within all sub-sections of a team. You don't want too many players of a certain style at each position, too many players who shoot R-L at a position, too many players at a position who play the same roles. It's not great to have two players who fill essentially the same role in a team on the right-side of defense, and that role is more of a specialist role for now than an all-purpose role.

We aren't going to be able to keep everyone. It's made harder when we sign players like Panarin or Trouba to big contracts. We have a first round pick RHD who should be ready in a season or two, and we have plenty of other defensemen prospects that will be ready to play next year, as well. DeAngelo is already complaining about his contract, and I don't suspect he's going to make it easier after this season. That seems like a very easy decision to make. Trade him after the season, and let someone else pay him. Fox moves up into the role he'll have played last season and this season, and someone else, like Lundkvist, can move into the third pair role on the right side.
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The Capitals have a top 2 powerplay of all-time with nothing but righties outside of Backstrom. You're making up problems that aren't there.
 
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Lua said:
A lot of Rangers and former Rangers live/lived in NYC suburbs. Last I checked, most of the players lived near the training facility in Westchester. Some of the more established players have had digs in Greenwich, CT. As far as I know, it's less common for NYR players to actually live in the city limits.
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Hmm interesting. All i know of NYC Manhattan is an amazing place to be if i didn't have family lol.
 
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tfong said:
Hmm interesting. All i know of NYC Manhattan is an amazing place to be if i didn't have family lol.
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Right outside of NYC are a lot of very nice suburban areas. Most players tend to live in the suburbs and the team practices in them.

Playing for NYR definitely doesn’t limit the ability to have a suburban family life. It’d be pretty difficult to have a legitimately rural lifestyle if a player wanted but otherwise there are a lot of ways to live in this area.
 
haveandare said:
Right outside of NYC are a lot of very nice suburban areas. Most players tend to live in the suburbs and the team practices in them.

Playing for NYR definitely doesn’t limit the ability to have a suburban family life. It’d be pretty difficult to have a legitimately rural lifestyle if a player wanted but otherwise there are a lot of ways to live in this area.
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Being from Philly with family in NY, I can say first hand that there are wonderful suburbs outside of NYC and great beaches in the summer as well.

Playing hockey in Manhattan for the New York Rangers, then raising a family in a suburb like West Chester, and vacationing in Beach Haven LBI every summer would be an incredible life.
 
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This guy was really good in the first preseason game after scoring a lot of points at the prospect tournament. His breakouts from his own zone were excellent to watch in the game against NJ today. I’d be surprised if he didn’t make the team. He’s NHL ready. Whether it’s worth losing a second round pick so he can start in the NHL is a different story.
 
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Boxscore said:
There's zero chance that a PP with Panarin and Kakko on it will be among the worst. ZERO.
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Well the Columbus PP, with Panarin and some other pretty decent players on it, just finished with the 4th worst PP in the league last season. So I wouldn't exactly say there's zero chance.
 
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Bank Shot said:
Having a left handed playmaker and 4 right handed shooters is the perfect setup.
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Yep, accurate. That's the optimal layout for a PP, period - with either 4 lefties or 4 righties. Not sure why PB thinks having an optimal layout is problematic.
 
ijuka said:
Yep, accurate. That's the optimal layout for a PP, period - with either 4 lefties or 4 righties. Not sure why PB thinks having an optimal layout is problematic.
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What's the reference point for this idea aside from the Capitals? That Capitals PP includes a guy that might end up the best goal-scorer in league history, so I wouldn't try comparing any PP to that PP. Has this 4 righties PP worked before in the past for other teams? Usually teams try to pair 1-2 righties with 4-5 lefties.
 
Pavel Buchnevich said:
What's the reference point for this idea aside from the Capitals? That Capitals PP includes a guy that might end up the best goal-scorer in league history, so I wouldn't try comparing any PP to that PP. Has this 4 righties PP worked before in the past for other teams? Usually teams try to pair 1-2 righties with 4-5 lefties.
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What? Yeah, I'd try that too, but wouldn't want "too many men" called against me.

The simple reason for doing 1 rightie with 4 lefties is because most players tend to be lefties, so teams have more of those than righties. The concept of 1 leftie with 4 righties is the exact same as 1 rightie with 4 lefties. The main effective difference is in the opposing goalie's handedness, and not really a concern.

The reason it's effective is because the power play-running defenseman, the slot forward and the other circle forward all have one timer handedness with the playmaking forward, who also has one timer handedness with all of these. The netfront guy can be either or, but gives a stronger potential scoring threat if he also is the opposite handedness from the main playmaking forward. That's the least important one, though.
 
ijuka said:
What? Yeah, I'd try that too, but wouldn't want "too many men" called against me.

The simple reason for doing 1 rightie with 4 lefties is because most players tend to be lefties, so teams have more of those than righties. The concept of 1 leftie with 4 righties is the exact same as 1 rightie with 4 lefties. The main effective difference is in the opposing goalie's handedness, and not really a concern.

The reason it's effective is because the power play-running defenseman, the slot forward and the other circle forward all have one timer handedness with the playmaking forward, who also has one timer handedness with all of these. The netfront guy can be either or, but gives a stronger potential scoring threat if he also is the opposite handedness from the main playmaking forward. That's the least important one, though.
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Yeah, that’s an error on my part. I meant 3-4 instead of 4-5. It’s an interesting idea. We’ll see how it works, if that’s what the team employs.

I have no clue how the PP’s are going to look this season and we’ll see who is even on the roster. Putting aside the forwards aspect of it to discuss Fox’s position, there are some moving parts there between him and DeAngelo. It’s possible both are on the team to start the season, but it’s not a certainty with either player. Trouba will probably play the PP in some regard, as well. If all three are on the team, will all three be on the PP? It’s hard to say at this point.
 
Calad said:
You must be thinking of Ty Smith, handled the puck like a hot potato
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no your other guy skjei (which is even worse that he was doing that ), Ty had a horrible night. The fact that it ended up in the goal is just the icing. There were other turnovers as well. To make matters worse, if the doesnt pan out, we have to send him back to jr's . Again its preseason, now is when we learn lessons, not later. He gets a few passes at 19, how old is skjei?
 
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