Love this. I still have concerns about the mental makeup of the team but a healthy Chytil replacing Bonino is a massive massive upgrade to the roster
Here's another guy who probably wouldn't be expensive and who's team may be looking to shuffle some things around for their own run. Steven Lorentz. He played more center last year than this year and his TOI has been cut back dramatically. He makes $1.05m this season. He's generally a pretty physical player as well
Well thats the thing. They've given too much. They don't have ammorespectfully my friend, more of the same = more of the same.
stop adding vets esp min value vets
pay + get foundation pieces, who are principally best quality youth
it helps when doing this not to have given away so many assets
99% of the stiff on here isStill fan fiction.
Pedantic as usual.
Zibs has a 1.49 pts/60 rate 5v5. That's garbage. Brodzinski has a better rate.
The point is he sucks at 5v5 and it's a major hinderance to the team
This. Good teams don't blow a lot of money on the bottom 6. The third line is a great place for prospects, and the 4th line can often be filled by either fringe prospects or veterans on the scrap heap who want to keep their career going (like bringing back Vesey last year), and who still have some value at league minimum.respectfully my friend, more of the same = more of the same.
stop adding vets esp min value vets
pay + get foundation pieces, who are principally best quality youth
it helps when doing this not to have given away so many assets
Think Lindgren is talking about him being the in between interview every other gameTell me the name of the last “lesser” D on the Rangers top pair that the majority fans didn’t shit on?
Misusing stats? lol. Nearly every metric leads to Zibs being average to well below average at 5v5.As I said, lazy. And I don't have the patience to try to educate someone who thinks that way so I will allow you to continue on in ignorance.
Misusing stats is worse than not knowing the stats at all and you're doing a really good job at it so keep it up.
Get. Kreider. Off. Zibanejad's. Line.
Kreider was a massive 5 v 5 play driver up until last year. Zib is rubbing off on him too much.
Give me these lines for 5 games and see how they go
Panarin-Trochek-Laf
Cuylle-Zib-Vesey
Kreider-Edstrom-Kakko
Goodrow-Bonino-Brodzinski
Miller-Fox
Lindgren-Trouba
Gus-Schneider
Chytil centers the 1st line if he comes back
Trochek slides down to the Kreider-Kakko line.
Zib needs a play driver on his line to be successful. Cuylle is just good enough at this point at finishing that the line could work well.
Bonino out and Edstrom in his place once everyone's healthy. Wheeler gets shot into the sun. Acquire a bottom six rental with a motor a la Derek Dorsett at the deadline. Go to war. A lot of "maybe's" in this however.
A team that would.probably take Goody with his contract is Chicago. They just overpaid Foligno to give Berardi some grit/protection. Goody would fit in well with them and maybe be a nice trade chip down the road with 50% retained. By then they should be closer to competitive.
He would outscore our entire bottom sixshit Chytil bring Jagr back with you, that monster would still outscore Kakko easily.
I mean, in fairness, the way Kakko's offense has been this year, the other guy in the picture (Radek Duda) would probably outscore KK too.shit Chytil bring Jagr back with you, that monster would still outscore Kakko easily.
But do you get what you are saying?Well thats the thing. They've given too much. They don't have ammo
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Jagr is special but y’all do realize he was waived and contract terminated when the Flames realized he wasn’t an effective player in the NHL anymore, six years ago.He would outscore our entire bottom six
He needs to take whatever pills Panarin is taking this season.That makes me think the problem is Zibanejad, and the eye test bears that out.
He floats, won't shoot from high danger areas at even strength, and is predictable AF on the PP, and is responsible for half the touches that end up going the other way when he either misses the net on the patented overhyped one timer, or gets beat along the wall for a loose puck.
Kreider hasn't exactly been a bull along the wall either, but when the puck heads in his direction for a battle it's at least 50/50, and he's good in front of the net.
Zibanejad is only good off the rush, and only sometimes, and that's only if the D and the goalie haven't already figured out he's going to try the cross ice goalmouth pass to Kreider at the weakside no matter how fast he enters the zone or what angle he takes to the net.
Yeah. Florida is not selling. Nor is Detroit for that matter.If he is valuable and it's important to have depth then why is Florida trading him from what would be a 6th or 7th round pick? They have the 2nd most pts in the league. They don't need the cap space and they can just include him in any trade if they did need to clear more space. They did it with Vatrano but Vatrano made a lot more money and that helped open the space to fit Giroux. If they really needed space now, I'd think they'd rather waive him and hope he goes unclaimed to keep him in the organization rather than trade him for what amounts to nothing.
Zero reason going back and forth with that bozo. I've been on this site long enough now to know the guys shtick. Just about every post from the sad little man is some gotcha condescending retort. He never really offers anything meaningful to the boards, its generally just to take digs at people... I guess it gives him fulfillment from his sad life. Emphasizing metrics that everyone else has access to as if it's some enlightened position bestowing upon the ignorant masses. Generally this site isn't bad, even if you don't agree with someone... but there's been a few posters over the years that are just completely off-putting trashMisusing stats? lol. Nearly every metric leads to Zibs being average to well below average at 5v5.
You just get triggered when people use certain stats/verbiage for some reason.... It's not that serious. It obviously isn't an absolute determined future outcome.
Missing the point all together, or are you arguing Zibs is good 5v5?
Lindgren is an offseason move if anything. He's not getting dealt during the year.
Ghost could barely find a job this year. Pass.