TheBloodyNine
Pure Bred Soviet Savage
That was like Stamkos coming off the bench with a snipe, and then he was done.
Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LIX
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LaffyTaffy
Brooklyn-Belarussian
Im really glad @RangerBoy is okay but I hope his loved ones are too, whatever the reason for the hiatus I hope it isnt too dire. Hope he is back full time.
bleedblue94
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If you make the trade for eichel it's not with an eye to wait for Lundkvist to develop into your top pairing d man, and as much as we all love fox he still needs development time to see if he hits that top pairing d level. fox really didn't have to do the heavy lifting this year, nor should he as a rookie. He very well may be able to in the future but I think there is a difference in letting a player grow into that role versus throwing him in there without a net. With as weak as the left side of our d is right now I don't see it wise to remove our right side d who is our matchup defenseman.
DutchShamrock
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I wouldn't read into it. There was a bit of backlash on the messengers yesterday so its probably a little break or normal life taking precedent.
NYR Viper
Registered User
And then he disappeared back into the mist.
HatTrick Swayze
Just Be Nice
Agreed. He also chimed in to say, and I’m paraphrasing, none of this is really news and consistent with things he mentioned earlier. Not to put words in his mouth but I’d expect this falls under “not much new to report”.
We as a board have gone a little wild with the BM tweets, all in good fun in a NYR starved year if you ask me.
Trouba included in a package for Eichel do make some sense for the Sabres. His 8 mill. signing bonus is paid already I believe. And for the years remaining his total cap hit is 48 mill, but salary is only 36 mill. And I know Buffalo has been looking for a partner for Dahlin.
Edge probably got bored with telling us all to chill out about Eichel after the collective freak out and needed a mental break. 
Rongomania
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Yeah, I absolutely believe we don't have to do much right now. This year will be a measuring stick at the NHL level for many of our guys.
Next season we'll have much more clarity about where many of these guys are at.
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LaffyTaffy
Brooklyn-Belarussian
Edge just made the new mock draft thread for the 24th pick, so he is on here. You guys must have pissed him off yesterday, for shame.
haohmaru
boomshakalaka
Well, if it were me and my budget was limited then I’d be spending it on players that are wearing my team’s jersey not someone else’s.
Rangers in 7
Registered User
Not to mention, it would be difficult for Buffalo to get a player like Trouba to agree to the term he's already agreed to.
That difference is decidedly smaller than the difference between Trouba and Hedman.
Brooklyn Rangers Fan
Change is good.
Anyone who was around to watch Lindros pre-Stevens-hit would never discount how dominant he was. I started watching hockey seriously in the mid-80s, and for my money, the top-10 most dominant players I've ever seen – based strictly on ability to take over a game – were, in order:
Gretzky
Lemieux
Lindros
Hasek (curveball!)
Crosby
McDavid
Jagr
Lidström
Messier
Ovechkin
HM:
Bourque
Brodeur
Bure
Chelios
Coffey
Dastyuk
Karlsson
Leetch
Roy
Stevens
1) no taxes
2) he signed in 2016 when they cap was $73 mil...the same cap % today is 8.79 mil
I think Eichel's impact in a game would be greater than Trouba's. Fox can step up.
haohmaru
boomshakalaka
I rage when people say we need to trade trouba but if we are talking eichel you still make the deal. its easier to replace trouba than find an eichel.
Almost like the market changes from year to year and AAVs grow as the cap rises. But hey, whatever pushes the narrative, right?
Li? Munster? Gonna need clarification here.
I understand that. But my view is that the offer is good enough without it. They can certainly ask for anything they want.
Rongomania
Registered User
I was working on this theory that Edge was Eddie Olczyk but that got disproved while Edge was posting during the SCF while Eddie O was talking on air.Edge probably got bored with telling us all to chill out about Eichel after the collective freak out and needed a mental break.
Does anyone remember Edge ever posting anything related to horse racing? LOL
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