Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXII

[Irishguy42]

Chicago just shed off 3.25M in cap and Maatta is easy to replace.

Not really seeing the downside here.

 

[Mac n Gs]

FWIW, it makes zero sense to not qualify Strome whether or not you want to keep him. Brooks also mentioned that DeAngelo, Georgiev, and Lemieux have received their QOs.

 

[LaffyTaffy]

lol what

 

[Thirty One]

FWIW, it makes zero sense to not qualify Strome whether or not you want to keep him. Brooks also mentioned that DeAngelo, Georgiev, and Lemieux have received their QOs.

I don’t get it. You can walk away from any arbitration award over $4.5 million.

 

[Fitzy]

JFC if the let him go for nothing...

hell you can drop him after his arbitration award if it’s really that bad...

Pretty strange stuff from brooks

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Why wouldn't they extend him a QO? I thought his QO is going to be the same as last year due to games played or something

Unless they're going to trade him before Tuesday, which I think is 60/40 at this point

 

[bl02]

Some teams interested in trading down with San Jose for 31 and 34? I wouldn't be surprised if we were one of the teams. I guess something that would be done on draft day anyway. Tough call to give up #22 but #31 and #34 should be two decent picks. Heck a guy like Mysak could even drop to that range.

 

[SA16]

I'm no fan of Strome but not extending a QO makes zero sense.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I don't even like Strome and 4.5 million is reasonable for one year. Come on Larry

 

[Vitto79]

Id be surprised if Strome isn’t qualified but may aswell trade him for picks if that’s a possibility

 

[Thirty One]

Why wouldn't the extend him a QO? I thought his QO is going to be the same as last year due to games played or something

Unless they're going to trade him before Tuesday, which I think is 60/40 at this point

I guess the fear is that he gets an award just below the walk-away threshold, but that’s a very manageable salary still, IMO

 

[Mac n Gs]

I don’t get it. You can walk away from any arbitration award over $4.5 million.

Exactly. There's zero downside to offering him the QO, and they'd only be hurting themselves if they let him go to UFA.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Some teams interested in trading down with San Jose for 31 and 34? I wouldn't be surprised if we were one of the teams. I guess something that would be done on draft day anyway. Tough call to give up #22 but #31 and #34 should be two decent picks. Heck a guy like Mysak could even drop to that range.

Depending who’s available yeah I’d be down for that. Not many of the guys around 22 excite me. Maybe we can get a faller

 

[Avery16]

<wide eyes emoji>

well, I’ll give this FO credit for something- they’re smarter than a lot of the people on here.

 

[duhmetreE]

FWIW, it makes zero sense to not qualify Strome whether or not you want to keep him. Brooks also mentioned that DeAngelo, Georgiev, and Lemieux have received their QOs.

That makes no sense.... Unless something else is lined up

 

[Fitzy]

That makes no sense.... Unless something else is lined up

he has trade value, so even if they do it still makes zero sense.

 

[Thirty One]

I guess that means they have other 2C irons in the fire that they want to see how they develop before Tuesday.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I guess that means they have other 2C irons in the fire that they want to see how they develop before Tuesday.

That's my take as well. Seems like Larry isn't clued into that info though lol

 

[duhmetreE]

The Rangers are weighing the pluses and minuses, the impact on the cap and on the roster. If Chytil can’t make it with Panarin and Strome is not here, then who would play with the Hart finalist?

Oh, that’s right. I forgot. Jack Eichel, obviously.

Brooks trolling? or there's actually smoke?

 

[Boris Zubov]

The odds of Suzuki/Kotkaniemi/Stutzle being better than Eichel are low (very low for the 1st 2).

Yes, salary is an asset, but if you are Buffalo would you rather have Stutzle + something Jeff Carter (just inserting a guy with some cap hit) and have a C to build on since you now don't have one without Eichel....

or a RD that you don't need that now makes you go 4+4 for expansion draft and thus lose Middlestadt(probably a bust but why lose him if you don't have to)?

It seems really weird to me that people say "If Buffalo is trading Eichel then that means he wants out so his value is low even with his outstanding numbers."

But at the same time say "Hey DeAngelo put up great numbers" and totally brush off the idea that the Rangers are trading him because they don't want to commit to him (being the 3rd team to do so before he was 25) and are essentially choosing a guy who has never played a second of NA hockey. I mean, doesn't that seem like if Eichel's value is lowered by these factors that DeAngelo's would be as well or do those kinds of things only affect the other team?

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There's no reason for them to trade him if he doesn't demand to leave. They'll never get equal value for him, so it behooves them to keep him. Historically look at what other top players have returned in big deals. Guys like Erik Karlsson, Jaromir Jagr, Joe Thornton, & even all the way back to Gretzky returned quantity, not quality. If Eichel demands a trade, all it does is lower his value even further.

Regardless, not many teams have the cap space &/or prospects that it would require for a deal, so that 10 team bidding war being promulgated in the media is basically wishful thinking.

 

[bl02]

That makes no sense.... Unless something else is lined up

Make no sense at all. What is the upside if any by not offering him a QO at this point?

 

[huerter]

This FO might not have a clue.

 

[duhmetreE]

he has trade value, so even if they do it still makes zero sense.

Make no sense at all. What is the upside if any by not offering him a QO at this point?

maybe he's a goner already... 2nd rounders in route..

but yeah, still qualify

 

[Polar Bear]

Brooks trolling? or there's actually smoke?

Trolling. lol

 

[Leetch3]

clickbait larry at it again

the rangers might trade strome rather than paying him but there is 0 chance they don't qualify him and lose him for nothing. Larry needs to rejoin reality

the rangers would jump at 4.75 mil per year without getting arbitration that is still cheap for what he brings and makes him even more tradeable than he is right now with no contract. complete nonsense of an article