Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXXVI - On the Brink of Wasteland

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It's amazing how excited and confident I was for this team a few weeks ago.
Excited, yes absolutely. Confident? No way. All I was hoping for out of this season was competitiveness all around and progress from the kids. Both of those things have been questionable so far but as long as they are trending upwards before the season ends we should be happy I think.
 
I don't think Derek Stepan is going to look good here when we're already the slowest team in the division. I'd rather move Tony for Sam Bennett.

Again, the critical issue isn't the coach who won't be here next year if this thing goes the way it's going. It's not the backup goalie, it's not the dumb defenseman with dumb politics who had his last weird meltdown. It's Kakko, Lafreniere, and what we can do to help them out.
 
would ADA being put on waivers have anything to do with the mandatory quarantine in changing divisions? Cap savings in that time period
 
Florida wants to offload Yandle. They retain $1.5 and its just about a wash. I would take less retained if they add something to Yandle.

Yandle has 3 years left. We don't need him on the 3rd pair for the next 3 years. We'd be far better off just buying out Tony in the offseason and using the cap space to fill other needs.
 
HOW BAD IS HAJEK that he can't even get a game?

The kid looked good before he got injured in his limited time in 2019.

The organization is allergic to playing kids unless they are TOP draft picks. Every year the front office goes out and gets 1 or 2 bottom-end players in Free Agency and they ultimately end up playing. Whether it is Jeff Gorton, or somebody else, the mentality exists in the front office. For years they've had players like Hajek (or even a Ryan Graves), who were sitting there ready for bottom-pair NHL minutes, and have been passed over by more pricey veterans (Staal, Girardi, Smith, etc.).

K'Andre Miller was ready for the NHL after his freshman year at Wisconsin. Most people here disagreed and thought he would need 2+ years, and Miller looks like one of their three best defenders overall already; Miller will have ups and downs, but he looks like he's a mainstay. Fox and Lindgren looked like McDonagh-Sauer last year at times.

Chytil and Kakko have shown flashes, but not found the consistency you would ideally like. Laf should be driving the play, and he looks like a passenger at times. The front office had to trade Lias because they overvalued Howden (who they likely plan on losing to Seattle), and yo-yoed Kravtsov in his development.

It is fair to criticize in this case. Not expecting every player under 22-years old to IMMEDIATELY figure out the NHL, but the core production remains largely a byproduct of Panarin, Buchnevich and Fox so far (Mika doesn't look like himself yet).
 
Barkov is a two season rental, as far as Florida is concerned. Theres zero chance he returns anything resembling either a Laf or Kakko, let alone both.

Okay. so it was serious.

What value do you actually think Strome and Deangelo have at this point? Both are a net negative. Shit, a double negative. You do realize we'd have to pay a fee for another team to take them in the same deal right? And for Barkov no less?

Laf and Kakko were hyperbole, but not far from an actual value. It would hurt to attain Barkov on a good day, trying to get Strome and ADA into a Barkov deal would set us back more than anyone here could stomach.
 
would ADA being put on waivers have anything to do with the mandatory quarantine in changing divisions? Cap savings in that time period
Would be separate for quarantine, I believe. They would be publicly announced as being put on the COVID Protocol list. Dubois/Laine/Roslovic were just on the list for that reason.

As for cap savings....yes if Tony clears waivers, he can be moved back and forth to the taxi squad.
 
Okay. so it was serious.

What value do you actually think Strome and Deangelo have at this point? Both are a net negative. Shit, a double negative. You do realize we'd have to pay a fee for another team to take them in the same deal right? And for Barkov no less?

Laf and Kakko were hyperbole, but not far from an actual value. It would hurt to attain Barkov on a good day, trying to get Strome and ADA into a Barkov deal would set us back more than anyone here could stomach.
Futures could be significant without being Kakko or Laf. ADA and Strome are there as necessary cap, plus there are some redeeming aspects of both. Clearly, the futures would be the biggest part of that hypo offer from us.
 
"Three sources have confirmed to The Athletic that there was indeed an altercation involving DeAngelo and goalie Alexandar Georgiev in the tunnel that leads to the Rangers’ locker room. Incidentally, Georgiev was held out of practice for “maintenance” on Sunday. The altercation was quickly broken up."

the rest of the article isn't worth acknowledging
 
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Georgiev should really work on his temper. DeAngelo is an asshole, but we've seen Georgiev lose his temper way too often in his relative short career
 
How does bad coaching affect this team?

Personnel decisions have cost this team wins and now, a lot more. Possibly losing ADA for nothing/peanuts
 
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