Lindgren has been ass in Colorado too.
He looks very 'checked out'.
It's a shame that his Ranger career seems to be ending with a whimper rather than a bang.
I assume that in the event he does go, most of his cap hit is going to get passed on to Cuylle
You know what RB and Bern have in common - in all their trade proposals Rangers' side always gives up the best player of the trade.Our team would be worse, that’s why we’re “married to this player”.
Best D since Leetch. Off with his head.
It’s ok to want to get rid of Kreider and keep Fox. The team doesn’t have keep both or move both. I still haven’t seen where we’re replacing the talent and skill Fox brings to the back end.
The real issues are being married to Zib, JTM & Igor for the next, 5, 5 & 8 seasons respectively. I’ll have to see Zib waiving to believe it
I’m not against Igor and JTM, I’m saying they have big term at advancing ages. Fox is at the end of his age 26 season. He’ll be fine.I want Igor and JT here. Mika will waive if they have the guts to take him off the powerplay and move Kreider.
You’re smarter than this RBThe other RD on this team could bring back a young top 6 forward and a top 4 D but you guys are married to this player for some unknown reason. The team would be better and that's all that matters.
isn't that an upgrade?Lindgren has been ass in Colorado too.
This isnt true. You still have posters here making every excuse under the sun for him.There's definitely pushback on Fox and for good reason.
I don't know what we're trying to prove with Kreider. Everyone is saying he's been terrible this year and you still have posters taking a victory lap like they're the only ones who see it.
Some people have said that he's likely battling injuries. He's also been bad. Both things can be true.This isnt true. You still have posters here making every excuse under the sun for him.
but in those proposals, do we have good potential to get way more than $1 back in value for $1 receivedYou know what RB and Bern have in common - in all their trade proposals Rangers' side always gives up the best player of the trade.
All this, yes, but respect is also an acknowledgement of merit based in fair assessment.
Current ck derides him for no longer demonstrating merit based on performance; BUT THAT SHIT IS NOT IN A VACUUM, it has to be correctly gauged by fairness, to note that it is due to injury, not him lollygagging (as was the case w/Zib).
Yes at adding Zegras at 'the right price', pref one cheap enuf,
but
no, he won't be cheap and Ringo Starr No No Song, especially not that cheap!
Unless there is significant situation of nearly all bases covered on the roster -- not the case here -- you deal to add actual or potential talent at enuf of a profit above what you are surrendering in the hope/expectation you can then get to a fully talented deep roster that's gonna kick it on all cylinders.
You sell high on Fox IF IF IF the return is substantial enuf. Ditto Igor, etc.
Not having sufficient playmaker/PP backliner is acceptable collateral damage if it shores up our overall situation
Kreider's performance have been on a broad spectrum of opinions throughout his career maybe with an exception of one or maybe two years
You wind up giving whole bunch of Goodrow contracts - see IslesI've heard this all before. It seems to me there are some here including you yourself who would start with all the larger contracts---get rid of Panarin for picks, prospects, cheaper young players, ditto for Sheshterkin, to Fox, to Zibanejad, to JT---you yourself (almost no one else would) would divert around Kreider where pretty much the rest of consensus would start.....and now you've dumped $45 to $50 mil and maybe taken $15 back. That seems to be the dream. You're way under the cap floor at this point with a team full of second and third liners---other teams have locked away their really significant prospects because that's what even semi-sensible GM's do and you find yourself with this all this cap space you have to spend even if only to get back to the floor and in the meanwhile at least this year there's not going to be a lot in free agency---which might be the start of the yearly trend---at least with the cap going up $8/9 a year that's what seems to me. What do you then when you got a mediocre to average team---a shit ton of cap space but nobody to spend it on but your second and third liners? Congratulations--At this point maybe you've recreated the Yakupov Oilers.
Absolutely. As a fan I'd love nothing more, I was 14 in 1994. Be nice to get another one before I die.It absolutely is not the only thing that matters, completely agree.
But for this franchise? With 1 cup in 85 years... it needs to be the "First second third and fourth priority", to quote Calvin Candy
I think most of us would move exactly 3 contracts.I've heard this all before. It seems to me there are some here including you yourself who would start with all the larger contracts---get rid of Panarin for picks, prospects, cheaper young players, ditto for Sheshterkin, to Fox, to Zibanejad, to JT---you yourself (almost no one else would) would divert around Kreider where pretty much the rest of consensus would start.....and now you've dumped $45 to $50 mil and maybe taken $15 back. That seems to be the dream. You're way under the cap floor at this point with a team full of second and third liners---other teams have locked away their really significant prospects because that's what even semi-sensible GM's do and you find yourself with this all this cap space you have to spend even if only to get back to the floor and in the meanwhile at least this year there's not going to be a lot in free agency---which might be the start of the yearly trend---at least with the cap going up $8/9 a year that's what seems to me. What do you then when you got a mediocre to average team---a shit ton of cap space but nobody to spend it on but your second and third liners? Congratulations--At this point maybe you've recreated the Yakupov Oilers.
It's a dark timeline when keeping neerdowells is the only course of action against them signing other neerdowells.
I think we need to add.Also would want to revisit Buffalo. Seravalli reported for certain there are "malcontents" there that don't want to be there and said Peterka is one of them.
Buffalo fans are dying for players that play differently than their current players do. They also want a defensive minded Dman (preferably righty) badly. Power and Byram seem to be a stalemate where both show great offensive prowess at times but have essentially found it impossible to improve their defensive games.
Schneider + Laf for Peterka + Power