Speculation: Roster Building Thread : Part XVIII ( TDL is March 7th)

[KevinFinnerty]

How is Laviolette still our coach

 

[haohmaru]

I understand the frustration w KAM but he sure seems like a guy the NYR could REALLY regret trading. He is a reasonably capable 2nd pairing guy now and it is entirely possible he finds another level of development in the back half of his 20s. I'll be JT Miller level pissed if he does that with another franchise.

Borgen played a lot of minutes with Soucy in Seattle so it's at least plausible that there's some thinking that Miller / Fox, Borgen / Soucy, Schneider / Jones/whoever is in their thinking.

And that first pair is probably to the Rangers benefit.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

How is Laviolette still our coach

How is Drury still the gm, hey rid of him the coach will follow

I understand the frustration w KAM but he sure seems like a guy the NYR could REALLY regret trading. He is a reasonably capable 2nd pairing guy now and it is entirely possible he finds another level of development in the back half of his 20s. I'll be JT Miller level pissed if he does that with another franchise.

I actually don't get it really, no defenseman is flawless, they all make mistakes, it's just that people are so focused on the negative with him they aren't even acknowledging the positives. The whole team was ass this year, none of that helps

 

[mrmovies779]

Power & Peterka sounds like a wrestling tag team.

Or a Law Firm

 

[CommaSynapse]

As appealing as Power might be, my understanding is that he's primarily an offensive defenseman without much physicality (or defense) to his game despite his size. Granted, I haven't seen Buffalo games other than when they play the Rangers, but, if that's the case, I don't see how trading for him actually helps us. Still missing that top-pairing guy to play with Fox.

I've been hopeful that KAM becomes that guy, but he hasn't yet. I'd rather keep him on the second pair and hold out hope since KAM essentially seems like Power with less of a ceiling and a much lower salary.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

How is Laviolette still our coach

possibly the most frustrating part of this whole season

 

[Alluckks]

The captain hindsightism on Eichel is hilarious.

If the Rangers traded for him this board would have been littered with "always overpaying for damaged goods" by the same people who are pimping him now.

I can only imagine all of the reasonable takes if his first season with the Knights went down the same way in NY had he been moved here.

Shouldn't touch him as a UFA. Post trade Eichel has been who he was in Buffalo - A very good if not excellent player who is prone to injury. That isn't going to change.



Staple is a f***ing moron who should just go back to covering the Islanders full time.

They are not going to have to buy out Chris Kreider. Even this iteration of Kreider is going to pop 20+ goals while being a stand out threat on the PK and a factor on the PP (where he's owed a bunch of goals.) They won't have a shortage of takers for him.

Seriously

We move Goodrow and Trouba in 2 separate trades at full cost and get something back for Trouba*... but we have to buyout Kreider? Jesus christ the idiocy

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Seriously

We move Goodrow and Trouba in 2 separate trades at full cost and get something back for both... but we have to buyout Kreider? Jesus christ the idiocy

Nothing back for Goodrow but yeah.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

I'm so done with this season guys. Really sucks to even say this but I can't wait til the playoffs are here and we're not in them, so I can actually enjoy some hockey again.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Seriously

We move Goodrow and Trouba in 2 separate trades at full cost and get something back for both... but we have to buyout Kreider? Jesus christ the idiocy

Please enlighten me......what did we get back for Goodrow other than cap space?

 

[Shesterkybomb]

The Saturday game determines our season, lose to Columbus again and we can stick a fork in this season cus it's done.

 

[Tob]

Chris Drury doing AP calculus to figure out how to fiscally responsibly lock down our horse shit roster filled with 3rd pairing D and middle 6 players.

 

[eco's bones]

I'm so done with this season guys. Really sucks to even say this but I can't wait til the playoffs are here and we're not in them, so I can actually enjoy some hockey again.

Here's the problem I have though. I don't enjoy watching other teams win so I'll be checking out altogether. In the summertime it will be the draft and free agency that's what I'll be waiting for as far as hockey goes anyway.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

"I hate analytics except when they reinforce my preconceived notions" - EdJovanovski

But yea I'm not arguing he's been great, he's obviously having a career worst season. But I think we are just so accustomed to elite goaltending that when we get.. pretty good goaltending, we have people thinking he's the one blowing every game and the primary reason we're losing. I think we've been propped up by elite goaltending for quite some time.. and people act like Quick has been so much better, it seems like analytically he's been worse than Igor

You're saying that the 40 year old backup who had one elite regular season in his career is having a worse season than the guy being paid the most money ever paid a goalie?