I don't see Strome as a good type of playoff player for us . Panarin would have decent numbers with almost anybody . We have to keep an eye on playoffs when adding !!!! This upcoming playoff likely will be just an audition for us .....so these decisions on Strome cannot come back to haunt us cap wise over the next 3 seasons when we will be even stronger contenders...BUILD BUILD BUILD for beyond this season.....play the long game which could come around as soon as next season with some luck. Strome....trade him if the deal is right...or self rent him .
this is what I think Drury is banking on ( if/ when) he plans on resigning strome.
Strome has absolutely played well for us since we got him. But it’s also true since giving him his last deal, they were considering on not doing and just letting him walk btw, he has been shopped around as trade bait.
Drury knows the offers teams were willing to pay to get strome when he’s played well for us. They weren’t very good. No 1sts, top prospects, anything like that. That’s a big reason why he was still a ranger at the start of the year.
Despite playing well for us, I don’t think that there are many teams that would give strome the big new extension he’s looking for.
Most don’t believe he would score anywhere near the points he has without panarin. He most likely wouldn’t be a lock on other teams 1PP, and I’d wager they have serious doubts about him performing at a high level playing well in the playoffs.
We’ve all noticed what happens when the game gets tighter and more physical, the strome/panarin duo have a hard time, whoever there 3rd winger has been. When they have their time and space taken away a bit, it usually hasn’t gone well for their East/West style.
I really have no clue how many teams there are out there willing to invest in a long term contract and a bigger cap hit for strome while being a playoff team and giving him a similar role/opportunity.
The main problem is strome is more valuable to the rangers then Anyone else because of the way he plays with panarin and the amount of 5v5/PP time he gets here as opposed to other teams that would add him.
I’m sure Stromes agent will try to leverage that in negotiating his new deal. If I’m Drury, I don’t let that issue push me into a corner and force me to just give a big deal to strome and lose 1 of Kreider/trouba for nothing.
Drury will probably tender an offer, hopefully at the end of year, offseason. But the offer has to be advantageous to the rangers and it can’t be high dollar / multiple years/ and have clauses.
It’s basically going to be a giant game for chicken between Drury and Stromes agent. Whose going to blink first?
It’s going to conf down to strome/kreider basically. 1 stays and 1 is likely going. In Stromes case, he’s a FA so we get nothing back.
If it’s kreider and we ask him to waive early, we’re likely to receive little to nothing back as well.
Trouba will more then likely be here for at least another season after this one, maybe 2 before Schneider looks like he can step up and play top 4 minute and a similar role.
