Her still is not a legit number 2 center. The last few games proved it. Not a good skater, easily knocked off the puck, stinks at face offs and still taking dumb penalties. He is also not a good finisher. Has had some really good chances the last few games and did not capitalize. On a team with only one legit center we could use a number 2. You want Strome at center put him on the 3rd line.
Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XXXIII
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DanielBrassard
It's all so tiresome
Well either Drury has a problem with skill guys or he has a problem with Euro skill guys. Either way we're a worse offense this year than we were last year because of his bias.
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I'm all for getting a retained Patrick Kane, if the price is right of course. I think that top 6 would be a force to be reckoned with. Also, imagine PP1?!
PlamsUnlimited
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DanielBrassard
It's all so tiresome
There's other ways to open up some cap room. Getting rid of Reaves and replacing him with a league minimum contract, double retention on Kane, going cheap at 2nd line center. It will take some creativity but it's possible.
Boris Zubov
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Go Rangers
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NYR Viper
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Why would the Rangers want Paul? I’m legitimately curious. His point totals aren’t great and he plays a good amount of minutes. UFA after this season. He appears to be a 4th liner playing extra minutes.
the rangers would probably match something like that though.
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NYR Viper
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Reaves has a 1.75M cap hit. Replacing him with minimum contract isn’t saving us enough to justify to move. Double retention on Kane is going to cost a lot.
Just because something might be possible doesn’t mean it’s the right decision.
Boris Zubov
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Why would the Hagel return impact the Giroux ask? One's a pure rental, the other is young player on an extremely team friendly deal. So much for the buyers market we all anticipated.
HatTrick Swayze
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Not surprising that St Louis and Boston are the leaders for Lindholm.
Both were rumored to be in on Chychrun and both could conceivably extend Lindholm this summer.
Both were rumored to be in on Chychrun and both could conceivably extend Lindholm this summer.
The Rangers are right there. A little more patience. Cap space is the biggest obstacle facing the Rangers.
I didn't want the Rangers to re-sign Kreider. That had to do with how players like Kreider age. Power forwards don't age well. James Neal. Jamie Benn. Max Pacioretty. Those are just a few examples. Kreider is younger than those players. Benn is an albatross for the Stars at $9.5M. Pacioretty is so beat up. He can't stay healthy. Hopefully. Kreider breaks Jagr's record for most goals scored this season. He is on the team for another two seasons. After that, all bets are off.
KOVALEV022473
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The Rangers are right there because they brought in Panarin, lucked into a 4th round all star vezina candidate and their home grown rocket Richard candidate is having a career year. Additionally, we didn’t have to tank to win the draft either, which again, is another crap shoot. Bringing in proven players that can actually produce is better than draft picks which are just luck. Rebuilds that rely on draft picks don’t work unless you have a horseshoe up your ass.
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Well my point is I don't have enough faith in the coaches to see beyond reuniting Kane and Panarin on the same line. The team needs to give minutes to these kids if they expect them to develop into the elite options they can be. I don't think giving Gallant a guy like Kane is a wise move at all.
I don't think Kane at 25% is worth giving up on a talent like Kakko. I'm not saying this to you specifically but this all ties into the issues I had with signing Panarin in the first place. Once the team started turning things around the desire to stomp on the accelerator would trump the patience needed to let the team turn into a perennial contender. You go quickly from an organic growth to something that seems forced because there's something exciting to chase.
TheBloodyNine
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Bedard will be Laf and Kakko and Miller and Schneider and Shesterkin and 1st 2023-2028
Glen Sathers Cigar
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It’s pretty standard to start your starter the first game of a back to back.
TheBloodyNine
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When the second half of the back to back is against an equally hard team that’s actually in your division?
It’s moronic.
Kreider is not a power forward and if you knew anything about the player you would know he is one of the best skaters in the league and is in great physical shape. Guys like him will age very well and there is no reason he can't play at a high level for several more years. The guys you mention where never th etype player that Kreider is except maybe for Pacioretty who in recent times has been slowed by injury.
Paul wants $3M AAV. Ottawa is at $2.85M. Those guys are so cheap. Ottawa has cap space. Paul wants to stay there. Ottawa doesn't attract many players if they have other options.
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The logic is that you look at it as 4 point up for grabs and your team has its best shot of getting 2 of those points in the first game when rest isn’t an issue.
Personally I hate it too, I miss the days of Hank playing both games so we didn’t have to worry about it. But I mean the logic is pretty straight forward, divisional opponent or not.
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