my own speculation is that this has nothing to do with splitting up skjei and trouba, and is about splitting up hajek & fox so they can each play with a vet to help them out.
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my own speculation is that this has nothing to do with splitting up skjei and trouba, and is about splitting up hajek & fox so they can each play with a vet to help them out.
DanielBrassard
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Probably true, although Skjei really struggled last night IMO so maybe just giving them another look.
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Very much so like the idea of splitting Hajek and Fox. At times, they looked like a pair with 5 NHL games last night. Hopefully this will add some stability to both of their games.
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it depends if that person is the same age range. i would not want to trade Buchnevich for a 30+ year old defenseman. id want a LD version of Trouba. someone that can play top pair minutes and has some bite and nastiness to their game
Ghost of jas
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Rather see them move him for a 2C of the same age.
Ghost of jas
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What a trade that Zibanejad trade was. That’s probably the best trade we’ve made in the past decade. Ottawa must have nightmares every time he comes to town.
The Gomez trade no longer falls in that time frame (wanna feel old? There you go.)
I can’t think of anything else that was even close.
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I think we should give Buch more than one game before giving up on him here. He's quite literally the perfect complementary player for those two stars.
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I still don't get what Buch is supposed to become to some? He panned out greatly as a top-9 winger, yet it seems some posters think he'll be a 70 point player on his own.
He's (like Fitzy says) complimentary to any line he plays, he's not consistent enough (not fast enough on his legs imo) to be a line driver.
But he certainly complements driver-lines very well. Depth on wing which we sorely need, has to stay.
I also wondered about that proposal of Buch for a LD ... that is straight up front-office-think jumping at any window.
We will have to wait folks, at least two more years.
He's (like Fitzy says) complimentary to any line he plays, he's not consistent enough (not fast enough on his legs imo) to be a line driver.
But he certainly complements driver-lines very well. Depth on wing which we sorely need, has to stay.
I also wondered about that proposal of Buch for a LD ... that is straight up front-office-think jumping at any window.
We will have to wait folks, at least two more years.
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Complementary players like that are key in spreading your offense around the lines.
Crosby and Malkin rarely have to play together because they've found guys to be the 3rd guy on their line and can work with them.
I don't think forcing Kakko with Panarin and Zibenejad is the best plan moving forward. That might truly make us a one trick pony once Kreider departs.
Crosby and Malkin rarely have to play together because they've found guys to be the 3rd guy on their line and can work with them.
I don't think forcing Kakko with Panarin and Zibenejad is the best plan moving forward. That might truly make us a one trick pony once Kreider departs.
Edge
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This century it's pretty much the McD trade and then the Zibanejad trade. If the latter can perform at a high level for several more seasons, it will be fun to debate which turned out better.
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I think he is a passenger, and that is the only line that he can play on.
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Yeah I think that’s doable. I’m not trying to give him away, but if the right kind of deal presents itself the Rangers can deal from a position of strength to fix a position of weakness. The D is still bad
Glen Sathers Cigar
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Eh Idk, with K'Andre Miller coming next year and Matthew Robertson, Reunanen and Lindgren in the pipeline I think I'd rather keep Buch (unless a silly offer presents itself of course).
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Probably more like ADA is more experience, would be better than Hajek-FOx -- two rookies thrown out to the wolves. Hard to trust that pairing with that time, that quickly.
Also I think this is so that Staal's weaknesses can be mitigated by Trouba. Trouba is far and away our best defender, speaking defensively... Staal is by far our worst. No point in saddling TDA to anchor him if its going to inhibit him offensively.
Also remember that Tony held out, would not doubt that there is probably some sort of internal agreement that TDA can be put into situations to succeed,
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