Winnipeg hasn't found a very good market for him. Hellebuyck is another tough guy to trade. The Calgary guys are still there. Conroy hasn’t found a very good market for his guys. Winnipeg was successful in moving Dubois but they didn't get back a big bonanza. The main guy in the trade has a history of back issues. They added another player making $4M to make the money work. Kupari had no spot in LA with all of their forwards. The trade market sucks ass.
So he can be a Top 6 LW here? He is likely not going to be on PP1. Maybe he will. But what is the alternative? Trade him for who? They don’t have cap space to take on a contract that would be associated with a top 6 NHL vet to get proper value for him. Trade him for Picks? What are you getting for him right now? A 1st and a Top “Prospect”? Lafreniere is STILL a top Prospect. He is only 21 years old. Panarin’s contract is up in 3 years. Lafreniere is spoiled milk at age 24? Why are we being impatient here? Lafreniere is indeed progressing, just not at the expedited rate we were hoping. And we all know some of the factors. But the signs are there.
I was saying all last season that we needed to be giving Jones a legitimate shot just for his PPQB skills alone. We might have slipped by NJ if we had a more competent PP2. Gallant was (for some reason) feeding that unit more minutes in the NJ series than they had seen all year, and it was completely putrid with Trouba running it. If Gus gives us a legitimate option for PP2, and helps with our transition game, I'm on board 100% with the signing.
How are we affording Kane or senko? Even if they’re taking 1 million. We have 2.3 in space, and Laf is expected to take 2.1-2.2
That kinda looks like you are saying that he isn't good cause this is his 7th team in 5 years.
you are borderline unhinged with how you keep trying to come after me. I answered your question, you just dont like the answer. I never would have signed trocheck to that contract that boxed the roster in with no flexibility, and i certainly would not have given him the NMC bc of the lack of flexibility. trocheck is a fine player but given the state of the cap, contracts and lack of space last summer it was the piece that boxed drury into the exact lack of flexibility that you are using to justify the moves this summer. we now have over 10m tied into two mid 6 centers without having a defined 2c on this roster. I have also been beyond clear that i think the org needs to do whatever they can to find a way to move panarin out of here for multiple reasons.
i am saying he isnt good bc he plays at times like it is beer league in the sense that he is high risk high reward which is not what we need pairing with schneider at this time. we need a stablizing guy there. i dont hate gusto, i just dont think he fits the role that we need. then people started defending the signing saying he is much better than other say and his d issues are overblown which they are not. with his offensive talent if he had any sense of stability to his game he would be a 2nd pair puck mover for some contenders, his entire career has been as a journeyman who has been unable to lock down a long term roll on any team. he isnt 25 trying to find his place in the league, he is 31 now and has never in his career been able to earn a contract longer than 2 years in term. I also think it is very likely (not a given) that jones will not be on the nyr roster when camp breaks. it makes no sense to carry two of the same d man to rotate and alternate. i would suspect harpur will be the one that keep for the 7 role. drury seems to have a liking for him. i think it is just their way to keep a tough guy on the nhl roster for games they think they might need him, although i think it is a silly way to handle that at this point.
again, words in my mouth. i did say he was not a good fit for the roster, i never said their were better fa fits out there. that is part of the issue with the org, they look at the fa market and cannot seem to identify talent buried in other orgs that they can give an opportunity to, yet somehow other orgs manage to do it. the last player nyr found somewhere that blosomed to contribute beyond expectations was probably erik christensen, and perhaps with where strome's career was at the time he would count as well based on what he provided here for a few years (and yet i am happy he is gone).
hilariously passive aggressive.
my apologies, but let's use the full quote eh:
The Rangers can bring down the roster to 21 and should have enough to bring back Kane around $2 million. If Tarasenko is willing to sign for that then he could be an option. But I see it being Kane. And i see it happening after the season starts. They would just need to buy time for 2-3 months.
While cuylle could develop on the 4th, I don’t think Othmann would. He’s a guy who you want to develop into a high end offensive talent. Let him first figure it out against ahl guys, jump into a middle 6 spot, not a 4th line.
I fear they have Goodrow in the top9, or at least Drury does.. No way you keep a 4th liner at 3.6M
move on from Kane. He's not what we need..,.. unless Panarin is out loooong term, I really dont like that add.
