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Speculation: Roster Building Thread XXXVIII - Dust in the wind…

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With the uncertainty surrounding Nemeth, i think its becoming more likely that the Rangers add a defenseman of some sort before the deadline. No team in the league would want to go into the playoffs with an all-rookie pairing AND the only depth behind it being Nils & Hajek. Its good that Jones-Schneider is getting some run, but i think thats more a pairing for next year when both guys are a little more experienced.

I dont love Chiarot, but his game is suited to the playoffs and theres a reason all the contenders want him. I wouldnt trade a 1st or Lundkvist for him obviously, but some trade around Lehkonen + Chiarot coming to NY would help our depth issues significantly.
 
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SA16 said:
Is anyone else surprised that Evander Kane hasn't absolutely destroyed the Oilers room yet? I was told he is this huge cancer. Everyone hates him - especially GM Ryan Reaves. You wouldn't want him on your team. He's selfish and not a guy you win with. Yet, if I'm reading things correctly the Oilers are 5-2-1 since they signed him and he has 6 points in 8 games? Playing a heavy game with 32 hits, shooting the puck a ton, and scoring. Been on the ice for 5 GF and 1 GA so far. They've even trusted him on a line with McDavid or Draisaitl and he hasn't managed to damage their careers yet. I guess we couldn't have used him because he's strictly a LW and, as we know, moving a player from LW to RW is the toughest position change in - and across - sports.
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The sarcasm dripping from this post is just delicious.
 
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SA16 said:
Is anyone else surprised that Evander Kane hasn't absolutely destroyed the Oilers room yet? I was told he is this huge cancer. Everyone hates him - especially GM Ryan Reaves. You wouldn't want him on your team. He's selfish and not a guy you win with. Yet, if I'm reading things correctly the Oilers are 5-2-1 since they signed him and he has 6 points in 8 games? Playing a heavy game with 32 hits, shooting the puck a ton, and scoring. Been on the ice for 5 GF and 1 GA so far. They've even trusted him on a line with McDavid or Draisaitl and he hasn't managed to damage their careers yet. I guess we couldn't have used him because he's strictly a LW and, as we know, moving a player from LW to RW is the toughest position change in - and across - sports.
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Your sarcastic posts make too much sense straight up for the unwary. The only dead give away is that you used a pretty large sample size - even for Evander it takes a bit longer to get the lay of the land before he starts doing his thing. Give it time.
 
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If someone was to tell me the Rangers were considering add Lehkonen and letting Strome go in the offseason in favor of someone like Stastny on a short term deal I’d consider that. Someone on a shorter term deal as a stopgap. I could even get behind considering something like:

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Lehkonen-Chytil-Blais
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SA16 said:
Is anyone else surprised that Evander Kane hasn't absolutely destroyed the Oilers room yet? I was told he is this huge cancer. Everyone hates him - especially GM Ryan Reaves. You wouldn't want him on your team. He's selfish and not a guy you win with. Yet, if I'm reading things correctly the Oilers are 5-2-1 since they signed him and he has 6 points in 8 games? Playing a heavy game with 32 hits, shooting the puck a ton, and scoring. Been on the ice for 5 GF and 1 GA so far. They've even trusted him on a line with McDavid or Draisaitl and he hasn't managed to damage their careers yet. I guess we couldn't have used him because he's strictly a LW and, as we know, moving a player from LW to RW is the toughest position change in - and across - sports.
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all due respect to the fine city of Edmonton, but the night life/extra curricular activities Kane seems to like all shut down around 10pm.
I really don’t trust him in NY. As for his affect on the room, I’m sure he’ll wear out his welcome soon enough just as he did with the 3 teams before.
Both Buffalo and SJ were signing his praises early, both got rid of him for less then they paid to get him there.
NYR also wasn’t in a tailspin or nosedive like EDM was.
The risk/reward situation of bringing Kane to NY
Was far less desperate.
I’m sure it was discussed and deemed that the negatives outweighed the positives of adding Kane to a happy shop and a team that keeps finding ways to win.
With us having no captain and a bunch of kids, the character of the people they want to add is almost as important as the skill it seems.
 
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jay from jersey said:
all due respect to the fine city of Edmonton, but the night life/extra curricular activities Kane seems to like all shut down around 10pm.
I really don’t trust him in NY. As for his affect on the room, I’m sure he’ll wear out his welcome soon enough just as he did with the 3 teams before.
Both Buffalo and SJ were signing his praises early, both got rid of him for less then they paid to get him there.
NYR also wasn’t in a tailspin or nosedive like EDM was.
The risk/reward situation of bringing Kane to NY
Was far less desperate.
I’m sure it was discussed and deemed that the negatives outweighed the positives of adding Kane to a happy shop and a team that keeps finding ways to win.
With us having no captain and a bunch of kids, the character of the people they want to add is almost as important as the skill it seems.
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This is completely false, I have spent an evening in Edmonton and was out all night. There is a lot going on in the city.
 
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SA16 said:
I feel like we may have won tonight if we had a little more even strength offense. Hey, that guy Caufield had 2 goals for MTL tonight. What about trading for him?
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In our dreams.
 
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This is completely false, I have spent an evening in Edmonton and was out all night. There is a lot going on in the city.
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There’s absolutely no comparison to the nightlife and amenities in NYC compared to EDM.
I’m happy you had a good time there. But it’s not close
 
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There’s absolutely no comparison to the nightlife and amenities in NYC compared to EDM.
I’m happy you had a good time there. But it’s not close
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It's not NYC, but it doesn't close at 10, that's an absolutely absurd statement to make.

There's a freakin CASINO in the arena. You know Kane has a huge gambling problem right?
 
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The sticks of Hunt/Rooney/Mckegg...

Where forward rushes go to die.

There have to be better options that aren't too expensive...I would think.
 
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