Agreed - Who also happens to have excellent chemistry with the teams offensive star. It’s never happening. The Rangers aren’t playing the roll of TML farm team to have a perpetual rebuild.
not a perp rebuild to make hard but also real and unavoidable choice to retain young stars who are staying by creating cap space
To Ottawa: Strome and Georgiev
To NYR: ???
Make us a good offer.
Leafs aren't giving up a first.
NYR won't retain on both and take a contract down the middle for next year.
I think fans need to accept that Strome is the type of player we could end up losing for nothing. And that is ok. You can't get a good asset for every UFA, and you don't need to trade every UFA.
If Tavares + Strome ages were flipped, I get your point. If Strome extends at nice price for 4, max 5 yrs, his term would end w/Leafs at early 30s [like 31-32 yrs old] which is where Tavares almost is now. JT at 11 per 4 seasons incl this one. Does he finish w/TOR? He has NMC, but does he break down before?
Also Matthews is only 2 seasons after this and can theoretically push for a deal his final year by refusing to extend, in which cases Leafs risk losing him for nothing. AZ will surely not only open the vault for him, but conceivably wink wink offer him possibility to get in on ownership, a la Lemieux.
So given those 2 facts, while Strome at top dollar does not warrant overinvestment, Strome at closer to 5-ish and getting full season from him now is worth a 1st, esp if it is likely to be a late 1st.
Disagree w/2nd point.
Throwing away assets is never smart.
Sometimes it can't be helped, but should be avoided.
This win now bs has to stop.
Just because of other factors including the team is more balanced and is better able to compete does not mean we squander assets which can help:
-- get better in the future
-- help manage cap now/later
I don't see how this makes any sense for the Leafs. Mrazek is expected to miss 6 games total. Kerfoot isn't a cap dump.
I'm not seeing the logic in bringing in Georgiev with Campbell and Mrazek already on the roster
I would restructure so Geo is out, if that's what Leaf fans want. We can peddle him elsewhere.
Howev, let's be clear.
Like literally the other nite TOR had to sign some guy to a PTO b'c they were short in goal. So what I suggested is not without any basis worthy of consideration.
Perhaps Kinkaid as a freebie is a better fit.
Unless the Rangers aren't sniffing a playoff spot by TDL than Strome will be viewed as a TDL acquisition. Trading Strome is the antithesis of why Dolan completely cleaned house aiming for playoffs and more.
No.
Strome is not a be all end all piece.
Rangers were not deep. Now they arguably are closer to that.
Does not mean we squander guys who we HAVE TO move long term due to cap. No self rental bs on win now fallacy.
Build, build, build -> constant improvement elevates into contention
Ah, at least bernmeister is no longer proposing that Nylander for Georgiev + trades anymore. Or DeAngelo for Nylander. Miss those days.
Anyways, how does adding Georgiev make any sense after signing Mrazek?
As to yr ?, pls see above.
As to rest of it, notice how there were extensive number of variations on that theme pretty much all being medium to larger packages and you conveniently do not disclose that Buchnevich was typically a prime piece in them.
I don't mind the swipe, but hey, can we be honest and represent things factually and not out of context?
This is an example of when I said my critics don't hesitate to misrepresent me and I have to correct to highlight what is actually the record
