I just can’t see them trading 2 top 6 F
Strome is rfa so they can play hardball
Kreider has to go
Fast I’d trade then sign July 1st
Strome is rfa so they can play hardball
Kreider has to go
Fast I’d trade then sign July 1st
I just can’t see them trading 2 top 6 F
Strome is rfa so they can play hardball
Kreider has to go
Fast I’d trade then sign July 1st
I agree with your statement but if history shows us anything once a player is traded they never come back the following year. I feel Strome and Fast stay, Im worried about DeAngelo as nothing in his personality says he would take a discount to stay here so he is likely gone too. Kreider would be nice to keep short term but I still feel he is worth too much on the market to keep vs his new contract. Hopefully if they do move DeAngelo it's for a forward that fits our timeline and needs.
Where is DeAngelo going? He is not UFA. He does not have to take a discount.I agree with your statement but if history shows us anything once a player is traded they never come back the following year. I feel Strome and Fast stay, Im worried about DeAngelo as nothing in his personality says he would take a discount to stay here so he is likely gone too. Kreider would be nice to keep short term but I still feel he is worth too much on the market to keep vs his new contract. Hopefully if they do move DeAngelo it's for a forward that fits our timeline and needs.
Where is DeAngelo going? He is not UFA. He does not have to take a discount.
Regarding Strome, I think that he stays until the Rangers are sure that Chytil can take the reigns full time as 2C. Though again, I believe that if he has found a home that he is comfortable with he would take a discount. Especially when it comes to playing with Panarin.
Mildly disappointed he’s still here.
I’d prefer not to have any money tied into him.
Kakko & Chytil have been developing some really nice chemistry, I’d say keep playing them together on the 3rd line and then next season it’ll be Panarin-Chytil-Kakko & KZBStrome should be a stop gap until Barron or someone else (2020 draft) shows up.
I's also like Chytil to play with Panarin, but it's too early I guess.
Business-wise there is no issue in signing Strome to a proper no NTC/NMC deal. He's clearly more valuable than the dude we traded away for him. (Dude who's name I already have forgotten)
Why do I feel like opinions on Strome would be wildly different if he was a player we drafted?
This is fair. I like both players though so at least I’m consistent.The Kreider debate is eerily similar to the Strome debate, but with different perspectives
The Strome situation got more interesting with the Kreider extension. Let's forget about personal preferences for a second. We know that not everyone can seamlessly blend with a super star. Buchnevich certainly did not. We certainly have no idea if Chytil will. Having a player who knows his role is to shut up and feed Panarin and who is VERY successful at it is only a positive.Nothing about the Strome situation makes me want to re-sign him. Which is unfortunate, because I think he's been great this year and I know I'd feel very different if the circumstances were different.
- We've got his replacement already on the team in Chytil, who I think is closer to taking the spot than not.
So too is Panarin. By FAR. And no one is concerned about that jump in numbers. And this is not a contract year. He can still go to arbitration.- He's having a career year, playing alongside a long-list Hart finalist, in a contract year. Whether that's actually a legit concern or not, to me that's got trap written all over it.
Clearly there will be moves that are made. But I believe that a good amount of money that were saved by the Sjeki trade will be used on DeAngelo. And if a deal cannot be worked out, the market comps it is and his long term deal will come the following year when contracts come off the books.Even a 1 year deal would be tough to work out, since next year's the only one where we're truly cap strapped, and I'd much rather use any available money to re-sign ADA to a longer term deal.
You may be waiting for quite a while. Whether or not it is Barron or a new draftee.Strome should be a stop gap until Barron or someone else (2020 draft) shows up.
A 60+ point stop gap?You may be waiting for quite a while. Whether or not it is Barron or a new draftee.
This is part of the "Anyone can just do it" belief that I abhor.A 60+ point stop gap?
You are not looking at Strome via the prism of how many points he is putting up. We all know he is not a 70 point player. You are looking at him as a player that gels very well with one of the top players in the league, knows his role and because of the way he plays with Panarin allows management to deploy to legit top lines. What is that worth? And also what is it worth to Panarin to be somewhere where he has found comfort and confidence AND gets to play with one of the top players in the league?The problem with Strome is if you're looking strictly at points, he seems amazing
And then you pull back and look at everything else and realize he's garbage at anything else
That said he looks like a classic player the team overvalues and pays
That all sounds great until you realize if he's not putting up points he's not a very good playerYou are not looking at Strome via the prism of how many points he is putting up. We all know he is not a 70 point player. You are looking at him as a player that gels very well with one of the top players in the league, knows his role and because of the way he plays with Panarin allows management to deploy to legit top lines. What is that worth? And also what is it worth to Panarin to be somewhere where he has found comfort and confidence AND gets to play with one of the top players in the league?
That's all that he has done here. And that was before playing with Panarin.That all sounds great until you realize if he's not putting up points he's not a very good player
I am not advocating signing him to a 6 year deal or to a contract that doubles his current one. I am saying that his value on the team is to keep making great passes to Panarin and keep allowing for Panarin to keep away from playing with ZBad. And there's value in that.A 2 year contract is fine as a bridge for Chytil to take over but anything more is not a wise choice