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Confirmed with Link: Ryane Clowe to Rangers for NYR 2013 2nd, FLA 2013 3rd, Conditional 2nd 2014

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GWOW said:
If you're referring to Gaborik, I somewhat agree, although I think Gaborik is healthy where Clowe might be favoring his shoulder

I don't think Sather is done, at least in terms of getting assets to replace what he just lost.

Its a decent risk. We lost Antropov and Morris for nothing but those trades helped them into the playoffs. If Clowe can do that, I'm all for it.
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I actually agree with going after Clowe, but disagree with your rationale here. If this is just a short term move to help them eek into the playoffs this year, I'll be disappointed and think Sather has reverted to being a dumbass. On the other hand, if Sather has plans to keep him on for a few years, and this was just to get him here on the cheap and make sure another team didn't gobble him up, then I'm happy (as long as no ridiculous contracts are given out).
 
Bluenote13 said:
No current prospects, but the draft picks, those ARE prospects, of the future kind.
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A second rounder has a 20% shot of making the NHL. A third has a 10% chance. 20%+20%+10%=50%. The math doesn't work out exactly like this, as every math whiz here will no doubt point out, but to say that what we gave up stands only a 50-50 chance of cracking the NHL would be roughly accurate. The odds that one of these players turns out as good as Clowe are maybe 15%.
 
Well I’ll start by saying I have been on-board with Clowe for a while now. Overall, I can’t wait to see him as a Ranger.

Some thoughts:

â€PROS†said:
-Addresses team toughness in a big way. Clowe is a top-notch fighter, hitter, and stands up for his teammates. I believe that was a huge missing element for the Rangers this year. It will build confidence and, as much as I hate the word, “swagâ€.

-Last 4 years; 45-60pt pace, roughly 20 goals. No slouch offensively. Good hands, good shot, tough to move from the front of the net.

-3rd on SJ in assists this year.

-Has an “unsustainably low shooting percentageâ€, for all the advanced stats guys out there.
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â€CONS†said:
-He has scored zero goals this year. If he’s a rental, I’m not sure how much scoring punch he will directly add this year considering…

-By all accounts, he’s pretty banged up. Could have nagging issues this year, but more importantly raises some red flags for giving him a long term extension.

-Which if he is not resigned, makes a 2nd + potentially the first pick of the 3rd round a damn steep price for 15 games.
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â€X-FACTORS†said:
-If the plan, as has been speculated by Bobby Mac and others, is for Clowe to ink an extension with his new team – gotta think this is another sign that Gabby is gone at the draft. More $ committed.

-Wonder if the tremendous development of three prospects this year made the staff comfortable with losing the picks. In order of surpassed expectations, Lindberg, Nieves, and Fast all made incredible strides.
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beef 4 lunch said:
We have the pieces we need:
-Punishing power forward
-high scoring sniper
-Rick Nash (enough said)
-Super solid D
-Elite goalie
-A captain that bleeds blue
-And some good extras.

Not sure why we are where we are right now
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On the bright side, they are Rangers picks that were given up.

God knows this front office can't draft for **** anyways.
 
This team lost an awful lot this year. I think the players that left took an awful lot with them. So often this team has been lifeless and gets nothing going. Prust left a huge hole. I don't like this deal that much, because he is a UFA and thats alot to give for a guy having his worst season as a pro. I have always liked the guy and hope he turns it around here. I don't like that he makes 1M$ more than Prust after he got his raise. Kinda wish we had that one to do over, I probably would have just kept Prust.
 
I'm very happy about this. We needed a top 6 guy who's difficult to play against. He's gonna hit hard, be physical, agitate the opposition with his puck possession on the boards (what I miss most about Dubi) and get the home crowd and some of the players into the game.

I'd still like to move either boyle and/or pyatt for a more capable defenseman than eminger/hamrlik but that might be a tall order.
 
gravey9 said:
This is from NHL on my facebook feed...great stat.
"Clowe = Playoff Grit. He exits San Jose ranked 3rd all-time in franchise playoff scoring (45 pts in 68 playoff games) and as their all-time leader in playoff penalty minutes (97 PIMs)."
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Which is cool until you find out that SJ has a reputation of being playoff chumps after very good regular seasons.

Beacon said:
A second rounder has a 20% shot of making the NHL. A third has a 10% chance. 20%+20%+10%=50%. The math doesn't work out exactly like this, as every math whiz here will no doubt point out, but to say that what we gave up stands only a 50-50 chance of cracking the NHL would be roughly accurate. The odds that one of these players turns out as good as Clowe are maybe 15%.
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That diatribe is for losers who don't know what they're doing.
 
I swore Brad Richards was the last player I put my faith in to being brought to NY to change this, or do that, or improve something. I was pretty high on Nash, but considering his age and resume, it's hard not to have faith in him. Clowe on the other hand, needs to prove this isn't just another Sather move we all end up hating.

Guess we'll see, but I'm not banking on him becoming a 50 point player anytime soon.
 
Machinehead said:
Not the sole reason, but he's up there. Richards is right there with him.
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And Gaborik. And losing almost all of our good bottom 6 guys.

One (shortened) season folks. Torts and this team will be fine. We need(ed) time to replenish what was lost in the Nash trade/UFA.

Clowe is the start of that.
 
If resigning him is gonna cost us another year at a run (with a better bottom 6) with Gaborik and Nash together, this organization is ****ing stupid.
 
gravey9 said:
This is from NHL on my facebook feed...great stat.
"Clowe = Playoff Grit. He exits San Jose ranked 3rd all-time in franchise playoff scoring (45 pts in 68 playoff games) and as their all-time leader in playoff penalty minutes (97 PIMs)."
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Stanley Cup, here we come!


 
Bluenote13 said:
Which is cool until you find out that SJ has a reputation of being playoff chumps after very good regular seasons.
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True, but the fact that he MAINTAINED his regular season ppg in the playoffs DESPITE his team being 'playoff chumps' would seemingly be a good sign about his playoff performance, yes? If hes playing on a team that chokes in the playoffs, but he continues to shine, would that not be a good thing? Man, use logic people.
 
NY Lito said:
And Gaborik. And losing almost all of our good bottom 6 guys.

One (shortened) season folks. Torts and this team will be fine. We need(ed) time to replenish what was lost in the Nash trade/UFA.

Clowe is the start of that.
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Gaborik, I think just isn't gonna play for Torts anymore. One of them has to go, and if speculation true, it's probably Gaborik at the draft.

But I was never a Torts fan, not even last year.
 
Machinehead said:
Gaborik, I think just isn't gonna play for Torts anymore. One of them has to go, and if speculation true, it's probably Gaborik at the draft.

But I was never a Torts fan, not even last year.
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and then when Gaborik is gone and Torts has "his players"and we don't win the cup again, whats gonna be his excuse then?
 
Jees, pretty clear that a pretty large chunk of this board have never seen the guy play. Being a displaced Rangers fan over here in the bay area, I watch probably ~50% of Sharks games, and have watched Clowe a ton over the years. He's definitely having a down year (hence the low-ish price we got him for) due to injuries and luck, but he's (potentially, if he rounds back into form) exactly what the Rangers are missing (and what they traded/let leave in FA last summer) - a Dubinsky/Prust hybrid. He plays with heart comparable to Prust, hits to hurt (with the hockey sense to be actually be able to intercept players), and has Dubinsky-comparable offensive instincts (better passer, doesn't quite have the shot). He's probably not as defensively aware as either.

The potential downsides is that he's currently pretty snakebitten (still trying, just nothing is going in for the chap), and seems to have lost a step or two (most people think due to playing with minor injuries). The upside is that this potentially fills a hole - he's a natural LW, and will do a lot of the dirty work for our very not dirty top-6 (Callahan excluded).

I can't wait to see a line of him, Nash, and Stepan - or be the potential foil to Richards and Gaborik.
 
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