Speculation: Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XXV

[pld459666]

There will be no shortage of teams looking to throw money at Mika.

Count on it

 

[Shesterkybomb]

After listening to Lafreniere's press conference i get the feeling that him and Kreider will be on with Mika and its a matter of who can adjust to the right side as to who goes there. I'm just reading between the lines but he said him and kreider talked about one of them switching to the right side. If thats the case, i don't know what line 3 looks like if we assume its Panarin Strome Kakko on line 2. Kravtsov on the 3rd line kinda falls out of line with the "defined" roles they were talking about.

 

[LOFIN]

I would rather sign Mika now, but considering the contracts Drury has thrown out I'm scared. Really scared.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

There will be no shortage of teams looking to throw money at Mika.

Count on it

Mtl, Anaheim, Calgary, Ottawa, Vegas, NJ, and id guess buffalo would throw a big number in there too to name a few.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I would rather sign Mika now, but considering the contracts Drury has thrown out I'm scared. Really scared.

The problem is that if you were Mika would you sign now after having an off season where covid derailed you or would you gamble on yourself and wait? Its easy to justify only giving him 8 mill after last year, if he puts up 40 or 50 goals this year whats that number?

 

[Ola]

I wouldn’t sign Mika till the last possible moment to see if he stays healthy. He may be one concussion away from having significant issues.

Or they exploit it? Have Reeves run him during camp, then fax him a 4x4 proposal when he is laying home eating with a straw.

 

[Crease]

What are realistic scenarios in which the Rangers don’t re-sign Zibanejad and are better off?

 

[RangerBoy]

Neither of these artificial discs is specifically “anchored” into the bone at the time of placement, and therefore the spine’s ligaments and surrounding musculature hold the prosthesis in position until the device fuses to the vertebral body endplates. But even after device incorporation to the bone, the spine segment may not be as stable as the native disc, with either prosthetic slipping out of place with extreme forces or the middle spacer complete displacing from the Mobi-C.

This risk is very low for the average Joe working a desk job. However, hockey is a “collision sport”, and not just a “contact sport”. Newton’s first law suggests that an object in motion will stay in motion unless affected by an unbalanced force. Therefore an open-ice hockey check will force a player, like Jack Eichel, violently across the ice, with his head whiplashed while it catches up to his core body’s speed. Not a great scenario for a motion-preserving prosthetic.

Newton’s third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if Jack Eichel is against the rink’s boards, and he’s hit with 20N of applied force, the boards exert another 20N back across that artificial disc. Also not a great scenario for a motion-preserving prosthetic.

There are other artificial discs, like the Prestige ST, which uses screws to anchor into the bone. This may provide additional support for the athlete. However, this professional BMX biker eventually needed a fusion after his ST artificial disc failed. The impact of high-impact off-road biking was just too much.

Jack Eichel Wants an Artificial Disc - Rocky Mountain B&S

 

[haohmaru]

What are realistic scenarios in which the Rangers don’t re-sign Zibanejad and are better off?

Few and far between. We might not like the number and term, whatever it turns out to be, but the Rangers have proven for twenty years that finding a 1C is a mostly fruitless undertaking. They need to sign him and deal with the pain later in the contract and hope to all hell that the salary cap goes WAY up in the next 5 years.

 

[nyr2k2]

The good franchises can get themselves into cap hell but work their way out of it without kneecapping the team. I want to be one of those teams. Do what you have to do to get Zibanejad signed and then deal with it later.

Hopefully we can evolve into a smart cap team instead of one that thinks the only way to move forward is with a buyout.

 

[cwede]

What are realistic scenarios in which the Rangers don’t re-sign Zibanejad and are better off?

nil
they'd spend the bucks on an even more expensive guy who may not fit as well in so many ways
getting Zib was a cornerstone move of the recent core

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Mtl, Anaheim, Calgary, Ottawa, Vegas, NJ, and id guess buffalo would throw a big number in there too to name a few.

I didnt think Vegas has the cap space.. I may be wrong here. Also of all those teams do you really see Mika playing for a bottom dwelling teams of Ottawa, NJ, Buffalo, Anaheim, fluky montrael, or no mans land Calgary? Seriously if he wants the money he can go get it Dougie Hamilton style and never sniff the playoffs, or....he signs with us with a chance to consistently compete for a cup for what he is worth which is coutier deal or short 5year deal 9-10m per.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Zibanejad’s contract may not be great but the Rangers aren’t in a position to let him walk

so they’ll just have to grit their teeth and get over it

 

[Lays]

Nucks are playing Horvat as 3C with Pearson and Dickinson. Miller is starting at 2C for them. Hopefully he gets disgruntled or his offensive production lowers

 

[aufheben]

Nucks are playing Horvat as 3C with Pearson and Dickinson. Miller is starting at 2C for them. Hopefully he gets disgruntled or his offensive production lowers

Hopefully who gets disgruntled?

 

[Lays]

Hopefully who gets disgruntled?

Horvat of course, there was rumors we asked about him

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I have zero problem paying guys like panarin and Mika big money because they are star players. Those aren’t the guys that hurt you because even as they tail off they’re still very good players. It’s paying the Brendan Smiths of the world that bite you in the ass.

One of these things is very much not like the other. That is the issue.

 

[will1066]

Horvat of course, there was rumors we asked about him

I thought you were gearing up for a Miller return.

 

[Fitzy]

Zibanejad’s contract may not be great but the Rangers aren’t in a position to let him walk

so they’ll just have to grit their teeth and get over it

Hopefully he’s one of those players who is still competent in his mid thirties even if he isn’t at his peak any more.

 

[NYR]

Jack Eichel Wants an Artificial Disc - Rocky Mountain B&S

This is what I was saying a whole ago.
One blast into the boards and it's potentially all over.
His neck is forever compromised and no surgery will ever make him 100% again outside of normal life activities.
I'm living proof..

 

[Savant]

He will unless he gives the Rangers a break.

But should he?

 

[Savant]

Couturier doesn’t have Mika’s goal scoring though and it’s not like Mika is bad defensively. He’s one of the most dangerous PKers in the league

No, but he is still close to a PPG player in his own right

 

[nsvoyageurs]

But isn't every player that way?

Some players carry more risk than others. Zibanejad, with his concussions, would be among them with more risk.

 

[nyr2k2]

Some players carry more risk than others. Zibanejad, with his concussions, would be among them with more risk.

Hasn't he not had a concussion in like four years? He had that thing that many thought was a concussion, but was actually a neck injury. I know he's had several previously, but in the recent past he hasn't had any issues with that.