This is a Bad Hockey Team 2018-19

[GordonGecko]

This season may be rock bottom, but, I’m starting to think next year’s team isn’t going to be much better. Henke’s a year older, the defense because of contracts, doesn’t see much change, or does and now has to live with many more youthful mistakes, and Hayes’ departure creates another hole to fill.

Igor has the potential to carry the team though

 

[Ghost of jas]

Igor has the potential to carry the team though

That’s a heck of task to put on a rookie goalie that doesn’t have Jaromir Jagr in the lineup.

 

[broadwayblue]

They may take steps forward, but not enough to change the outlook of the team that much. Remember how young some of them are.

After this year, he still has two years at $5.7 left. Where is he going?

Funny, but whenever players want to get paid a lot of money, NY is always mentioned as a place they want to play. And yes, while I am not a future prognosticator, Panarin will get $10m. Not sure why he would come to a rebuilding team.

You are right that they will still be very young, and it is difficult to project how much they will improve. But I still think there will be some improvement and with a few additions the team will be a little better. Again, not playoff contenders, but not bottom of the barrel.

Kreider isn't up until the summer of '20, right? A Staal buyout at that time would cost us about 2MM/year for 2 years, so that frees up ~4MM/year to put towards Kreider. Not saying they will do that, but it is a possibility.

That is a lot of cash.

 

[True Blue]

A Staal buyout at that time would cost us about 2MM/year for 2 years, so that frees up ~4MM/year to put towards Kreider. Not saying they will do that, but it is a possibility.

That is a lot of cash.

Need to also take into account Girardi's dead space cap hit.

 

[Unusual Suspect]

Serious question: Who here was alive to see this?

Technically I was alive to see Bathgate and Howell and Plante, but I may not have because our seats were nosebleed and my father stopped taking me after a couple games because all I did was crane my neck around looking for the ice cream guy and was constantly needing to piss out all the Nedick's orange drinks from before the game.

 

[dstoffa]

Serious question: Who here was alive to see this?

I certainly didn't go. The Buffalo and Islander games were road games, so I *might* have been able to see them on Channel 9. The Flyer game was a home game, and my folks didn't get cableTV until the 80's.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

LMAO at -27.

 

[EpicDing]

"This is a Bad Hockey Team: This Time for Real Edition"

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

LMAO at -27.

We aren’t contending during this rebuild.

It’s weird because we needed to tear it down because we weren’t contending, and now that we are not contending while we arent trying to contend we need to stop rebuilding to try to contend even though trying to contend will make us not contend.

The fait accompli gives me angina.

 

[ltsthinaz]

how many teams realistically have the need and cap space to trade for Hank?

of those, how many have realistic shots at a cup?

I know we talk about how he should accept a trade to a contender, but the list of real contenders with the need and cap space isn't exactly long. There isn't a long list of teams that make sense here.

Exactly - teams that are Cup contenders are usually that way because they have good goalies and talented players. They generally need a second or third liner to shore upa weakness for the playoffs or put them over the top. They don't need an 8.5 million dollar backup unless their starter is injured and they're under the cap. And bad teams don't need a great goalie until they're not so bad.

 

[Inferno]

Highly likely we will be worse next year.

Getting Hughes plus lafreniere would go a long way toward building a cup champion.

 

[Inferno]

Lafreniere Hughes kravtsov

That could be the best line in hockey 5 years from now.

 

[LORDE]

Lafreniere Hughes kravtsov

That could be the best line in hockey 5 years from now.

2/3 of that is a long shot and then some. Ur depressing me

 

[Edge]

The fait accompli gives me angina.

Oh man, that sucks. I think there’s an ointment that works to clear that up.

Are you going to tell any of the people you’ve been with? They might want to get tested.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Oh man, that sucks. I think there’s an ointment that works to clear that up.

Are you going to tell any of the people you’ve been with? They might want to get tested.

I said Angina as in Angina Pectoris

Are you thinking of your yeast infection?

 

[Edge]

I said Angina as in Angina Pectoris

Are you thinking of your yeast infection?

It’s nothing really.

Just a little itching.

I’m gonna pray it away.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

It’s nothing really.

Just a little itching.

I’m gonna pray it away.

I’ll tell you huwut, god ain’t put no yeast in there, cuz if he did, it be part of his plan

 

[I Eat Crow]

The hell is going on in this thread the last few responses?

Anyway, I blame @GordonGecko for starting the antijinx thread in case the Rangers go on another winning streak.

 

[Edge]

I can handle the losing, it’s the not competing that bothers me — especially from veterans who shouldn’t think their spot on the team is nearly as assured as they might think.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

The hell is going on in this thread the last few responses?

Anyway, I blame @GordonGecko for starting the antijinx thread in case the Rangers go on another winning streak.

tl;dr: read the last 2 posts.

 

[I Eat Crow]

tl;dr: read the last 2 posts.

No. Two posts is too much to read.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

No. Two posts is too much to read.

Barbara Bush was wrong.

 

[GordonGecko]

You know it could be worse, we could have traded our #1 to Colorado

 

[True Blue]

I can handle the losing, it’s the not competing that bothers me — especially from veterans who shouldn’t think their spot on the team is nearly as assured as they might think.

Agreed completely. The non-compete is what is worrying and interesting to see how Quinn handles it.

 

[Off Sides]

I can handle the losing, it’s the not competing that bothers me — especially from veterans who shouldn’t think their spot on the team is nearly as assured as they might think.

In a way that is why if it were me I'd be sending the youngest youth down, let the Vets take all the blame or fame for whatever happens between now and the deadline.