No. What makes me call you Sather is that you insist on keeping the team the same, and keeping up with the status quo, when obviously this success they're having isn't sustainable.
Yeah but my original post was about timing in trading these players. In the past i've called for trading these players. You just need instant gratification. You are a fan that likes young players and doesn't appreciate homegrown players. That's ok....
This team isn't talented enough to win anything. That's not me "hating the players" that's not me "Wishing them to fail", I'm just being ****ing realistic. The fantasy land that Sather lives in where he says to himself "Hank just needs to get hot and the cup is ours!" is exactly why we've been drowning in this ****ing cesspool of mediocre ******** for the last 10 ****ing years.
This team can win in the playoffs. Will they? Probably not but they still can. Just because you say it's not possible doesn't make that true. Why don't the Rangers just trade Hank? That would solve all your problems!
The Devils had the easiest run to the cup finals in recent history.
They beat Florida in OT in the first round. A bounce of the puck and they could've been out in the first round. I wonder if Devils fans think the run was easy.
The Flyers miraculously beat a better team in a 7 game series and went on to lose the Stanley Cup.
Wait, so anything can happen? Right?
These aren't good examples, why?
Because they destroy your argument. I get it...
Theses teams didn't win anything! Why would we keep the players just so we can lose in the Stanley Cup final? What would that have accomplished?
They made it to the finals. Hmm. What would a Stanley Cup finals run do for players like Kreider, Zuccerello, McD, etc? It would give them confidence going into next season. It would help build exactly what you want the team to be in..........5 to 7 years.....Great planning on your part!
I get that a GM won't trade players when they're in a playoff spot but that's looking at it in a huge vacuum.
Soooooo root for them to lose. Don't complain to me about it. Don't cry because I live in reality where trades you like want to happen now (Instant gratification) aren't going to happen. Think about my original post. The Rangers can still move these guys after the playoffs if they aren't going resign. Is the value the same? Nope, but it's something.
We're in a ****** division, in a ****** conference, that almost on a whole can't play defense. Do you REALLY believe we're good enough to KO the Bruins, hell even the Penguins? And what happens after that?
Are the Rangers good enough today to beat those teams? Probably not but a lot can happen between now and when they would have to face the Bruins or Penguins. Why don't the Rangers just forfeit every game the rest of the season? They would surely get the best chance to win the lottery. What's the point of even watching the games?
We can get swept by a team like the Blues or Blackhawks? ****ing joy! And then Callahan and Girardi resign 7 x 7 deals and the same endless cycle of ****ing ******** continues for only the 40th time.
So, you know the contracts they are going to sign? When does the team plan to announce the signings?
You do realize, sports are a business right?
It is? So the best way to run a business is to charge a lot of money for fans to go to games, get hot and into playoff position and then sell two players for prospects AND then not replace them...That's a new concept...I can't believe other teams don't buy into that. It's a really smart way to run a team....
I get the lockerroom turnover thing, but if a player(s) aren't in the future plans, they aren't in the future plans!
But they might be. You get that timing in making a trade needs to be right. You don't get the dressing room thing at all. If you did you would understand my point.
No it's not....It would be if the Rangers traded Callahan and Girardi today but they aren't. Root for the Rangers to lose, it's the only way they are getting traded at the deadline. Just don't call yourself a Ranger fan.
If Cally and G wanted reasonable deals, they'd have contracts by now. Period.
You can't say that and be serious. I'm not Glen Sather. You are! How else can you explain what's going on.
Negotiations don't take this long.
Yes they do.
There's clearly something else going on, and I don't see these two in the Rangers' future plans.
1.) We have no idea what's going on.
2.) Nobody cares that you don't see them in the Rangers future plans.
If a cup contender is willing to pay big assets to take two players who aren't that good to begin with, be my ****ing guest.
How do you know a cup contender wants to trade big assets? What if teams aren't willing to part with big assets? Should Sather trade them for just anything?
Because that's how you build for the future. It's all we can do since we sure as hell aren't winning anything soon.
I'm sorry but I don't trust your opinion about how to build for the future. I can't trust somebody that' doesn't care about the other players on the team, the fans who pay money to go to the games to see a competitive team, or somebody that just wants a shiny new toy....younger isn't always better....