BrooksBurner Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Part of why we have offense is because of ADA. He’s 5th in the entire league in d scoring. You want to improve our d? Get rid of Staal for sure and possibly Skjei since he’s leveled out and regressed. Get or develop an actual 2nd line center that plays both ways, let our D develop, and solidify a real checking line. Trouba has the tools takes that step into the shutdown D he is so you just have to trust it’ll happen. ADA and Fox become your real pp quarterbacks. Lindgren looks fairly solid. You hope some of the D like Miller coming up are real. Finally you figure out for sure if Quinn is the guy for us. I’m not exactly seeing a real system from him sometimes and I wonder how much our defensive woes are from the coaching staff. Agreed on Staal/Skjei. I think this team is 2 good LHD away from being really, really good. The left side defense is the most glaring weakness on the entire team. As for 2C, I think Strome has shown to be capable of that for the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Agreed on Staal/Skjei. I think this team is 2 good LHD away from being really, really good. The left side defense is the most glaring weakness on the entire team. As for 2C, I think Strome has shown to be capable of that for the next few years. ADA and Fox aren't defensive specialists either, u know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 ADA and Fox aren't defensive specialists either, u know? No, but they make up for it in other ways. Staal and Skjei don't make up for their defensive deficencies. Get 2 solid, defensive minded LHDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyInTheMiddle Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 No, but they make up for it in other ways. Staal and Skjei don't make up for their defensive deficencies. Get 2 solid, defensive minded LHDs. You have one of them in the system already in Matthew Robertson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 K'Andre has played LD too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You have one of them in the system already in Matthew Robertson. K'Andre has played LD too Right. 2-3 years away if they work out, which is fine, but something like that needs to be kept in mind when making decisions about others. For example, do we re-sign Kreider now when he'll be 32 by the time our defense is more whole? If you re-sign Kreider, waiting 2-3 years for prospects that might or might not work out isn't good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty9 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 he is playing himself to a nice contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Are you gonna do this for 8 years? What's the point? You know it's not happening.No because next year he'll have an NTC. Right now he doesn't. And he's the third best RHD on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Moving Trouba isn’t an option. Let’s forget about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Moving Trouba isn?t an option. Let?s forget about thatIt is, until it's not, God dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It is, until it's not, God dammit. No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 The project is not complete until we can't keep him due to the cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 This guy.....how can you argue against keeping him. It's a no brainer...he keeps making his case stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Because he's still their third-best RD (long-term). It's a logistics issue. If the Rangers are willing to try him on the left, it changes the whole game IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinutesForNothing Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 He'd probably be an even bigger offensive threat on the left. Just look at him coming out of the box down the left side today. He'd see the whole ice from the point too. Just wonder how his D would be. The need to play a righty D on the offside is not common in a league where most teams are clamoring for more RD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 He'd probably be an even bigger offensive threat on the left. Just look at him coming out of the box down the left side today. He'd see the whole ice from the point too. Just wonder how his D would be. The need to play a righty D on the offside is not common in a league where most teams are clamoring for more RD. Yes. A lot of reign to be creative from the left side. This needs to be the direction, and I hope DeAngelo is game for it. DeAngelo/Trouba please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yes. A lot of reign to be creative from the left side. This needs to be the direction, and I hope DeAngelo is game for it. DeAngelo/Trouba please. :+1: Although skjei has been much better in the last month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 DeAngelo - Trouba Skjei - Fox Is that good enough long term? Im not sure. Skjei in Seattle and Lundkvist/Miller on the 2nd pair might work tho. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 We do have Skjei, Staal, Lindgren, Rykov, Hajek and Miller as lefties tho, so someone would have to be traded. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 DeAngelo - Trouba Skjei - Fox Is that good enough long term? Im not sure. Skjei in Seattle and Lundkvist/Miller on the 2nd pair might work tho. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Don't think you can break up Lindgren/Fox. Solid. If you flip DeAngelo to the left, I'm not sure where Skjei fits. I think the right move in that instance is to trade him. He's actually pretty decent offensively and another team that needs that kind of defenseman would like that. The Rangers don't need it with DeAngelo/Fox, and soon (hopefully) Lundkvist/Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Please explain again why he’s no a keeper?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Gotta find a way to move Skjei and hopefully Smith. ADA has to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 It depends entirely on where he plays. He's the team's third-best RD. If he stays there, you're in Shattenkirk territory; paying an excessive amount of money to a player relative to his role. If he can shift to the left, the entire picture changes (for the better). Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 It depends entirely on where he plays. He's the team's third-best RD. If he stays there, you're in Shattenkirk territory; paying an excessive amount of money to a player relative to his role. If he can shift to the left, the entire picture changes (for the better). Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk That is what I meant. Move him over. He played the left in Junior, correct? Start moving him over now so we know it can translate to the NHL as well. May as well test it out before they commit to anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 That is what I meant. Move him over. He played the left in Junior, correct? Start moving him over now so we know it can translate to the NHL as well. May as well test it out before they commit to anything. Yup. It's not inconceivable he could move over. It just means the Rangers' coaching staff need to be open to the idea of a right-handed defender on the left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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