Jdog99

fortunately...shesterkin will be playing for a big money contract soon enough...that should wake him the f up

arguably on life support...will give it one more goal or end or the second

the assists are cute and all...but this season, and this series in particular, show we need panarin to be more of a goal scoring threat. he certainly has the capability. oh...and maybe lindgren was more valuable than we appreciated.

Actually - this kind of talk is perfect - everytime this forum gets suicidally depressive about the rangers...they come up with a killer swing towards looking like a full on contender!

Who are we talking about here? Players? Can't imagine Drury or GG get canned after 1 year, in which they successfully went from non-playoff team to handily getting in.

when they mentioned the panarin-zibanejad-kreider threesome at the end of the second period, thought maybe i should watch a porno instead, for the third

the way 2 goal leads have gone...that goal was a hell of alot more than a rub in

F aaasa kin shooooooot

Prediction: Trouba takes out Crosby in the first period and we cruise to a 4-0 series sweep

Maybe not the perfect example, but i recall lots of buch doubters over the course of his first three seasons. And zib may have shown himself to be a competent middle 6 centerman, but certainly not in the same league as what he later became with nyr.

Im sure theres a pretty little long list of very good, even top tier nhl players who werent showing much at the end of 3 seasons. Mika Zibanejad is one...pavel buchnevich, another.

If were not willing to take a moderate gamble on Kakko, whose skill, size and work ethic are perfectly apparent dispite not putting it all together yet...then what kind of players do u take a gamble on?

Don't have any issue with anyone evaluating Chytil as not having what it takes, but the bottom line is if u want to get high end talent at a bargain price, it has to be via taking a gamble on someone whose hasnt yet proven themselves.

Thats why i'm suggesting copp or chytil *could develop into that role. Understood - they cant get someone already recognized as elite, already on or pending a top tier contract, but they need to be on the lookout for someone who projects a higher ceiling than strome has already solidified

They really need to see if they can pair him with an elite center. Mika is on par, but they're games dont seem to fully complement each other at 5x5. They need to find a better version of Strome. Copp could develop into that guy, or Chytil, imo, has the potential. But otherwise, need to be on the lookout for a true 1b that highly complements him.

Ill take this level of production for at least 6 seasons for sure. I just dont think were seeing the same firepower we saw in that 40+ goal shortened season and that hot goal streak last season. Maybe the difference is losing buch though.

Zibanejad is great...bonafide #1...but i think he earned his contract in large part by piling up goals the previous two seasons, and given his more modest production this year, im worried hell be on the decline. Hes got 8 seasons to go...

Hes a special player, no doubt. Probably going to earn every cent of his monster contract. Zibanejad i worry about though. Great season, but never fully exploded like he has for parts of the last two seasons, and we haven't even gotten to year 1 of 8 yet.

Good point - but it was was the backwards skating hip check sort of move that i dont know if ude see from ovechkin

Nasty. Maybe the only 30g scorer in the league who can throw a check like that.

That's a league wide highlight reel goal by laf...someone unlock this kids star potential...its there

Fk...he had him 5 hole

Would be great to see Copp in between Laf and Kakko. Put Goodrow on the right next to Strome instead.

That Schneider hit was amazing...and then to follow it up with a swift beatdown of the dude who challenged him AND draw the insitigator? Doesn't get any better.

Maybe its in our best interest to get Strome back and playing at a high level, but I liked what I saw from Copp yesterday way more than Strome's overall game.