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Fatfrancesa

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  1. They’re more or less in the 3rd year/season of the rebuild and those things typically take 3-5 seasons of sucking before you start to really see results on the ice.

     

    The teams that have had sustained success over last 15 years (since 04-05 lockout and Cap-era NHL) have all gone through more or less that. And they’ve all hit on multiple high picks in the draft which is a direct result of suckitude.

     

    Hopefully they don’t lose so much and so badly so frequently to where it harms development of what they’re trying to build and instill in the younger guys, but there’s plenty of losses still coming

     

    Another high pick won’t kill them though

     

    Yeah but the first year of two was just getting back to even because unlike every other team the rangers had literally no prospects. Now they have them but they’re babies.

  2. Also is it true the fox trade has a condition on his games played this year? Making the third a second? If so why in fuck is he here? He’s certainly not good enough to warrant giving up a very early second round pick in a loaded draft. I mean that’s the return we likely get for kreider. Why not limit his games played to not meet that condition?

     

    Mod Note: I've moved the discussion of Adam Fox over into a thread of its own. Please continue any discussion of Fox here and not in the Kravtsov thread. Thank you, Drew.

  3. Come on oz. kreiders been bad but kakko struggles are not on him. Flat out the guy could use some time in Hartford. He may not like it and the fans may feel cheated because everything in today’s world has to be immediate satisfaction. But in terms of development he’s obviously down on himself, he’s questioning his role even wanting more, even though admittedly playing poorly. The guy could really use some games winning and having personal success. That is much harder to accomplish here. Sending him there isn’t being banished, it can just be for a month
  4. I'm just not sure why you're comparing Torts and AV to Quinn. The situation is 180 degrees different. What does the team need? It needs an 18 year old player to play 3-4 years in the NHL. It needs a 19 year old center to gain his confidence back. It needs the 2nd youngest roster in the NHL to grow up. It needs time.

     

    You know what else it needs? It needs the fans to understand what a rebuild is. Last year they iced a roster to lose. This year, they're trying to win. The outcome may still be the same, but to say this is the worst team you've watched in +40 years simply cannot be true. We sat through 7 years of hell not that long ago. At least we know the plan for this team.

     

    It's frustrating to watch them lose only when you pit it against your own expectations. Adjust your expectations and watch the games with the understanding that they're learning.

     

    I agree. People got way to excited over what happened this offseason. Nice pieces were added but they were added to a skeleton roster. The pain you speak of realistically lasts 4-5 years minimum. Nobody blows it up and contends 2-3 years later. Closest thing was Boston but and a big but they still had Bergeron, chara, Marchand, krejci, rask, etc to build around. We don’t have that. We are in a total rebuild. Those take time. The rangers can add two big pieces which is great but the rest of the roster is either garbage or can’t drink yet. Kids growing up and the garbage running it’s course takes time.

  5. Quinn had Fast slated for the first line in this game due to the monster Boston first line. Those of you who don't like Fast on the first line should give some thought to how we were throttled by Boston's first line tonight after Fast had to be scratched. I'm not saying he could have one handedly changed that, but it sure would have been nice to have him.

     

    It's early, but at some point people will be saying "I wasn't expecting to make the playoffs, but with Trouba and Panarin I was expecting to be better this year, so what gives?"

     

    #24 may need to still for a game or two, take a deep breath, and stop beating himself up. He got schooled a couple of times by Boston's best players.

     

    What gives is this team was not ready to add massive contracts this past off season. The entire roster is a question mark and nobody has any clue what they even have and therefore what they need to buy on the fa market. Kakko is 18. Do we need to discuss further? Any expectations of him being a key cog this year was foolishly begin with. The panarin Zibanejad duo has been the only redeeming quality of this team.

  6. Tonight was bad. As bad as it was there will be equally great nights when this team looks great. There is talent here but it’s unpfoven and young. I hated the playoff talk before the season, it was ridiculous to even think about it. If they do somehow find themselves even close to the playoffs it would be gravy. Fact is this team is loaded with holes. In all honesty how many current guys on this roster are locks to be in this team even 2-3 years from now.

     

    I’d say panarin and trouba that’s it. Kakko is close to a lock but as of now he looks out of his league.

  7. For me it is politics at some level. You make rules that you enforce based on your leaning. Then claim you stay so cool during the arguments. You warn, infract, and ban me for hyper partisan posts. Then a post stating that trump committed multiple acts of treason and is a racist is allowed because you state it as fact. So hyper partisan for me but not for thee. There is nothing fair about how you police that section. That post proves it. You treat anyone on your right as almost a novelty. Nice to have around and appear to your tolerance, as long as they toe your line and don’t conduct themselves with likewise incendiary remarks. I’m fine with being disciplined for my bad behavior. It just needs to consistent for everyone and it’s blatantly not.
  8. I agree. If only they didn't act like toddlers, we wouldn't even need to have this silly conversation.[/quote

     

    If I had a button to ban people who had ideas I disagreed with I?d keep my cool too. Phil just stated that paragraph 2 is based on fact. So if calling the president a racist and other terrible things is not hyper partisan then what is coming from the left? If Phil agrees it?s fact so therefore ok, if not it?s hyper partisan and therefore open for punishment. The bullshit here is beyond belief

  9. The thing is that when you have a chance to get a player of his caliber in his prime, you do it. If management and coaches can’t figure out how to win with Panarin, how are they going to figure out how to win without him? Getting a 2 or 3c is a better option? Doubt it. On top of being stupid skilled, he has top 5 hockey IQ in the league, and pure instincts for the game.

     

    Ok. I didn’t start this thread to make an argument 7 games in. I started it now to have a thread to discuss his impact for 7 years. I thought it would be good for the forum to have a thread to discuss the most important player on the roster for the next 7 years. I would start one for Kakko too but why bother.

  10. The thread isn’t anything other than a place to talk about the effect of panarin on the rebuild. He’s been fantastic. Him being fantastic doesn’t mean team success. Panarin s contract also has the largest effect on the teams cap. I argued the rangers needed money to get another top six center. Of course that was immediately shot down with the abundance of depth the rangers have at center. I’d argue that center ice is absolutely a concern going forward.
  11. Stop playing the victim, I've been infracted and banned more than you have for what happens in that thread.

     

    seriously you have no right to play the victim in any of this... that's my job.

     

    Im not playing the victim. Im posting a clear example of the bias of the moderator. Do you have an opinion on the post I'm referencing? Do you find it appropriate according to the rules? Do you have anything ever to contribute other than to name call? I'm trying to voice my problem in the proper forum as per the rules. Not sure why you feel the right to attack me here for doing so. Not sure why the moderators allow it. But that's the point of why I started this thread. Thank you for proving the point

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