CaptainMorganBarron

I assume nobody wanted to pay 3rd rounder for a playoff rental that produced only 4 playoff points in 29 playoff games. But Colorado got a steal for a 4th rounder.

Namestnikov would have been crazy to argue over 500K when he produced on 4 points in 19 games for his new team. Trouba's contract looked bad from the start, and is not looking good at all now. The guy lacks creativity and looks like a stiff out there. I would be surprised if he ever has another 50 point season. Smart thing to do would be to move his big contract while he has value and while his NMC did not kick in.

ok, but it still weakened the team depth because Di Giuseppe is no Namestnikov.

Yeah, but why did they trade for him in the 1st place and then why did they sign him to 4 mil for 2 years when they could have easily signed him to 3.5 mil just like they could have easily signed Trouba to 7.5 mil.

Does it make sense that those meaningless round robin games are played in the evening or late afternoon, while important best of five games are played at noon?

Namestnikov and Lias would have made our bottom 2 lines look much better, Namestnikov is solid all around basically similar to Fast. What was the point of dumping him for some future 4th round pick?

definitely Gettinger. He should have made the Rangers full time.

to be fair Lundqvist was our 3rd best goalie and he should not have played in the playoffs, likely they are just trying to get him to call it quits instead of buying him out. Also Carolina made like 3 trades to improve their team going into the playoffs, while Rangers weakened themselves by trading away Skjei and Namestnikov, losing Lias Andersson and acquiring only Gauthier.

I am not trying to make him a scapegoat, but he was brought here to develop a young team and roll 4 lines, not play McKegg, Fogarty, Haley, etc. over young promising players.

I just had a thought. Is it possible that lately (let's say starting this regular season) the players feel nervous/uncomfortable when Lundqvist is in net? Could they play more intelligent and more collected when Georgiev or Shesterkin is in net?

it should be on the table though. All the signs are there.

JD and Gorton agree that the Quinn/rookie coach experiment is over, time to get a coach that can win a Cup.

next season make Quinn head coach in Hartford and hire real NHL coaching staff that has been around like Laviolette.

Next game might be our last. I hope to see Hajek, Kravtsov, Gettinger, Lemieux and Georgiev in; and Lundqvist, Smith, Di Giuseppe, McKegg, and Fogarty out. If we gonna lose at least give some decent prospects/young players some playoff experience.

The first goal he gave up in the first game was there a reason he was on his knees and gave Slaving upper corner to shoot at? Also on the 2nd goal he was overcommiting then couldn't square back to the middle of the net in time.

Both games we got badly outshot. Only positives I can think of are Gauthier, Howden and Kakko are playing solid and not showing any jitters. Is Quinn the right coach to take this team to the next level? I don't think so. Hire Peter Laviolette while he is available. And what kind of coach says after 1 playoff game that he felt like his team played "too physical"? No such thing as too physical in the playoffs. What a loser mentality to hold back the physicality.

I think these 2 songs sums up Lundqvist's career: and I haven't been impressed with him especially after that insane contract he demanded. He better retire after this.

yeah so many times they try and fail to make those terrible long passes. Don't they realize it will not work against a good fast team?

Not happy with the decisions they made in the playoffs. 1. Lundqvist was outplayed all season long by the 2 young goalies, why did they decide to kiss Lundqvist's ass and start him in both playoff games? Is it to make it easier for him to retire from NHL after this? 2. Fast is out and they decide to give playoff experience to Fogarty instead of Kravtsov or Gettinger? Our bottom lines are literally made up of Carolina's rejects McKegg, Di Giuseppe, and Gauthier. Why did they never address the 4th line and just mostly rolled 3 lines most of the season. Only thing can save this team is Shesterkin comes back from his mystery injury and wins 3 straight. Quinn is a likable coach, but he easily gets out coached by top tier coaches.

Hello, new to this site. Any word about Fast? I am guessing it is a concussion. Has he ever had a concussion in his entire career or it is his first? Why did Di Giuseppe get so little icetime? I think I rather play Gettinger than McKegg at this point, he had 3 turnovers and a bad penalty.