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9 hours ago, RichieNextel305 said:

Trivia is Alex Kovalev.

 

Question is: Who scored the Rangers first goal against the Hurricanes in Carolina? If it’s that, I deserve double.

No fucking way. NO FUCKING WAY

16 minutes ago, siddious said:

I’ve never been to California so pardon my ignorance but that would be 3 teams in what seems like the geographic size of Long Island. Also really close to the border… are there even fans there?
 

rather do Houston or salt lake 

There is. The SoCal AHL teams all draw well, and SD is a huge metro area with very little pro sports coverage.

43 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said:

Ray Ferraro was just on a podcast saying the next time we play NJ, that the Devils should go headhunting on the Rangers star players.

 

It is an embarrassment to the NHL that an idiot like Ferraro can openly say something like that. If fans want to say that in heat of the moment stuff, or even someone like Daneyko or Salvador with their deep roots with NJ, I guess that’s fine. But for a guy like Ferraro, who is supposed to be non-biased and fair toward all teams based on his position, to come out and say this, is just another endictment toward his vendetta against the Rangers for whatever reason.

 

Just pathetic, but not unexpected from an uneducated hack like that suffering from little man syndrome forever. Fucking loser. 

Let them try. This Devils team is softer than three ply with aloe. Trouba and Rempe alone will deal with them.

19 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

there was twitter in 2014?

There was Twitter in 2009, dude.

The source is ESPN SoCal, so this isn't just some schmuck with a microphone. Apparently the Kroenke family wants to bring hockey to San Diego.

Atlanta's making the case. Anson Carter leading the charge for them.

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

His two best features are his ability to create screens in front and his ability to wear down opposing skaters through physically punishing hits — especially defenders looking to transition from defense to offense by digging pucks out of corners and transitioning up the ice quickly.

 

We saw first-hand how much defenders might/will slow down to avoid his punishment in the Blues game. Of all people, Colton Parayko literally slowed up on multiple occasions to spare himself the pain. That can be a major benefit in the playoffs, especially in creating turnovers.

That's a good observation. Parayko is huge by hockey player standards and if he's slowing up and paying mind, you're doing something right.

I'm gonna say 3. Because it's the Rangers, and we'll scream about it and keep it in the media cycle longer.

4 minutes ago, Pete said:

Best part is this guy wasn't even on the team when it happened... Rempe doesn't need to answer to McDermid. 

Fucks sake, this.

Rempe can just laugh in his face and say "You're only here because they're scared of ME."

1 hour ago, LindG1000 said:

Trivia is.....Leetch, Messier, Gilbert?

Hand me that belt.

Rempe just blocking Cockonen like a full solar eclipse

Just now, Kevin said:

They shadowing Jack Hughes on the pk?

Nobody pays to see Jack Hughes PK

Oof, that looked like it might have hurt a mere mortal. But not Ryan Lindgren

Just now, Kevin said:

Schneider > Trouba?

Trouba needs to come back to pair with Gus. Schneider and Miller both look infinitely better these last two games.

Just now, resmd said:

Ahhh...that explains it.  Getting tired of these professional leagues mandating you need to have 14 packages to see 'all' the games.  YouTube TV doesn't have NHL network, and I subscribe to ESPN+ for the hockey...but if it's on NHL Network, it won't be on ESPN+ for some reason.  I swear they're trying to shun all their fans.

Do a free trial of Sling. It's got NHLN.

Trivia is.....Leetch, Messier, Gilbert?

Has Sam noted whether or not Kakhonen and Kakko are related in spite of having different names?

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

Pork Roll is Taylor Ham. Taylor Ham is Pork Roll. 

 

Nothing sketchy about it. It's pretty damn good. Working in Jersey got me hooked on that stuff. 

 

But yeah, I'd love to buy that "machine that makes NY water". 

 

Anyway.  LI has the best bagels and hard rolls. ... and pizza. 

Nah dude, they had BOTH on the menu. Not one or the other. 

23 minutes ago, Br4d said:

 

Bagels need to be boiled.  Outside NYC, really outside Brooklyn and Queens, they bake a lot of the time and what comes out is not a bagel.

My dude, what they do to bagels, and what they do to SELL bagels is hilarious.

Place about a mile from when I lived in North Florida was like "oh, we have a machine that makes NYC water so when we boil them, it's the same", and then they had pork roll and taylor ham on the menu which was sketch AF.

Another one is like. importing water from Brooklyn.

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

 

What? No. If you're worried about another Brendan Smith scenario, I guess I can understand some reservation, but what options at RW are flooding this market who you just implicitly trust more than a player who, in this scenario, showed actual, tangible chemistry and produced in the role he was acquired to produce in?

 

Marchessault is 33. Perron is 36. Toffoli is 32. Duchene is 33. Kane is 35. Tarasenko is 32.

 

What wrong-side-of-30 player are you marrying instead of the 27-year-old who just proved it (again, in this scenario).

I'm not saying Roslovic is or isn't the answer. I'm saying that this UFA market is rather unique because of the cap considerations many players made last year, so if you're going to plunk $5m on a guy, you have options. Lots of them.

And if you're in the $5m range, you're in range for a lot of different options of varying timelines and skills. And that may crunch further as the 2024-25 cap picture becomes clear. For me, the question is more along the lines of "If I decide I have $5m to spend, is the best answer right in front of us, and is it Jack Roslovic?"

Or is it Mantha? Or is it Arvidsson? Or is the market crunch just enough to make Toffoli or Tarasenko options? Do we want someone a bit more multifaceted and think about Sean Monahan or Matt Duchene or Joe Pavelski? Maybe we go a smidge downmarket and grab Debrusk. Or maybe we can use Kakko and the 1st rounder to pull a solid RW out from a team on the precipice of a rebuild that makes around the $5m mark?

1 minute ago, BrooksBurner said:

 

There seems to be a misunderstanding here. I don't personally blame Kakko. It's not like he chose it.

 

The org has clearly made several of these decisions under the influence of investing in him though, and I'm saying if the org is in a spot where they have to choose between a fit on the roster, and paying to keep hoping in Kakko w/o justification, then they can't do that anymore.

 

Hypothetically, let's say Kakko doesn't do much more than he's doing now, say 6-8 points in the last 21 games, and over the same span Roslovic finishes with 14-16 points in the last 21 games. Roslovic wants $5m on his next deal and the only real way you can swing that is to not pay Kakko half that. Are you punting Roslovic and keeping Kakko?

Your point stands that we shouldn't let Kakko keep standing in the way of fixing 1RW. He either needs to shit or get off the pot there. Still, this is a market that has some room for $5m to perhaps go "further" than Jack Roslovic, so I wouldn't make the choice of looking at this as an either-or. I'd rather look at it asking what $5m gets us in a flooded UFA market.

7 minutes ago, Phil said:

 

Yeah, there's an organizational derth of RW in general. That's probably part of why Kakko hasn't been moved yet.

 

I hadn't heard about Othmann struggling on the right. That's frustrating. Berard is another guy I wonder if he can make that move, but man, there's a real log jam on the left side. A few of these guys are gonna end up traded if no one can move over like Laf has.

Cuylle moving over to let a rookie have a more natural transition is also an option. For a Berard or an Othmann, that might be the best decision we can make. 

Though, your point about a logjam is well taken. We're deeper at LW than...I'd guess most any system in the league. 

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

 

Who is due another deal this summer and isn't getting cheaper. It's why I think we're probably looking at another summer of finding guys willing to sign for league minimum rather than signing a guy like Roslovic, no matter how well he does.

 

I mean, honestly, the better he does, the worse their chances of keeping him, I'd think.

Usually, yeah, but the cap increase opens the door some. There is at least some reason to think that a middle-of-the-lineup addition who excels on the team might be brought back for a year or two at a reasonable cost, given market dynamics.

Of course, since most teams have already spent that cap overage on RFAs, the Wennbergs and the Roslovics of the world will get the squeeze. 

20 minutes ago, jsm7302 said:

If it works. Problem is the year it doesn't work and a window year is wasted. Two different game plans which will vary in success. no right or wrong answer, just different view points all with the same goal of success. Time will tell.

Hey, only one team can hoist the chalice. Invariably, window years get wasted all the time. What shuts your window faster - constantly firing out 4th round picks to fill holes, or signing one of those guys to a bigger contract based on what they did in 20 games?

Over the past few years, that's been a clear answer - the contract. However, that's also circumstantial in that the cap has been pretty flat for 5 years now and that will not be the case moving forward. So, especially in the case of a guy like Vatrano or Roslovic where you just see him eat a chunk of your annual cap rise once and call it a day - that answer might shift.