Phil Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Mobile link: Mobile link: https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1024391239074889728?s=21 Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYR2711 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 This is a good contract for both sides. If he can keep up his play from last season here, he will be a good fit. I like that he can play center or wing and would be good with either Chytil or Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 *shrugs* *turns around* *walks away* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 This is a good contract for both sides. If he can keep up his play from last season here, he will be a good fit. I like that he can play center or wing and would be good with either Chytil or Anderson. The 0.80 P/GP, 102.2 PDO-driven run? Not happening. Far more likely be comes back to earth over 82 games to give the Rangers the career 0.56 P/GP player they acquired from Boston. In other words, he's way closer to a 42-point player than he is a 66-point one. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrowningPI Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yawn Sent from my SM-N900T using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 The 0.80 P/GP, 102.2 PDO-driven run? Not happening. Far more likely be comes back to earth over 82 games to give the Rangers the career 0.56 P/GP player they acquired from Boston. In other words, he's way closer to a 42-point player than he is a 66-point one. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk And thus appropriately compensated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yeah. No issue here. The second year is a little weird, but it hurts nothing. Just gives Spooner a little more security. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Trade bait next season, who?s next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Falco Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Watch him put up more points than Namestnikov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYR2711 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 The 0.80 P/GP, 102.2 PDO-driven run? Not happening. Far more likely be comes back to earth over 82 games to give the Rangers the career 0.56 P/GP player they acquired from Boston. In other words, he's way closer to a 42-point player than he is a 66-point one. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk I know he won't score like he did here again, but his all around play was good. I liked him here and hope he can be a good fit for a while here. He was far more impressive than Namestnikov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Watch him put up more points than Namestnikov He usually does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Not trying to troll here but why is spooner paid so much less than Hayes? Same age. Higher ppg. Plays center and wing. Why is Hayes worth 1.25 more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Way better data overall. Spooner is a career minus-2.0 relative corsi, minus-3.0 relative Fenwick, and has benefitted from a 60.4% offensive zone start percentage. He also averaged a 102.9 PDO the last three years. In short, he can score, but he's pretty bad at keeping the opposition in check. Quite the opposite on Hayes, who dined out in a checking role without the PP time or heavy offensive zone starts to boost his scoring. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Way better data overall. Spooner is a career minus-2.0 relative corsi, minus-3.0 relative Fenwick, and has benefitted from a 60.4% offensive zone start percentage. He also averaged a 102.9 PDO the last three years. In short, he can score, but he's pretty bad at keeping the opposition in check. Quite the opposite on Hayes, who dined out in a checking role without the PP time or heavy offensive zone starts to boost his scoring. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Does this not go against everything that’s been happening in the NHL for the last 10 years? Scorers get paid. Defensive players do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Not really, no. The goal is still to outscore the other team. He's basically Brandon Pirri but a dash better. You'll get the offense, maybe, but it's coming with a lot of caveats -- the two notables being the need to be played with heavy offensive zone starts and the fact he's going to generally fare poorly on the shot differential charts (in any category). With great goaltending, sometimes this won't result in a loss, but teams that are as often outshot as Spooner is when on the ice tend to lose more than they win if there are too many others like him around. And again, Kevin Hayes scored 25 last season. With an insane tilt toward his own end. Spooner had 13 total split between Boston and New York with the opposite usage. He's fine as a stop gap player, but I'd stop short of calling him offensive. He's a middling player in almost every aspect of the game. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrangers Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 *shrugs* *turns around* *walks away*Ha! This. Sent from my [device_name] using http://Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I like Spooner. I expect more points out of him than Hayes and Namestnikov. No reason why he can't put up 45+ points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Watch him put up more points than Namestnikov This isn't exactly a hot take lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Not trying to troll here but why is spooner paid so much less than Hayes? Same age. Higher ppg. Plays center and wing. Why is Hayes worth 1.25 more? Hayes scored 25 goals last year. Spooner has scored 23 in the last 2. Not to mention all the other things that Hayes brings to the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slobberknocker Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 im fine with the deal and term. also spot on Phil. loved the analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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