Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Sure, compare Tavares to Stepan.

Okay fine I'll compare him to Strome who will be a RFA at the end of next season. I know Strome is going to get a nice raise, but I'll be very surprised if it's remotely close to 6.5 per year. The Rangers overpaid.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Okay fine I'll compare him to Strome who will be a RFA at the end of next season. I know Strome is going to get a nice raise, but I'll be very surprised if it's remotely close to 6.5 per year. The Rangers overpaid.

Strome is RFA for another 5 years. Stepan was UFA next summer. You do understand the difference that makes, right?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Strome is RFA for another 5 years. Stepan was UFA next summer. You do understand the difference that makes, right?

The league has changed. The Hamilton, Saad & Tarasenko situations can happen to every team in the league. The Islanders aren't a cap floor team anymore. Okposo & Nielsen are going to be UFA's at the end of the season. Strome is going to have a big season. Garth has some difficult decisions to make concerning the cap. This offseason he's signed Lee & Hickey. Brock Nelson is waiting to be signed. That cap space can go quickly.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The league has changed. The Hamilton, Saad & Tarasenko situations can happen to every team in the league. The Islanders aren't a cap floor team anymore. Okposo & Nielsen are going to be UFA's at the end of the season. Strome is going to have a big season. Garth has some difficult decisions to make concerning the cap. This offseason he's signed Lee & Hickey. Brock Nelson is waiting to be signed. That cap space can go quickly.

It sure can, so you need to decide what you need and what you don't. The Rangers needed somebody to play 1st line C while their window is still open, don't they? Stepan got what he got because the Rags needed him and he's pretty good at what he does, even if he isn't 1C on the level of JT or Sid or whoever.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

It sure can, so you need to decide what you need and what you don't. The Rangers needed somebody to play 1st line C while their window is still open, don't they? Stepan got what he got because the Rags needed him and he's pretty good at what he does, even if he isn't 1C on the level of JT or Sid or whoever.

That's fine, but the cap implications for the Rangers could be big. I understand why they signed him. I just don't like the contract. At least it's better than the contract the Sabres gave O'Reilly. That deal is awful. Then again Buffalo has given a number of bad contracts to players in recent years.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

That's fine, but the cap implications for the Rangers could be big. I understand why they signed him. I just don't like the contract. At least it's better than the contract the Sabres gave O'Reilly. That deal is awful. Then again Buffalo has given a number of bad contracts to players in recent years.

Every team has a bad contract or two. Shit happens. Just hope for the best.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Jake getting paaaaaaaid! And he deserves every penny of it

 

[dash]

Habs have inked Alex Galchenyuk to a 2 year deal.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Thought he'd get $3m at least. Now Bergevin can use the savings on some scoring help.

Wait, I forgot about Semin.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Thought he'd get $3m at least. Now Bergevin can use the savings on some scoring help.

Wait, I forgot about Semin.

Don't let him know you did that, if you jerk him around too much Semin will be all over you.

 

[dash]

Thought he'd get $3m at least. Now Bergevin can use the savings on some scoring help.

Wait, I forgot about Semin.

You could say Semin got shafted.

 

[DragonfromTO]

You could say Semin got shafted.

I know I would find that type of thing tough to swallow

 

[forty_three]

It sure can, so you need to decide what you need and what you don't. The Rangers needed somebody to play 1st line C while their window is still open, don't they? Stepan got what he got because the Rags needed him and he's pretty good at what he does, even if he isn't 1C on the level of JT or Sid or whoever.

Hmmm, that's odd. All those years I was told that Derrick Brassard was the #1C every team wanted and he complained about anyone who got more minutes than him.

Fucking Brasshole.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hmmm, that's odd. All those years I was told that Derrick Brassard was the #1C every team wanted and he complained about anyone who got more minutes than him.

Fucking Brasshole.

But he got 60 pts so I guess that means he's their best C now because that's all that matters.

 

[DevilishWon]

1. Jake getting paaaaaaaid! 2. And he deserves every penny of it

1. yes and 2.no

 

[tducey]

That Galchenyuk deal is pretty good, The Voracek and Stepan deals? Not so much

 

[Cobiemonster]

That Galchenyuk deal is pretty good, The Voracek and Stepan deals? Not so much

If you're a legitimate point producer like Jake Voracek has been the last few seasons, it is a good deal

You have to pay to keep players, you guys do realize that right?

 

[forty_three]

"Oh, no. More crazy charts and fancy stats. Help me, what am I looking at here?"
"This basically says that almost all players fall somewhere on the chart between Tanner Glass and Sidney Crosby. And this is saying Jared Boll is worse than Tanner Glass."
"That makes total sense."


Edit: Own The Puck Tableau Visuals: The Glass-To-Crosby Scale
Have at it.

 

[thedddd]

^ LOL when I first saw the title of that graph at first I thought this was some sort of stat showing the most injured players.

 

[dash]

Plug in Nick Bonino, then plug in Brandon Sutter (lol)