Better off trading him as he'd get 4.5m in arbitration and 5m as a ufa with such a weak class of Cs this offseason.
So the question is, who wants to spend 4.5m on Strome? Minnesota? Ottawa?
Those 2; also I think FL and other contenders who are losing a more expensive piece that want a stopgap.
I posted this in another thread about Strome, and thought I'd copy it here as well.
When assessing Strome's career stats he is a sub-0.5ppg player up to now who's had one inflated year while riding shotgun with Panarin. There are many tell-tale signs of this being a one-off career year for him, including:
- His career average is 0.52ppg. This season he's at 0.84 ppg.
- His last 6 seasons his points totals were 28, 30, 34, 35, 35, and 59....... Not hard to spot the outlier.
- This season he is being spoon-fed minutes with sheltered offensive minutes with 54.6 oZS% and 19:35 ATOI, by far the highest in his career.
- Shooting % in 2 years with Rangers is 15.4%, which is 5.1% higher than his career average.
- 104.4 PDO this season, which is 9th highest in the league among forwards with at least 50 games.
- He has raked in PP points playing with Panarin, Zibanejad, and Deangelo, with 14 PP assists. Before this season he had only 26 PP assists in 7 seasons combined. Needless to say it's likely that he sees a big drop in assists with his new team without PP1 time next to star players like Panarin and Zibanejad.
All of those combined are signs of a player with heavily inflated stats, and it's unlikely that he'd be anything more than a 35-40 point player without PP1 time and tons of offensive ice time.
He's basically an offensive 3C that depends a lot on linemates for production. Based on the stats above I doubt GM's are going to be lining up to acquire him to be the sucker that gives him a raise, particularly as there's every chance that he reverts back to his Edmonton production if he doesn't get a lot of heavily sheltered offensive minutes.
Let's be honest.
Almost ANY player w/breadman, then no Panarin, of course it's gonna be a hit.
No one is saying he is a dominant driver of play.
He is 5OA talent who has matured and as a righty shot pivot who can also RW, he is worth a raise from 3.1 or whatever to 4. Below 4 a bargain. High water mark in the market, 4.5.
The key, w/the exp dr, is not the $ and if it goes a bit above that which I don't believe it will. The ? is only a handful of teams are so thin on F that they can take him on more than 1 yr. Although I guess you could always expose him.
He wants to get paid.
covid happened
leaguewide
He has to go 1 yr at a time unless he really wants to drop his price.
But again, that price is 4-ish, whether player likes that or not.
At 4, he should get 2nd +.
They average almost identical numbers over a 82 game average.
Both are good complimentary players.
Would be good in FL give Hoffman a reason to return.
If he can set up Panarin, he can set up Hoffman
Hoffman <<< Panarin, but the comparison holds even if not to the same degree.
If Panarin makes Strome a better player, then I don't really care as long as it's working. I can't see us getting to the point where we find a better center or draft a center ready any time soon. Zibby won't be able to play with Panarin. So if Strome works, I'm ok with him signing for 2-3 years. If other teams have good wingers to carry the puck and need a guy in the middle, Strome would prob fit. He's not a guy that will carry your line, but he seems to buy more space for better players, and also finds a way to get open himself.
I'd want around a 2nd if we were trading him.
Do not want to keep him 2/+ yrs.
Would prefer to deal now and give those mins to Kakko, Kravtsov, Gauthier, etc.
This is an interesting situation for the Rangers.
Gorton knows that Chytil and Howden are not ready to take on the 2C spot and that the UFA market for 2C’s is pretty much nonexistent but also doesn’t want Stome at around 4.5mil aav.
So does Gorton make a lateral move for another 2C or does he qualify Ryan Strome in hopes he can still put up decent numbers with whoever his line mates are in 20-21?
I believe the Rangers want to see Strome carry a line without Panarin’s help and know that most likely he can’t.
Strome’s numbers would most certainly go down as in his Edmonton and late Islander days without a player of Panarin’s ability on his wing.
Hell no.
Sure, Howden isn't ready.
But Chytil very def is.
We can and should sell Strome as we should with other vets and focus on emerging youth.