Ekblad's a given. I think Trouba is better than Weegar, but they aren't worlds apart or anything. I'd just be surprised if Trouba didn't don a Panther's sweater at some point in his career. I mean, when he was playing in Winnipeg he bought a luxury home in Ft. Lauderdale because of how much he and his wife love the area. As a doctor (after the residency), she can work anywhere. And there happens to be an NHL team ~10 miles from home? I don't claim to have any inside info or anything. I just see a lot of things that would entice a player like Trouba to want to be there. And Weegar may well be gone by then anyway (he goes UFA a year before Trouba's clause converts).
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Ekblad's a given. I think Trouba is better than Weegar, but they aren't worlds apart or anything. I'd just be surprised if Trouba didn't don a Panther's sweater at some point in his career. I mean, when he was playing in Winnipeg he bought a luxury home in Ft. Lauderdale because of how much he and his wife love the area. As a doctor (after the residency), she can work anywhere. And there happens to be an NHL team ~10 miles from home? I don't claim to have any inside info or anything. I just see a lot of things that would entice a player like Trouba to want to be there. And Weegar may well be gone by then anyway (he goes UFA a year before Trouba's clause converts).
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You are kidding yourself if you don’t see Weegar as better.
Florida isn’t going to take Rangers off the hook from that contract just stop
Weegar is a better value, but I think Trouba is the better player. He's been phenomenal this year, in particular. Regardless, as I said, any gap between the two certainly isn't big enough to qualify for "kidding yourself" comments.
And again, there's no guarantee that Weegar will even be there in two years, and my sense was that Florida didn't have a whole lot in the pipeline at RD (could be wrong though, as I don't follow other teams prospect pipelines all that closely). Still, most of what I brought up involves why it makes sense for Trouba to eventually want to play for Florida. The interest may not be mutual, but I see an opportunity there depending on how the next couple of year play out re: Florida's blueline and the salary cap.
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Weegar was 8th in Norris voting last year, ahead of Ekblad.
With Barkov, Hubs, Bennett, Lundell, Ekblad, Weegar they aren’t spending that money on Trouba.
Honestly it doesn't matter, NYR need you to do this for us all, they have cap issues don't ya know? Plus it has already been decided that once his NMC is up any of the 15 teams he can be traded to will AUTOMATICALLY have accept......
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The problem with this thread is that most fans of other teams seem to understand the value of Miller, especially at 50%, but feel that he isn't a piece that their team should pay the asking price for.
So, in the end, we'll see if at least one GM disagrees with his HF representatives.
So, in the end, we'll see if at least one GM disagrees with his HF representatives.
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3 of those names are not better prospects than Krebs. Quinn I think there could be a healthy debate, the other 2 aren't even close.
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Is there potential for more of a hockey trade involving Miller? How much value would unloading that OEL contract hold for the new management group?
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