Who's putting words in whose mouth? High praise for Jensen? My statement was,
IF Jensen has a good camp and impresses enough to win a 4th line spot, it could make Fast expendable. That doesn't fit my definition of high praise.
Inferno cited actual numbers. Are you forgetting the amount of time he spent with Brassard and Miller when Miller had his mid-season burst? And putting him with Kreider and Stepan is one of AV's default crutches that I have a problem with. And, IMO, he is a tweener. He's a very good 4th line player. He put up average 3rd numbers while playing the majority of his time with top 6 forwards. Nash missed half the season. AV had Lindberg/Hayes/Stalberg as the 3rd line. Where do you think Fast went? It wasn't next to Moore and Glass.
That's your opinion on Vesey. I heard the same rhetoric regarding Kevin Hayes. Preclude yourself from hope of Vesey signing with the Rangers. I'll wait until his signing is officially announced elsewhere to hold the same viewpoint. As for Nash, again, that is your viewpoint regarding his value. I could easily surmise that the opposite side will be very surprised with the value he actually brings back Tit-for-tat, as they say.
No, he's not Ranger brass. He does however appear to have the best sources within the organization, and he sometimes appears to be a mouthpiece for the organization when the wish to push an issue.
No, it's not what this argument is hanging on. However, if the Rangers were, unfortunately willing to sign Eriksson, then again, that would mean Ranger brass sees Fast as a 4th line player, by virtue of wanting 3 more talented offensive players, (Zucc, Bucc and Eriksson) above him on the depth chart. Is Fast a dime-a-dozen player? In a sense, there are a lot of Jesper Fast-type players around the league. He's not unique in the manner that Hagelin was. He's not does not possess the physical gifts of Stalberg. He does not have the offensive upside of Lindberg. He's a nice player. He's the type of player a veteran coach likes because he doesn't try their patience like a Kreider or Miller does. The low-risk outweighs the high-reward. Did you call him "untouchable" per se? No, but you and a few other posters were incredulous that such a suggestion that Fast could be expendable. IMO, this team would not nearly miss Fast as much as you and others have suggested. I could be wrong, and it wouldn't be the first time, but, I'll live with it.
And, again, I read what you wrote, I just don't agree with you.