That’s the issue, you’re using this years hall on the devils and yotes as a barometer of how he’d compare to the players on the rangers. Makes sense. I have no doubt in my mind he would become your best player, soon behind laf.
All I needed was 1 correct, you’re trying to tell me that the Rangers won’t offer up 11 mill to a player in which you did last season. How is that wrong? How is the rangers always going after high priced ufa’s wrong? Instead of a bunch of hyperbole try at least answering that. The rangers got extra cash from this trade but I don’t believe they’ll make the most of it
Yeah, so the issue for you is I’m using his most recent production, which is more indicative of his play of late, instead of the production he had over 2 years ago at this point? Again, he would have been our 5th best player last season, what exactly about Hall who is only getting older and is already a band aid boy would make him better than what we already have? Let’s get some concrete reasons why. He wasn’t better than any of the players we had in our top 6 last season save for Buch and even then it’s debatable because Buch and Hall both had the same goal total last year. Hall isn’t the league MVP anymore, and he’ll never be again.
1)Because they did that last season and can’t afford to have 22 million tied up in 2 players when they have RFAs upcoming.
2 players at 11 mill is not even close to what we’re looking at with the leafs right now and them potentially adding Pietrangelo. Hall is a good investment.
MVP of the hockey world Hall? Who talks like that? I kept thinking of the “What’s the frequency Kenneth” guy
That’s right, not counting players resigned from the roster and a couple of the better NCAA guys signed to ELCs, outside Panarin the NYR haven’t signed any UFA of conséquence since Dan Boyle in 2014 I believe.
Some of us think Yzerman got less...possibly for future trade. The market isn't "set" by any means.
That’s a whole nother thread, we’ve moved on
A wise man once said that if you stop feeding the pigeons, they will go. Instead of debating how someone talks, debate their post. Anyways at one point Taylor Hall was the MVP of the hockey world, I believe he still has it in him. He would be great for the rangers and they could trade Kreider and move laf to the right. It looks like a recipe for success to me.
I would say it’s worth it, Oilers took for granted the need for wingers when we shipped off hall, ebs and maroon. Now we’ve been chasing wingers to compete consistently, the good thing is that yams is looking great us. The space they created with this trade and maybe signing hall would equate to that franchise having 2 (hall and Panarin) and maybe 3 wingers (Lafrieniere developing) better than their #1 center. It is a decent problem to have especially when true #1 centres are extremely harder to come by. The wingers will mask the need for a true #1c is my train of thought.
1) Kreider just signed, they have no desire to trade him, and he scored more goals than Hall last year
1)If you sign former mvp hall with the extra money you got with this trade, you 100% move kreider.
Yes, you need wingers to make up for the lack of a true #1 center and having ryan strome as your #2.
Clearly better yet he scored 93 points in a full season that year and Panarin had 95 this year in 3/4 of a season. Welp there goes that point for you.
Every season has it’s own different set of dynamics, panarin rightfully lost every trophy he was nominated for and hall won. I just don’t see the issue in trying to upgrade your team. If Hall is interested in signing, you do it because he os a clear upgrade on anything you have. If he wants to sign there you simply have make room for him, that is my train of thought.
