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giddy up said:
Stralman scares me. Seems risky.

Anyone watch Rangers regularly and care to give us a scouting report?
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He's a +6% CFrel last season and +7% CFrel in the previous season (so he's a possession driver) in the second pairing.

He did NOT play on their powerplay at all, so his offensive output is likely below what he is capable of.

He's a strong defensive player who makes few mistakes.

His primary d-partner was Marc Staal.
 

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giddy up said:
Stralman scares me. Seems risky.

Anyone watch Rangers regularly and care to give us a scouting report?
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I watch a fair amount of Rangers games and he is very solid. He would be great addition here. High quality 2nd pairing.

Ranger fans are very high on him, and scared to lose him. Apparently he wants to stay in NY, so maybe we have a shot.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=86522365
 

charlie1

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I pulled this directly out of the Rangers thread I just referenced. Very impressive:

Zil said:
This isn't a one year blip. Stralman has been our best possession defenseman against every level of competition since we've gotten him. Blue Blooded wrote an entire article about it: http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2014/6/4/5778722/deployment-of-the-ranger-defencemen

Here's the key takeaway (quality of competition goes up as you move along the x-axis):
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Stralman's our second best defenseman. He makes everyone around him better. There's a reason why our team controls the puck more than 60% of the time when you pair McDonagh with Stralman rather than with possession anchor Girardi.
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charlie1 said:
I pulled this directly out of the Rangers thread I just referenced. Very impressive:
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I did a double take because it says "CF% against" which would be the opposite of CF%for, which is what I would call the stat they're using.

Either way, awesome possession defenseman. Love him.
 
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It means Stralman at the right price would be a pretty damn good pick up for us, especially if it means the end of Carkner.
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the right price for the islanders could easily be a million more per season than literally everyone else is offering. folks here need to get it out of their heads that we can bring any desirable free agent in here at "value." if it takes a massive overpayment it get a band aid for our open sore of a defense, let's do it.
 

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MatthewBarnabysTears said:
the right price for the islanders could easily be a million more per season than literally everyone else is offering. folks here need to get it out of their heads that we can bring any desirable free agent in here at "value." if it takes a massive overpayment it get a band aid for our open sore of a defense, let's do it.
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:thumbu:
 
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blinkman360 said:
We made the playoffs with 3 when Streit was here. Considering Stralman is much better defensively, I don't think it would be an issue.
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I would counter by saying that I'm wary of basing anything off the strike shortened season. Very unique circumstances and only slightly more than half the games of a regular season.

If I were adamant about signing Stralman, I'd look to lose Hickey in the process.
 

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MatthewBarnabysTears said:
the right price for the islanders could easily be a million more per season than literally everyone else is offering. folks here need to get it out of their heads that we can bring any desirable free agent in here at "value." if it takes a massive overpayment it get a band aid for our open sore of a defense, let's do it.
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Agreed. Spend, baby, spend.
 
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How have we not flipped byle rights yet?... Running out of time
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I''m guessing because no one has offered anything for his rights, and they may not. I'm personally not really worried about losing a 5th rd pick. It was worth it, regardless.
 
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_illicit_ said:
I''m guessing because no one has offered anything for his rights, and they may not. I'm personally not really worried about losing a 5th rd pick. It was worth it, regardless.
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I doubt anything gets done. I guess it's possible that Snow is holding out for a 5th to replace the one he lost, but is only getting offered a 6th or something like that. Wishful thinking, but possible.
 

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Looks like Markov resigned with Montreal so that's one less defensemen we can overpay to come here
 

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boredmale said:
Looks like Markov resigned with Montreal so that's one less defensemen we can overpay to come here
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3 yrs for 5.75m.

A lot of money there.

I'm much more interested in Fayne or Stralman these days anyway.
 

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BroadwayJay said:
3 yrs for 5.75m.

A lot of money there.

I'm much more interested in Fayne or Stralman these days anyway.
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I figured Markov and Niskanen would be the 2 top dogs come July 1, now we down to 1 that we most likely won't sign.

In the case of Markov I was guessing he would at worst got 3 years 18M(I guess he took a slight hometown discount)
 
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