Player Discussion Kevin Klein

[NYR]

There was never any reasonable point in trading him and especially with his cap hit.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Half the board wanted to trade KK and now he's the a #2 Dman? Yeah..right up until he has a bad game or gets injured, then it's send out the lynch mob..Brilliant!

Never for the life of me could grasp why half this board was hell bent on getting rid if Klein.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

There was never any reasonable point in trading him and especially with his cap hit.

People were talking about trading players to clear cap space. With McIlrath and Skjei close to making the team last summer, the talk was about D-men.

Yandle is too valuable, same goes for McDonagh.

Boyle, Staal and Girardi have a no-move clause. The only D-man who we could possibly trade was Klein. People did not want him gone, they wanted to allocate more money to our offense. It could have possibly helped us signing a guy like Justin Williams as a free agent.

 

[NYR]

People were talking about trading players to clear cap space. With McIlrath and Skjei close to making the team last summer, the talk was about D-men.

Yandle is too valuable, same goes for McDonagh.

Boyle, Staal and Girardi have a no-move clause. The only D-man who we could possibly trade was Klein. People did not want him gone, they wanted to allocate more money to our offense. It could have possibly helped us signing a guy like Justin Williams as a free agent.

Ugh..Signing Boyle was such a mistake..

 

[NYR]

Never for the life of me could grasp why half this board was hell bent on getting rid if Klein.

I like KK but he's got to stay off the IR

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Ugh..Signing Boyle was such a mistake..

At the time is was the right call. Short-term contract for a guy who can QB the powerplay. We bought out Richards and needed a guy to take his role on the PP.

And before anyone starts this crap again, Stralman was not that guy when the decision was made in 2014. His whopping 38 points in 3 seasons were a good indicator

 

[bl02]

Any chance he comes back in the final stretch healed from his back issues and is able to play a competent d? Him and Smith could be a nice pairing if his back issues are the reason he regressed so much this season???

 

[Zil]

Any chance he comes back in the final stretch healed from his back issues and is able to play a competent d? Him and Smith could be a nice pairing if his back issues are the reason he regressed so much this season???

Hard to see him getting in the lineup if Girardi comes back first. Do you see AV sitting any of these guys for him?

Girardi/Staal - LOL
Holden - Doubtful
Skjei/Smith - Would be a bad sign

 

[Raspewtin]

If Skjei or Smith sat for Klein AV should be fired on the spot with no questions asked.

I legitimately have no idea who comes out for Klein and that frightens me.

 

[bl02]

That's a good point it should be whoever is playing worse between staal and Girardi. I guess lately that "prize" has to be given to the former . Again that's if Klein is fully healthy and the back issues are what really made him regress so much.

 

[Larrybiv]

Has to be injury that's limiting his every move. You don't go from a totally reliable, hard hitting, decent offensively (remember 9 mostly clutch goals) to......What he has been this year. It's not hardly ever going to be that dramatic of a change from one year to next. Something is wrong and has been since his original injury which kept him out earlier. I'd bet on it.

If he does.....Then we could easily have a much steadier top 4 or at the least the 3rd pair wouldn't be so "iffy".

Thing is when he returned he was still thought of as Klein from last year and it just hasn't been even close. Hope he comes back stronger than ever this time. I'm sure this is why he's been out so long.....They want him back 100% and then some.

Either way, I think he's gonna get traded during off season with 1 year left on a very reasonable contract.

Maybe LV would accept him in a trade so they keep away from who we really want to not lose.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Has to be injury that's limiting his every move. You don't go from a totally reliable, hard hitting, decent offensively (remember 9 mostly clutch goals) to......What he has been this year. It's not hardly ever going to be that dramatic of a change from one year to next. Something is wrong and has been since his original injury which kept him out earlier. I'd bet on it.

If he does.....Then we could easily have a much steadier top 4 or at the least the 3rd pair wouldn't be so "iffy".

Thing is when he returned he was still thought of as Klein from last year and it just hasn't been even close. Hope he comes back stronger than ever this time. I'm sure this is why he's been out so long.....They want him back 100% and then some.

Either way, I think he's gonna get traded during off season with 1 year left on a very reasonable contract.

Maybe LV would accept him in a trade so they keep away from who we really want to not lose.

I'm pretty sure he's had the same nagging back injury all season.

 

[Thirty One]

I'm pretty sure he's had the same nagging back injury all season.

Yeah, I thought he looked much slower since day 1.

 

[Larrybiv]

Just put him on some pain killers and call it a day........Joke.