Tob
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This is like trading a paper clip gradually into a house except in reverse and we are now homeless
Confirmed with Link: Nils Lundkvist Requests Trade
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This is like trading a paper clip gradually into a house except in reverse and we are now homeless
Tob
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Gauthier, Kravtsov, Lundkvist, Georgiev up until his contract expired and so far Drury hasn't budged. Chris Drury doesn't care about trade requests.
Bacon Artemi Bravo
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That's how a GM should operate. These guys need to realize there is no emergency escape plan. The only option is to EARN a spot with the big club.
Tob
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Ya, if you're under contract, that means you're under team control. Agents are trying to force organizations into yielding but Drury doesn't have to out wait Nils' 2 remaining ELC years, he just has to out wait Claude Lemieux just like they out waited Vitali's old agent before he switched to Milstein.
effen
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I think it is clear that Claude Lemiuex has been the problem staring at us the whole time. His son should have never messed around with Max Domi's sister, and now we are paying the price.
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Claude Lemeiux being an asshole...who would have guessed?!
seriously though, lowering his client's value to the bottom so the new team will be left unscathed is such a shit tactic.
Hire Sather
He Is Our Star
Don't move him unless the trade helps us this year.
Does he realize he could be on the team with one injury to a RHD? One that will without a doubt come this season because last year we had incredible luck with health on our D.
It's just like Krav last season. He would've been playing.. it's unbelivable.
Does he realize he could be on the team with one injury to a RHD? One that will without a doubt come this season because last year we had incredible luck with health on our D.
It's just like Krav last season. He would've been playing.. it's unbelivable.
Lundkvist's attitude and the way he's handling his situation vs. Jones' attitude and the way he's handling his situation.
Nils Lundkvist still in Sweden as agent says defenseman wants to be traded
Rangers GM Chris Drury declined to confirm the trade request and would not say if he was attempting to trade the defenseman.www.newsday.com
Newsday requires a subscription but you can quickly skim in the article.
Lemieux said Lundkvist is in Sweden and he will not report to training camp.
That spot on LD is Jones' to lose at this point.
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All due respect to those players that make good agents/GMs/etc., but what exactly are lemieux’s credentials for advising anybody about…well…anything? Look, maybe he put in the work and earned an Executive MBA from Wharton’s, but getting a semi-GED on a bus while shuttling between Sherbrooke and Chicoutimi doesn’t impress me much. So far, his advice and negotiating skills are about what would expect from a guy that has this on his wiki page: ”They are the only father-son duo to be punished by the NHL for biting other players.”
At this point, I could give two shits about this player and his career, but for pure entertainment, it will be interesting to see where this drama goes…
effen
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As an aside, just because Zac Jones is saying athlete cliches to the press NOW doesnt make what Amazing Kreiderman reported wrong and it was pretty f***ed up he got questioned on it and mocked when he didnt need to share that publicly.
Keep doin you, King.
Keep doin you, King.
This.
I even doubt the validity of the info, but I don’t doubt that AK heard what he heard. He isn’t in the business of making shit up and anyone who has been here long enough should know that.
TheGortonConspiracy
Wow its a nice GM
I Eat Crow
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100%. I'd put any of his clients on a "do not draft" list. His behavior is very unbecoming and very unprofessional.
BTW, toll the contract. Nils is in breach of it if he doesn't report for a mandatory training camp.
Also a big LOL to him requesting a trade after he was sent down.
They are not.
Plus pro scouts and amateur scouts have always been different.
They are not.
Plus pro scouts and amateur scouts have always been different.
RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
Hope he gets to go rot with Lias, the bum. Think the organization might be done drafting Swedes for a while.
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Fans are loyal to their teams. The players are generally not. Lundkvist is looking for the quickest path to an NHL salary, with the team that drafted him or not.
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Unreal how an unestablished player would gamble their career and sit out because he refuses to compete for a spot on an NHL roster. Like, give me an invite and I'll compete for free for f*** sake.
I feel like they need to make an example out of one of these kids. If they want to hold out, let them sit at home and miss a season. Enough is enough. They shouldn't placate these brats. Lundkvist has an opportunity to compete for a spot on a Stanley Cup contender. He should gamble on himself and compete. If he loses then talk to management and ask to be loaned.
I am totally fine with a guy asking for a trade because he thinks he needs a better opportunity elsewhere. I always talk about the limited window guys have to make it and what that means for them.
Holding out doesn't make sense to me, especially with Drury running the show. Drury won't just trade him to trade him. Lundkvist could really hurt himself here. A season in Sweden does nothing for him developmentally. If he's not playing in the NHL, he should be playing in the AHL, and sooner or later he'll either find himself traded or in our lineup. But he really should show up and play. The holdout really benefits no one.
