Eklund Rumor: Patches for Skjei
- Thread starter Gaud
- Start date
- Status
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
Yes. That is what we want to do as we are rebuilding, trade Skjei for Pacioretty.
Last edited:
Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
I never figured out this rumor. Why would a building team like Rangers be interested at all in Patches.
Agree 100% .. they wrote a letter to the fans to explain a rebuild, and NYR has been selling assets since. I think EK just looked at the part of Patche's hockey card that says he was born close to NYC and made a link. This is one of his worse "guesses". Im a habs fans and id hang up on this call if i was NYR.
SHANNYPLAN
Registered User
- Nov 24, 2016
- 5,223
- 2,608
HomeAndHome
All aboard the Lane train! WooWoo
From The Couch
Registered User
Please be right just this once Eklund....Please be right.....
Bandit
Registered User
WhoTagz
Registered User
I’m sorry they just got rid of Nash why in the world would they do this for someone who is going to take McDonaghs minutes
Kent Nilsson
Imagine cringing at Brock Nelson like a moron
- Jan 31, 2016
- 4,460
- 4,258
haveandare
Registered User
I was talking about the name, Skjei is pronounced Shea. The habs would have a Shea Weber pairing.
Ohhhhhh! I thought you were talking about maybe getting a profile pick of a Skjei-Weber facemash
Habs Halifax
Loyal Habs Fan
The only way this makes sense is two reasons..
1) Rangers are having a hard time getting Skjei signed to a long term deal that makes sense for them.
2) They were permitted to talk to Patch about what he would accept on a contract extension and Patch would leave some money on the table to play close to where he is from.
Doubt this is true but maybe the Rangers think Patch can be a leader while they insert their young players. To switch it around a bit... Maybe Patch for Namestnikov+ would fit better? Not sure I like it from a Habs perspective but it all depends on what the + is.
I know the Rangers are rebuilding but every rebuilding team needs leadership. It just depends on what pill they would have to swallow to get him.
Also, Who is scheduled to replace Lundqvist in a few years and also to be the back-up this next season? Maybe there is a deal around Patch/Lindgren... If the Rangers need goalie help.
1) Rangers are having a hard time getting Skjei signed to a long term deal that makes sense for them.
2) They were permitted to talk to Patch about what he would accept on a contract extension and Patch would leave some money on the table to play close to where he is from.
Doubt this is true but maybe the Rangers think Patch can be a leader while they insert their young players. To switch it around a bit... Maybe Patch for Namestnikov+ would fit better? Not sure I like it from a Habs perspective but it all depends on what the + is.
I know the Rangers are rebuilding but every rebuilding team needs leadership. It just depends on what pill they would have to swallow to get him.
Also, Who is scheduled to replace Lundqvist in a few years and also to be the back-up this next season? Maybe there is a deal around Patch/Lindgren... If the Rangers need goalie help.
Kent Nilsson
Imagine cringing at Brock Nelson like a moron
- Jan 31, 2016
- 4,460
- 4,258
Oh right... Ive always wanted the hawks to get Keith Yandle for that same reason.
Calad
Section 422
Rangers rebuild not withstanding, why are we trading our young, de-facto #1 D on an already depleted D-core for another winger? This trade makes 0 sense on all different kinds of levels
Brock Radunske
안양종합운동장 빙상장
- Aug 8, 2012
- 16,787
- 4,701
- Jul 28, 2011
- 15,091
- 9,871
Number 1 doesn't make much sense to me. If Rangers were having a hard time signing Skjei, trade him for assets, not a UFA. Rangers don't need goalie help. Goaltending is an area where our future might look bright. (of course nobody knows how they might pan out), but we have pretty high hopes with our KHL goalie.
Habs Halifax
Loyal Habs Fan
Who is the Rangers back-up next year? And I can't argue too much about point #1. However, maybe they already tried exploring the trade market for Skjei and it's not as good as they like. Maybe they value leadership and the goal scoring power Patch would bring... if they can get him on a team friendly deal. Every rebuilding team needs leadership.
Trying to help Eklund's logic out here
. In all seriousness, I can see the Rangers interested in a Patch/Lindgren type package but depends on what they have to give up.I thought NYR was rebuilding? So why would they do this? If you're going to throw shit at the wall at least have some logic with it...
Who is the Rangers back-up next year? And I can't argue too much about point #1. However, maybe they already tried exploring the trade market for Skjei and it's not as good as they like. Maybe they value leadership and the goal scoring power Patch would bring... if they can get him on a team friendly deal. Every rebuilding team needs leadership.
Trying to help Eklund's logic out here
I think his logic is just "patches was born about 80 kms from NYC!". I do think that they would be able to sign him though.
Zats Muccarello
Grinder
FoxysExpensiveNYDigs
Boo Nieves Truther
- Status
