Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XLV

[bobbop]

And did everyone notice the several occasions that Quinn threw out Fox and DeAngelo together?

 

[DutchNYR]

I like Brendan Smith. He’d jump off a bridge to help the team win, and frankly I don’t think he’s really any worse than Skjei is. Guy’s eyes light up during interviews, you can tell how excited he is just to be part of the team.

I'd let this guy marry my girlfriend.

 

[Avery16]

Not arguing that, but certainly not as bad as a lot of contracts that we've given out over the years.

If he's making 2.5-3/per, nobody cares. Thankfully we got rid of Skjei.

If Strome was making 3.5-4, few would care about that either. The cap hit is kind of the whole point.

 

[DutchShamrock]

I say this as a Strome fan...

Domi brings a lot more than just his points. He is "hard to play against" which I do think has quantifiable benefits, especially in the postseason.

Strome brings pretty much only points.

You know, I can't argue with this at all. He certainly has another dynamic. I guess if this were in play, I would like management to at least understand that Domi may not have an ability to stick around a team for a length of time, and he may not have the chemistry that Strome and Panarin have.

 

[Avery16]

This.

Last night, I thought Brendan Smith played like playoff Smith. That could be a good omen.

Regular season Smith is a big reason why there hasn’t been any playoffs for 'playoff Smith' to be in for the past few seasons.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Smith and Trouba seem to play well together right now so hopefully that continues.

 

[Chytilmania]

This.

Last night, I thought Brendan Smith played like playoff Smith. That could be a good omen.

I love playoff Smith. If he didn't get married and slack off after the pay day I think we'd be viewing him differently.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

And did everyone notice the several occasions that Quinn threw out Fox and DeAngelo?

Did you watch the regular season?

Because its been happening.

 

[SA16]

And did everyone notice the several occasions that Quinn threw out Fox and DeAngelo?

So did we notice the same thing that happens every time they are losing in a game? Yes, yes we did.

 

[bobbop]

Regular season Smith is a big reason why there hasn’t been any playoffs for 'playoff Smith' to be in for the past few seasons.

You can hardly hang everything on Smith. He didn’t help but at least he didn’t disrupt the locker room. In fact quite the opposite as he is well liked and provides some leadership.

 

[Thirty One]

And did everyone notice the several occasions that Quinn threw out Fox and DeAngelo?

Strictly 4-on-4 and 6-on-5 I think.

 

[cwede]

And did everyone notice the several occasions that Quinn threw out Fox and DeAngelo together?

Strictly 4-on-4 and 6-on-5 I think.

I could be wrong, but i thought also 5-on-5 after score was 1-2 in 3rd

 

[bobbop]

I could be wrong, but i thought also 5-on-5 after score was 1-2 in 3rd

Correct

 

[Tawnos]

Yeah that definitely happened in the regular season too. Usually when the team was down.

No need to be snarky about it. That was 4 months and several lifetimes ago.

 

[Avery16]

How does one even have a productive contract negotiation with a player like Fast when a player like Smith is still on the roster at 4.35 annually.

 

[True Blue]

Ranger fans were/are so desperate to get out of the bad contracts from Sather, and now some are clamoring for Gorton to sign a new generation of bad contracts lol

It’s a vicious cycle

It is easy to decide what will constitute a bad contract when you are the sole arbiter of such things.

 

[Kupo]

This.

Last night, I thought Brendan Smith played like playoff Smith. That could be a good omen.

Smith play was a pleasant surprise. Same for Trouba too.

 

[NYR Viper]

Smith play was a pleasant surprise. Same for Trouba too.

Wait, I thought Trouba was horrible!?!

 

[Leetch3]

Smith play was a pleasant surprise. Same for Trouba too.

I have no clue what any fancy stat actually means but that sounds good

 

[Raspewtin]

Wait, I thought Trouba was horrible!?!

besides like one poster who’s ever said that

 

[NYR Viper]

besides like one poster who’s ever said that

If you read through the GDT it was more than 1 poster...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

If you read through the GDT it was more than 1 poster...

Some people talk about Trouba as if he's 2016 Girardi. It's ridiculous

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

It is easy to decide what will constitute a bad contract when you are the sole arbiter of such things.

And you have the benefit of hindsight.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Smith play was a pleasant surprise. Same for Trouba too.

Smith, in a short series, could be effective.

 

[duhmetreE]

Trouba looks a lot worse than he is becuase he turns like Staal.