I read it. It says they are leaning towards not re-signing. Unless it's a contract play for more money, you wouldn't leak something like that publicly. Last year you lost Gaudreau and Tkachuk. Toffoli wanted out, and has since been traded. Hanfin is waiting for a trade. Now it leaks that Backlund and Lindholm are looking for the exit. You don't keep players who don't want to be there.
So you read the first paragraph and then tabbed back here, congrats.
No they may re-sign him. How is this so confusing to you. Until more news comes out we all collectively know nothing. Calgary is trying to sign him but they aren't rushing to do it.
When Towes is at his very best he’s on Par with Slavin when Weegar at his best he’s not that good
And the insiders are all saying they are negotiating, nothing more, nothing less
Slavin is a top 10 defenseman in the league. Toews is good but he's not that good, reminder that he plays with Makar eho is a top 3 defenseman in the league, if not the best
I know Slavin is that good but he’s that good because he’s so consistent. I do think Towes in his playoff run was as good as Slavin and during that regular season aswell. Yes Makar is great but those 2 compliment eachother perfectly. Either case Weegar is very good. Easily a top 60 dman. I’d say on par with Jacob Trouba
Lmao Jacob Trouba doesn't hold a candle to Weegar. Trouba is not bad by any means, he's simply average. Not great offensively, not great defensively. What he offers is his size and physicality, he's more in line with Ryan Graves or Jamie Oleksiak
It's probably closer if Liljegren is replaced with Timmins. I think Toronto would be foolish to part with Liljegren right now whereas Timmins feels like the odd man out on their roster
Well Jacob Trouba in my eyes is great defensively and physically he is top 10 of his position. Similar to Morgan Rielly in terms of on ice value imo. Not a great number 1 but excellent number 2.
Yeah if I had to rank those 4 I would put Weegar and Brodin at the top, Weegar has the offensive advantage though so definitely edge to him (top like 20-35 defensemen). Then Pesce like 15-20 spots back and then Trouba somewhere as you said in the top 50-60 range of defensemen. In terms of skill Trouba isn't even the 2nd best defenseman on his own team, I would rank all 3 of Fox, Miller, and Lindgren above him. Trouba is captain material, he's a good team leader which I think is very important but if we are just talking skill he is a #4 on a good d-core like Tanev, Carlo, or Cernak, the aforementioned Pesce, Brodie, etc. A guy who's primary role is killing penalties and shutting down the opposition. You can expect some offense from him but not a lot.
Nazim Kadri would take Trouba over Weegar. Just so he could stop getting ran over by him every year. I haven't seen a player so thoroughly dominated physically as Kadri is by Trouba since Regehr and Hemsky played.
I’d take Trouba over the guys you mentioned and if I had the opportunity to add any of Brodin, Pesce, Weager or Trouba to my team ( leafs ) I’d chooses Trouba because I believe he’d compliment Rielly the most on the top line. I’d say calling Miller and Lindgren better is kinda a joke.
I really should have clarified that Toews is better but the gap between to 2 is not large at all. Due to hockey pools and the Bennett trade, as well as being a Bolts fan I've watched quite a bit of Florida games over the past few years and Weegar is very good. The Weegar we got to start this season is not the norm, the Weegar we got for the last 30 games or so is more in line with the norm. He is a top end #2 like how prime Ekholm, Seabrook, or Kronwall were as well. Devon Toews is also falls into that category.
You are welcome to your own opinion on who the best defense are on New Yorks blue line but I'm confident any Rangers fan would agree with me. And no, outside of team leadership all 3 of those players would compliment Rielly better than Trouba.
He was 1000 times better than Ekblad in the playoffs and a top 3 possession player on the Panthers during his last season there in the playoffs.
