NY Rangers 2011-2016 Season + Offseason Thread

I think we should have done this deal with one less second rounder

 

Can look at it this way, when Nash comes back you will have replaced Glass with Nash and Hrivik with Staal, you didn't trade Yandle, Lindberg, Kreider, Skjei, Mcilrath, Bodie, Bushnevich....4th line should be Lindberg-Dom Moore-Fast...not bad

 

Probably could have, GG, but I like what Section 336 said, hopefully he's right,losing and never making the playoffs suck, in the past he has performed well in the playoffs, let's hope for the best

 

Not spectacular but solid forwards

 

Excuse me, are you HONESTLY suggesting putting Stepan at center of Staal, who is the first legitimate goal scoring center this team has had in ten years?

Are you completely out of your mind?

 

I am absolutely, positively GIDDY over this trade. This team now has it's first legitimate, goal-scoring first line center in ten years, and all it cost was two draft picks, and a prospect.

if Derek Stepan is as great as all of you make him out to be, let's trade him and get everything back that we just gave up. Personally, i would settle for a ham and cheese sandwich.

 

You guys are completely out of your minds if you do NOT make Staal your immediate first line center:

Staal - http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/staaler01.html

Games played - 909
Goals -322 Better than one goal every three games
Assists - 453
Points - 775 .85 points per game
Career FO % 48.6 (Continuing five consecutive years of 51% or better

Stepan - http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stepade01.html

Games played - 414
Goals -102 Less than one goal every four games
Assists - 180
Points - 282 .68 points per game
Career FO % 44.56 (Highest season average: 46.6)

 

Way better forwards than what Staal had in Carolina!

 

AV said he expects Staal to play center

 

Of COURSE he should!!! Look at the numbers above, and tell me for what possible reason would he not be the FIRST LINE center?

 

Good to see you are excited...

The reason why I have him as LW is because he has been playing wing for a while now. I certainly think he can handle center but we have Centers now. We could use him on the Wing AND he can def be the Center on the PK, Powerplays, and draws

 

We have centers? Who? Which center on this team averages more goals per game in their career? Which center is better on the faceoff?

Aren't these things you want your center to do?

Besides, if our centers are as good as you say they are, the team can surely get a great deal from trading one of them.

 

Rangers Report✔ ‎@rangersreport
AV said he sees E. Staal ultimately as a center.

 

Of course he does. That's because he doesn't have a brain the size of a pea.

 

We won't have to watch Stepan lose the 1st faceoff of every PP anymore

 

Steve Zipay✔ ‎@stevezipay
Raanta in goal tonight

 

Nor will we have to put our second line out to PREVENT him from losing the faceoff.

 

no other moves coming in

 

Pat Leonard✔ ‎@PLeonardNYDN
#NYR Miller-Brassard-Zucc, Kreider-Stepan-Stalberg, Lindberg-EStaal-Hayes, Glass-Moore-McIlrath. McD-G, Staal-Boyle, Yandle-Klein. Raanta