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As useful as he'd be I think we can slot in another player (Johnsson?) into his spot. Obviously we won't be that effective up front but I mean Nash isn't even that good anymore and look what he returned. (Although I don't know how good those players are that Boston gave up).L K said:Yep, trade JVR. Use the assets to acquire a D-Man (or get a prospect back worth developing into one). The value of guys st this point is just too high.
Could Spooner be a trade target for us? Shore up the 4C slot?CarltonTheBear said:Ryan Lindgren doesn't seem like a prospect with much NHL potential around him. I think the real value in this trade for the Rangers depends on what they do with the other pieces they get. If they can flip Spooner for like a 2nd, and if Beleskey can became a decent 3rd liner again they could flip him for a 3rd rounder next season, then that's a nice haul of draft picks.
Bender said:Could Spooner be a trade target for us? Shore up the 4C slot?
Bender said:Could Spooner be a trade target for us? Shore up the 4C slot?
CarltonTheBear said:Ryan Lindgren doesn't seem like a prospect with much NHL potential around him.
Nik the Trik said:Is that based on the lousy college numbers or something else that would have negatively affected his bonafides since being drafted? Because he made two World Junior teams.
CarltonTheBear said:Lousy college numbers and the fact that most rankings of Boston's top prospects don't have him included. They aren't perfect rankings, but SBNations' blog sites do their top-25 under-25 for their teams every year and he was ranked 23rd on Boston's. Filtering out NHLers that still puts him way outside their top-10 prospects.
Nik the Trik said:Fair enough. I only ask because opinion seems divided on that front on the twitter machine.
CarltonTheBear said:Nik the Trik said:Fair enough. I only ask because opinion seems divided on that front on the twitter machine.
Most of the scouting reports I've seen on him are that he's a hard-hitting, defensive defenceman with leadership qualities and limited offensive upside. Meh. More often than not those guys become 6/7 defencemen at best.
Nik the Trik said:I don't necessarily doubt that but I think the more relevant question, at least in how it relates to value, is to what extent those attributes are still valued in NHL circles.
princedpw said:I find it interesting how we all (it seems) pretty much agree on trading JVR and yet no one thinks management will do it.
My psychology is this: I?m happy the team has improved and I?ve enjoyed the season. It looks like a tough slog through the playoffs. I want to improve further in future years. That kind of delayed gratification is fairly rare in sports ? it is hard not to want the best right now. But I get a sense others feel that too. I wonder if management is aware of fan psychology. It would be great if they exploited it this year ...