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Forum: NHLFeb. 10, 2020 at 10:32 a.m.
Forum: NHLFeb. 10, 2020 at 12:58 a.m.
Thread: Can Someone explain why Crouse does not get a suspension
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruinsWillWin2020</b></div><div>Listen, everyone knows for a fact that Crouse’s hit was dirtier than Lauzon’s. But Lauzon gets a (fair/borderline overkill) 2 game suspension and Crouse just gets a slap on the wrists? The NHL DOPS needs to get their act together. It’s not like it’s the only time. Rask gets punched in the face and gets a concusssion? Multiple inconsistencies around the league? DOPS takes a blind eye to them. Why does it have to be this way? Will the DOPS inconsistent reign of terror rule for years on end until time itself collapses and the universe explodes?</div></div>

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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 27, 2020 at 4:08 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 24, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.
Thread: Team Trade Bait
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>Keep 3 goalies is difficult for multiple reasons. Hard to play all of them as much as they want, practice rotations are a bit of a nightmare, but the biggest is you are limited with the depth you can have due to injury. Rangers have a cap crunch next year and Georgiev is an RFA. Since he's the GREATEST GOALIE EVER TO LIVE, he's obviously going to want a raise, meaning they will be tying up more than 10 million (probably closer to 12) into goaltending. They still have to resign DeAngelo, Lemieux and potentially Strome as well as Georgiev. He's the obvious move to make because they aren't moving Lundqvist.

However they appear to have send Sherterkin down yesterday, but that might just be for some AHL reps during their break (or even to play in the all-star game).</div></div>

Rangers right now have 16+ mil in cap space next season. Plus the salary cap increase next year, they have more than enough money to sign everyone. Just let Hank sit, who cares. Sometimes you have to be ruthless and say what have you done for me lately
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 24, 2020 at 10:26 a.m.
Thread: Team Trade Bait
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruinsWillWin2020</b></div><div>And I get that. I think he trades Nick Cousins. Totally. Nate Thompson? Sure. Scandella could be a maybe, but I’m leaning towards not likely. I just don’t see why you would get a guy, then two months later trade him. I mean, yeah if he has a poor performance, sure totally. But Scandellas logged a good bit of time and Kovy has been showing up. I possibly could see a trade but not really.</div></div>

When the trade happened for Scandella, the Habs were within striking distance of a playoff spot but downward spiraling fast. Scandella, Kovy were added to hopefully stop the bleeding and it has to a small extent but the gap is too astronomical to make a honest push at this point. If ownership is smart, they'll give the mandate to MB to sell their pending UFA's off this year. If the Habs are banking on a 37 year old Kovalchuk next year, they deserve to be folded as a franchise IMHO....

Cousins is an RFA so there isn't a rush to move him but if the value is there, they have to take it. Scandella/Thompson/Kovy are all pending UFA's, over the age of 30 on a team that's trending downwards and in need of better quality players at every position. If they can't be traded for anything and they show a desire to come back next year, than by all means keep them but if there are teams calling about them, MB would have no choice but to move them. It'll all come down to if there teams interested in those players enough to give a draft pick away for them. Kovy definitely has the interest. The other two are not locks to be traded although they could help a team with depth for the playoffs.

Petry and Tatar I can at least see the value in the Habs keeping them but a smart GM would know when its time to sell high and reap the benefits. They are less liekly to be traded though.