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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.
Thread: 2019-20 NY Rangers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sagecoll</b></div><div>why in the world would you buyout a good player and keep a bad one is the question here?....there's some presumption here that you think Shattenkirk deserves to be bought out, that he's not good. That's the ridiculous part that I'm acknowledging...

You're comparing them like they're equals and it's just about contracts.

We're talking about 2 players who are basically a full standard deviation apart. One has a positive affect on the team. One has negative...

That part isn't really a discussion.

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I get Staal is worse than Shattenkirk, even though they were both on for around the same net number of goals last year (-40). Not being the worse of the two doesn't make Shattenkirk good, though. We proved as much when we turned around and brought in two NHL caliber defenders on his side. Trouba, Fox, and DeAngelo are all going to be gunning for Shattenkirk's powerplay time, and if Shattenkirk shows anything like he did last year, they'll all be getting his powerplay time.

He's an average defender+PPQB specialist who doesn't get any PP time and can't score when he does. That's a problem.

I get Staal isn't good. He's also paid less. He's also getting less favorable zone starts and spent most of his season paired with Neal Pionk. He's also got a less buyout friendly contract when our need is immediate. It's not all about the on ice product, unfortunately.