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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 14, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.
Thread: deangelo to anaheim rumors
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>doabarrowroll</b></div><div>the actual deal is made up and the Ducks would be silly to do this if you ask me, the source of the rumour I believe would be <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLRumorsDaily/status/1305529770315309061" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NHLRumorsDaily/status/1305529770315309061</a> NRD is right sometimes and wrong others like any rumour account but for those asking where it came from that's my guess (I DID NOT POST THIS AGM THREAD).

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He’s usually pretty good. The only thing bad about him is his cockiness when he’s 12 hours early on a rumor and then Bob, Pierre, Elliotte, etc report said rumor.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 18, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.
Thread: Upgrade at C
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>doabarrowroll</b></div><div>To add on, some other significant concerns as far as his play goes:

He's a really terrible player defensively. This isn't like completely deal-breaking since well this is the Rangers we're talking about the whole team is pretty bad defensively, but Strome is in the bottom half of the roster in this respect, and that includes players like Brett Howden, Libor Hajek, Marc Staal, and Greg McKegg. Also includes a few "outliers" like Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei (when he was here), as well as rookie year Kaapo Kakko. When you factor in the shorthanded defense, it gets even worse since he was also deployed a fair amount on the PK.

He's also BY FAR the worst player on the team as far as influence of penalties. He takes a lot more penalties than he draws and has taken a lot of penalties at really poor times.

Lastly, the main response to your last comment about why not just keep them together: the goal is to improve. If you keep Strome at the 2C spot, you're basically just relying on the same roster that was a bubble playoff team before the pause and was handily dispatched by the Canes in the play-in series. That position is an easy one to point to and say "we can definitely find better players to play here" along with a top pairing lefty defenseman.

Keeping Strome in the 2C slot would be, in my opinion, settling for an okay but not great and very much short term option. The contract I'm not super worried about because the Rangers can force him to arbitration where he'll have to take a 1 year deal, and that doesn't bother me the way a 5 year deal would with him (which I think overall you'd agree with). If the Rangers can't get their hands on a better option (in this case, they go after Danault, but that's why you see all of the Cirelli or Monahan or whoever trades on this site), then sure, settle and hope Chytil can overtake him. But if you settle for Strome and what he brings to the table, then you're putting a lot of eggs in the Chytil basket, and while I like him and think he could break out to the 2C spot, it's a lot to put on him.

Basically, rolling with Strome on the 1 year deal is kicking the can down the road when the Rangers can try a bit harder to find a better option that could potentially be a longer term option as well, and that's a big reason why people on this site trade him and replace him so often, because it's so much easier to do here than in real life. IRL it may be impossible to find another option that's worth the investment, but here it's easy since the other side doesn't actually need to accept the trade offers.</div></div>

Well Sir, I can honestly say that was by far the best response I have received in regards to the Strome situation so thank you! I will admit, I don't watch the Rangers a lot (still a bit though) so perhaps I was missing some of the obvious flaws you pointed out. I like the idea of sending him to arbitration on a 1 year deal if they cannot find a suitable longer term replacement. I definitely agree that while there are some good and fair trade proposals for Strome on this site...it's much easier than actually doing it for real. Again, appreciate the well-thought out reply!