Big Blue Huddle

Seriously, 7-0-3 in their last 10, and two of those OT losses probably could have ben wins had they held it together in the end, what more could we possibly ask for at this point?

It just makes Sunday's sport lineup that much more exciting with the Rangers hosting the Avs at 11:00 AM MST (1:00 PM local EST), followed by the NFC Championship and, later, the HUGE AFC Championship.

Buckle your chinstrap and get ready for an action-packed weekend!

Peace!

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Giving away young talent and a first rounder for a 30-something in the midst of a crap season.

Ok...

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on January 31, 2025, 08:43:57 PMGiving away young talent and a first rounder for a 30-something in the midst of a crap season.

Ok...

It's peculiar for sure. Miller is a better player but by how much? And they are fighting for their lives just to get into the playoffs at all. I guess they think that recent run is more indicative of the team they are than the entire months worth of losing they just wrapped up but I'm not sure I'd agree.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on January 31, 2025, 08:43:57 PMGiving away young talent and a first rounder for a 30-something in the midst of a crap season.

Ok...

a young talent who is 1 hit away from the nursing home.  I love Chytil, but cant be pissed about this deal.

Agreed.  This is a trade you gotta make. 

Perhaps a year too late. They could have used Miller's snarl against the Panthers. Coggs is right about Chytl's medical vulnerability, AND Gabe Perrault may be ready next year. Could Miller be the cog of a big retool?

I'd rather take my chances with the injury history and keep Chytil. Good young talent is hard to come by and he can be something special with the puck.

Quote from: files58 on January 31, 2025, 11:24:59 PMPerhaps a year too late. They could have used Miller's snarl against the Panthers. Coggs is right about Chytl's medical vulnerability, AND Gabe Perrault may be ready next year. Could Miller be the cog of a big retool?

The team needs to get tough in a "tough love" sort of way, so now they do this, albeit a day late and another post season series short.

Just watching the Colorado game last Sunday, the way those two teams always duel it out, and it looked like yet another OT classic was coming until that boondoggle play at the end gave the game away. I won't even mention the Carolina game. But they've clearly fallen from their perch and if they're not rebuilding through youth, this musical acquisition game isn't going to be a long-term solution and Laviolette, unfortunately, will be looking for work.

Maybe the coach squeezed everything he possibly could out of them last season. Maybe that was as good as they could be, which was not quite good enough for the finals. Maybe Laviolette and Drury need to accept the fact that their windoelw closed with the Panthers' series and the best thing to do now is clean out what you can, get through this season and begin dismantling and plan to rebuild this group so it can contend again in a couple of years or so.

Right now, the best they are is an eighth placed team in the conference playoff run. At worst, they are damned ugly and painful to watch.

How do you give away the f'in game winner to the guy coming out of the penalty box, breaks in, scores on Igor with 30 seconds left in regulation. The Rangers sent the Avs home with the kindest of gifts last Sunday, and left their fans dumbfounded.

Peace!

Quote from: files58 on January 31, 2025, 11:24:59 PMPerhaps a year too late. They could have used Miller's snarl against the Panthers. Coggs is right about Chytl's medical vulnerability, AND Gabe Perrault may be ready next year. Could Miller be the cog of a big retool?

Would have cost A LOT more to trade for him last year.

Hopefully, Drury orders him to start bullying Mika so Mika agrees to waive his NMC.

Quote from: coggs on February 01, 2025, 01:32:38 PMWould have cost A LOT more to trade for him last year.

Might have put us over the top though.

Retooling won't begin until we have a couple of good hard flushes.

First flush...Drury. before he gives away any more young talent for 33 year olds in a season already in the crapper.

This is going to take a while, IF we act smartly and let's face it that has never been our forte.

At least our 18 million can keep us hovering around .500.  How does the rest of the league do it every year at the G position and manage to win Cups ???  Need a hint ???

This team is obviously headed nowhere this season.  If they can dump a few of these dogs and retool they might be in better position moving forward.  That said their defensive system or lack of the players buying into it is a massive issue. 

The most painful part of the trade is losing a first rounder. Don't get me wrong, I like Chytil, but he has a concussion history like Tua and is on borrowed time. Losing a first rounder on a team full of 30-plus year olds is tough.

If we don't make the playoffs this year this trade is going to look bad.