Expansion Draft Discussion and Speculation

[foofnik]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

For a team that will be lacking on scoring taking a defenseman off a career year that might not be able to be replicated is an interesting decision. Tartar sauce may not be the greatest all around asset but your team seems like it will need some scoring from somewhere so he would have made alot of sense.

[timwebb1212]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

For a team that will be lacking on scoring taking a defenseman off a career year that might not be able to be replicated is an interesting decision. Tartar sauce may not be the greatest all around asset but your team seems like it will need some scoring from somewhere so he would have made alot of sense.

He only even outscored Holden by 12 points last season. This is hardly McDavid v. Borowiecki

[Handsome&FairMike]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

100% what I was just about to do. Scoring also hard to get in this league. I now take back my comment on not arguing from above with the Wilson and Holden picks

[kimmer]

Do u fixate hard on what previous years stats indicate?
You will quickly learn around here that a run of the mill top 6 scoring forward is usually worth TWO periph based assets on the dollar.

That is, if a GM is even willing to sell off a scorer for periph player(s) to begin with

[foofnik]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

For a team that will be lacking on scoring taking a defenseman off a career year that might not be able to be replicated is an interesting decision. Tartar sauce may not be the greatest all around asset but your team seems like it will need some scoring from somewhere so he would have made alot of sense.

He only even outscored Holden by 12 points last season. This is hardly McDavid v. Borowiecki

Well obviously but still, you took a historically periph defenseman off a career points year on a team with plenty of defenseman on the way over a 25 goal scorer when your team is periph heavy and lacking in points/goals. Not crucifying at all, but Tatar made alot more sense to me there so seems a little off to me.

[foofnik]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

100% what I was just about to do. Scoring also hard to get in this league. I now take back my comment on not arguing from above with the Wilson and Holden picks

This. Scoring will always be harder to find and acquire than periphs, even if some GM's have boners for periphs pieces.

[thom54]

Go Tony West ... but without the top5 goaltending/two of the top10 Elite D

[timwebb1212]

Not really sure how NYR has a lot of defensemen on the way. Graves is pretty much their only prospect. And Girardi and Staal are possibly the two most over-the-hill players in the league.

[kyuss]

I expect people will try to crucify me over taking Holden instead of Tatar?

For a team that will be lacking on scoring taking a defenseman off a career year that might not be able to be replicated is an interesting decision. Tartar sauce may not be the greatest all around asset but your team seems like it will need some scoring from somewhere so he would have made alot of sense.

He only even outscored Holden by 12 points last season. This is hardly McDavid v. Borowiecki

it's not like the fact it happened last year means it will happen again, though

[thom54]

Not really sure how NYR has a lot of defensemen on the way. Graves is pretty much their only prospect. And Girardi and Staal are possibly the two most over-the-hill players in the league.

True.

But Shattenkuuuuuiiirrrrkkkk

[foofnik]

They'll sign someone. Maybe Shatty if they can make the cap work. Skjei should increase his workload. they also have Day and Zborovsky besides Graves coming. McDonagh isn't going anywhere either. Holden has career year written over him, he's also 30. Great periphs guy no doubt, but expecting a repeat of that point total, or something better is ballsy.

Again, he's a good piece, it's just surprising that a team that lacks scoring passed on Tatar.

[CasperX22]

Shattenkirk is a given to the Rangers.

[thom54]

Shattenkirk is a given to the Rangers.

he's got a ranger AND Larry Brooks tattoo on his left ass cheek

[kimmer]

Foofnik u awfully chatty
Anxious about losing stolarz?

[foofnik]

Foofnik u awfully chatty
Anxious about losing stolarz?

That's long done, and I already replaced him, it's just a waiting game to get to the draft now for me. It's Friday afternoon and my boss is gone for the day, might as well hang out on here until I can go home and head to NYC for the night.

[timwebb1212]

Halfway through now.

[kimmer]

WOW NYC
so lucky what u doin there

[foofnik]

WOW NYC
so lucky what u doin there

NYC tonight for a tenure celebration dinner and bar hopping for a buddies birthday, then Mohegan Sun Saturday night for bachelor party

[timwebb1212]

Please do remember to propose a trade sending the player I take to VGK on FT

[thom54]

Please do remember to propose a trade sending the player I take to VGK on FT

You can't do it from the other way around? (honestly wondering)