If I have to read one more article by Larry Brooks, see yesterdays NY Post, where the word trade and J.T. Miller are in the same sentence I'm going to send him an e-mail asking him where he gets this bullshit from and stop writing it. Why on earth would the Rangers even think to trade this kid.
He's a work horse and like Zuccarello makes some of the most incredible passes that lead to goals. He's young and his upside is unlimited at this point. He's only going to get better and is as steady a player as the Rangers have on the roster.
All players go into lulls he's no different. But man oh man the kid is a rock. He works his ass off when he's on the ice. Why Brooks every now again mentions him and the word trade drives me fucking nuts.
Playing at a ~60 point pace at 23 years old, plays a responsible game, good. Other along the walls and in space, good hands, size, can finish, and plenty of sandpaper.
Something(s) pretty awesome would have to be coming back for me to be OK dealing him. I'd lose my damn mind if it were in a Shattenkirk rental or something like that.
Coffee please
He leads by example. When he was breaking in with the Rangers you could see he had an edge to him and I liked him a lot right away. They kept sending him down for one reason or another and the way he played I just didn't understand why. I guess they were looking for consistency. Well, he's consistently conspicuous when he's on the ice. And you can't teach that. He's a diffence maker in so many ways. An all around 200 foot player.
I think Hayes has been the most consistent. If Miller keeps it up he may overtake them.
And Skjei may pass them all.
Cant get too enamored with your own toys. Although Miller is like a bigger Cally on the ice (no idea if he is a leader), and that's hard as hell to replace.
I'd rather trade Girardi or Staal to solve our 2018 cap issues. Make it happen Jeff!!!
Also Callahan, Ryan
And in Ranger land you can also get unceremoniously dumped. Ask Eddie Giacomin and Rod Gilbert.
If there's urgency, get rid of the pieces that are mispriced and overvalued and holding the team back (albeit Girardi had some moments last night) ....
The thing about Hayes is (1) he's a center, and the depth of the org is at wing (Nash, Zucc, Miller, Kreider, Buch, Vesey, Grabner, Fast are all good, plus Hrivik, plus Jensen, Kovacs, Gropp, and Tambo vs. Stepan, Zibby (RFA), Hayes, Lindberg, plus Nieves and Morrison?), and (2) IMO, Hayes's offensive ceiling is higher. Not likely, but he could be a PPG player at some point, especially if he gets on a line that clicks.
Im not sure who I'd rather part with. Frankly I wince at parting with any of like 10 of our forwards, which is a good sign that we have really good players up front. Whereas I feel that way about McD and maybe Skjei on the back end.
LOL. just busting your balls Giants2012, I know you said a little but I don't see any real similarities in their game.
I guess they're similar in that they both play hockey and both American and similarly sized. That's about where it ends IMO. and it's probably partly my habit of starting comparisons of players with those where they shoot the same way. Miller is a sniper IMO who doesn't know how good his shot is so he's afraid to take it and some people may call it a positive, but he's too unselfish, by Miller's current age Roenick had 2 50-goal seasons.
And I like Miller a lot, more than Hayes. I've made myself clear on that one.
Roenick is top 5 American center all time, top 10 American hockey player period.
Which is why trade deadline moves should be made with the Vegas expansion draft in mind (7 FWDs/3 D), not about trying to win a 2017 Cup, which we all agree is a bit of a hail mary given where this Defense is at today.
trashed a hotel room in Nagano?
I'm indifferent on him personally. But he was a all-time American great on-ice.
I did also play against him in squirts when he played for Ridgefield, CT for a season in youth hockey (he's a year older than me). He was one of the best players I've seen that was obviously talented at a young age, stay talented if you know what I mean.
And yes, don't trade JT
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