NHL Trade Rumors: Should The New York Rangers Try To Add Playoff Experience?

Plenty?? Who?

how come nobody mentions getting rid of Wolski……….get rid of Dubi, get rid of MDZ, get rid of blah blah blah….sure, i would place my prsopects with wolksi to get someone lesser then nash. hemsky or carter instead of Nash. Tony Amonte said it best, if Nash comes then everyone wants to play with the new toy as in sending him the passes only and such. And why, WHY, does people say we cant score?? Not our system people, we create scoring by being physical, not the prima donna crap out west…we are NYers, we are tough and make sure people walk out with black eyes. So, if u want flimsy flamsy hockey, move elsewhere..

You sit players that you don’t have a huge vested interest in their development, ex. Woywitjka, Eminger and possibly Mitchell.

Or you sit players that aren’t producing. Right now you have WW or Bickle (lol) coming off the bench if you want to sit somebody. As an example, and this is just a hypothetical example, but if Haggs is getting dominated physically and the long season starts to take a bit away from his speed as much as you want to get him playoff experience if dressing a vet increases you chance of winning then you do that. Becasue as much as it sucks to not get Haggs that experience, to hit the golf course early and have the likes of Stephan, AA, MDZ, Cally, etc… miss out on additional experience is not worth it.

I agree i think its overrrated. We have several gusy who have won cups and almost everyone on the team has been to playoffs before so im not remotely worried about a lack of playoff experience.

Ok, I will play:

Chicago:
Hossa 98 games
Toews – 17gms with 7g, 13p and 2 gwg. No much of a question make going into 2010
Sharp – 17 games with 7g, 11p and 2gwg.
Kane – 16gms with 9g, 14p
Ladd – 34gms
Seabrook – 17gms with 1g, 12p

True not a lot of experience persay but they had a very good idea that the players they had could perform in the playoffs going into next year. Same for the Penguins, I am too tired to do the rest.

Unlike DiesleCane thinks it is not just walking onto the ice and punching a clock and saying I now have 5 games experience. Some players perform better in the playoffs, some worse. Some it take 10 games to start playing with confidence. Some do it in their first game.

The concern I have is if you go down the list of current Rangers players you have a lot of unknowns, question marks. And one would think if a team is planning on a cup run they would try to address gaps or be prepared for the unknowns.

At too all who think experience doesn’t matter, so all the GM’s that make trades for players with playoff experience before they bring their teams into the playoffs are what, wrong? People that actually get paid to manage multi-million dollar hockey teams feel this is an important trait but yet you know better? Find me on GM for a team going into the playoffs who actually trades away playoff experience at the trade deadline and says I am looking to add inexperienced players because I think playoff experience is overrated.

the 2010 hawks went to the conference finals the year before and lost to the defending champ wings

the 2009 penguins were almost exactly the same team that lost in the finals the year before to detroit

the 2007 ducks were almost the exact same team that had lost in the conference finals the year before to edmonton

the 2006 canes were an anomaly i think

there’s something to be said for a team getting close, coming up short, and using that experience going into the next year’s playoff grind

the last month of the season is essentially games against the Eastern teams, most of those games have a playoff feel, or, have meaning. everyone is gunning for the rangers now. other teams are on the bubble. the intensity level of those games prepares the young guys for the intensity of the playoffs. just my opinion.

4 games, more than Del Zotto

TRAID DEL ZASTER

4 games. i wouldnt not trade for him becuase of it.

Probably a bit of luck too.

Boston won with good depth and obviously great goaltending, but they also went to 7 games in 3 of the 4 series they played in, particularly OT in game 7 of the first round. Any old time Boston fan would tell you that going to OT against the Habs in any playoff situation probably had them shitting their pants.

he sounds good, we should trade for him

too bad he is a bad fit

If he was on another team everyone would want to trade Hagelin, a 2nd, and Thomas for him.

38-14-5.

For sure, you would want to look for an upgrade in the 3rd defense pairing and/or bottom 6. Keep who you have on the roster but now you have an upgrade and more depth.

i don’t disagree, although obviously he is not thought of in a positive sense, particularly if they’re letting bickel play forward. he has 27 games of PO experience (which is what many on here think they need), he’s great in shootouts (not a PO consideration but they haven’t done well this year in shootouts), and he can score. if he does play well it’ll make his trade prospects brighter as well. if he sucks, then bench him again. talk about no risk.

3rd.

Feds-Boyle-Prust become our amazing fourth line again.

And:

AA Step Gabby
Hags Richie Cally
Dubi Mitchell Knuble

I would hope by next year those that have little experience now will have more of it.

who would the caps take? and talk about done, 39 years old, 3 g and 9 a in 56 games. i think when going for a rental, a required question is, what have you done lately?

I like Knuble but he was told he wont be traded. it was on nHLN

he also played on the top line with backstrom and ovechkin during their highest offensive output seasons… but then again lines and teams don’t mean anything as long as the numbers tell the story you want them to…

I’m fine with it.

So now Dubi plays RW?

as per topher0302’s comment, would you trade wolski for knuble straight up?

i guess the comparison was being made to boyes. what the rangers could get for a wolski+ (non-roster guys).

Absolutely.

Rick Nash took a shit today. Still no indication of wipe direction, which would tell us whether he prefers LA or NY.

and the cigar smoke came up black…no Nash rumors to bombard you with

Tampa Bay, now with 100% less douche.

Figured on him going to a higher-in-the-standings playoff team.

flipped Quincey to Detroit for a 1st round draft pick and sebastien piche