"I used to pray for good things . I used to ask the Hockey Gods for puck luck for the NYR .
Now all I want is Torts the smug stupid goatee clown to be fired , . I hate Torts . Please hockey gods make him get fired. Please Sean punch him in face" -- Dorado
it's not a stupid pickup. The guy will chip in this yr.
as for what happens it's pretty simple as Deveaux will go down and they will have one spare F. Rupp in for Deveaux and Wolski sits until someone sucks or someone gets hurt.
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
Rupp played a few of those games with a bum knee. Maybe all of them.
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
totally agree. It's just like the "this team sucks" thread after they started in Europe and then Western Canada.
Yeah, I don't understand all the Rupp hate. It's a bit ridiculous. I think EC and Deveauex are gone when Rupp and WW come back. I would like to see EC traded though.
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
Nothing against Rupp at all, although with the amount of 4th line talent this club has both in NYC, and in the wings of Hartford, I don't think it was a completely necessary signing. However yes, he is an excellent 4th liner and made a good career out of it. Deveaux has not been bad though, in his stead.
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
QFMFT. He's played 7 games with a bum knee, as bobbop said...and that's enough to pass judgment on him when he was a key bottom-6 on a contender the past two seasons, apparently.
The Rupp signing only irked me because the Rangers clearly planned on bringing Fedotenko back. They bring different things to the team, but they're both bottom 6 wingers and are taking spots from youth.
AD has been seriously impressive in what he's been asked to do from the coaching staff, not to mention he's tough as nails.
I'm one of EC's biggest haters and I'm trying to stay objective on the guy but at this point it's just...too hard. He's gotta go, and I don't think he's got any value any more. He's almost 28, hasn't stuck with a team longer than 3 years, and just has never tapped into the "offensive potential" that coaches have seen in him. He should be waived when WW and Rupp both return.
I think Avery becomes the healthy scratch (whether earned or not) and Rupp and WW hit the lineup.
But you always have to account for future injuries/slumps/trades.
Maybe he could be a solid second liner, but his projection is an excellent third line player who could fill in as a 2nd liner in a pinch. Kind of like a Lauri Korpikosi (who we could really use right now, btw, instead of the nothingness of that Lisin guy).
Maybe he could be a solid second liner, but his projection is an excellent third line player who could fill in as a 2nd liner in a pinch. Kind of like a Lauri Korpikosi (who we could really use right now, btw, instead of the nothingness of that Lisin guy).
yea Korpedo is one that got away. It really was out of character cause he would fit this system perfectly. They rolled the dice on Lisin just like they are doing with Wolski now
Hagelin / Korpikoski comparison is a good one. I expect Hagelin to be the same type of player
Deveaux i don't have any real problem with
Boyle on the other hand, has been the useless tool that he was 2 seasons ago that does absolutely NOTHING right on the ice.
you know how the brass does it.... drury scored a backbreaking goal against us in the playoffs--we sign him. gaborik scored 5 against us in one game---we sign him (granted, not the following season) brashear took out one of our best faceoff guys. what do we do so he doesnt take anybody else out on the team? we sign him. rupp had a hatty against us last year---we sign him. i hope parise does something horrible against us this year
Some people are way too hard on Rupp. He looked mediocre in his first 7 games here, so now he belongs in the AHL? Come the **** on. He has been a very solid fourth line player throughout his career. Way too quick to write him off.
He has been a full time player on good Pittsburgh and NJ teams for the past five years. Now he sucks because he didn't impress in seven games here. Got it.
For what Rupp provides... what exactly does he provide?... he's not worth the money he's being paid. Plain and simple. Deveaux is a better skater, works the boards fine, fights, hits, and has a nice blend of cockiness.
The extra cash Rupp is being paid, can be allocated elsewhere at the trade deadline.
I could care less that Rupp was on winning teams in the past, he's still not worth his contract right now. And that's what matters: now.
We are complaining about goals, and we are wasting 1.5 for the next 3 years on a guy who has 50 NHL goals in over 500 games...
1.5 could be used toward (meaning, Rupp's money and someone else's) a player that can score, at the deadline. Deveaux fills Rupp's role for a little over 500K. That's a full mil less.
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