kliq 3,755 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, F.Michael said: He made a trade...He's doing his job...Yes - we won this time around, but lets be honest here - Kenny has done his fair share of screwing up. He's made good moves, he's made bad moves, but lets not be hypocritical. For every ounce of criticism fans gives him for a bad move, they should equally praise him for a good move. Some have such a bias against the guy and have spoken out about the Smith trade in such detain, its hilarious to see it bite them in the ass. 2 ChristopherReevesLegs and amato reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 42 minutes ago, F.Michael said: He made a trade...He's doing his job...Yes - we won this time around, but lets be honest here - Kenny has done his fair share of screwing up. A lot of GMs do 1 Jonas Mahonas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, kjw25 said: At least the Rangers GM can admit changes are needed unlike someone.... Ah yes, it's the Rangers GM that deserves praise here, clearly 2 1 joesuffP, kliq and PavelValerievichDatsyuk reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, kjw25 said: At least the Rangers GM can admit changes are needed unlike someone.... Lol at this ignorant post. Rangers fans are cussing out their GM for signing this guy in the first place. Edited February 9, 2018 by kickazz 1 Jonas Mahonas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 Weren't there a couple people here trying to say Smith was a top 4 D fairly recently? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kjw25 104 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 I would give Kenny more credit had he not signed multiple bad deals worse than the Rangers with (in order of most disastrous) Smith.......1. DeKeyser 2. Abdelkader. 3. Ericsson 4.Helm So Kenny gets rid of Smith for a draft pick will not correct all the damage he has done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,963 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 1 minute ago, kjw25 said: I would give Kenny more credit had he not signed multiple bad deals worse than the Rangers with (in order of most disastrous) Smith.......1. DeKeyser 2. Abdelkader. 3. Ericsson 4.Helm So Kenny gets rid of Smith for a draft pick will not correct all the damage he has done. The Dekeyser deal was the right one at the time. An argument can be made for the Ericsson deal being the right one at the time as well. Hindsight sure is a *****, eh? I don't think the Helm deal is bad at all. I have no doubt he'd have value to other teams in a trade is he has to be moved. The Abby contract is the only bad one, and that's due to length. The disney.com deal is another dumb one, though not crippling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShanahanMan 473 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 4 hours ago, kjw25 said: At least the Rangers GM can admit changes are needed unlike someone.... Rangers actually released a very well written memo to the fans letting them know they acknowledge the fact that changes are definitely needed and are coming. THATS respecting your fan base. Ass opposed to our management that talks about going on "big runs" and that out roster looks good, treating fans as naive, uninformed and just plan out stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) When was the last time the Rangers won the Stanley Cup? You guys sure talk big when praising the Rangers but no results have been shown. Rangers could buy all their fans designer jockstraps to “show respect” for all I care, they still suck and have not brought in a single Stanley Cup in 20+ years. Their ENTIRE rebuild since 1994 has been a complete and utter failure and here they go trying to do it again. Ya’ll are praising a franchise that failed at rebuilding and has to do it all over again; let that sink in for a minute. In the same time the Rangers have tried to rebuild and go at a cup run (two decades), we’ve won 4 Stanley Cups and we’ve drafted Larkin, Mantha, AA, Svech, Cholo, Ras. We’re ahead of them in the rebuilding as of now. Our owners are better and so is our management (Sather/Gorton). Edited February 9, 2018 by kickazz 3 Jonas Mahonas, ben_usmc and ChristopherReevesLegs reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Son of a Wing 1,644 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 21 minutes ago, ShanahanMan said: Rangers actually released a very well written memo to the fans letting them know they acknowledge the fact that changes are definitely needed and are coming. THATS respecting your fan base. Ass opposed to our management that talks about going on "big runs" and that out roster looks good, treating fans as naive, uninformed and just plan out stupid. 1 ChristopherReevesLegs reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 5 hours ago, DickieDunn said: Weren't there a couple people here trying to say Smith was a top 4 D fairly recently? Yeah, also that hes very similar to 08 cup win Brad Stuart... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, DickieDunn said: Weren't there a couple people here trying to say Smith was a top 4 D fairly recently? 6 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Yeah, also that hes very similar to 08 cup win Brad Stuart... If you guys trying to point at @krsmith17 then just do it. Michiganders are hard. Don’t be softies. @ChristopherReevesLegs I know you went to West (which was the softest one) and I went to East (so hard bro) but no excuses. Edited February 9, 2018 by kickazz 1 Jonas Mahonas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,794 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 4 hours ago, kickazz said: When was the last time the Rangers won the Stanley Cup? You guys sure talk big when praising the Rangers but no results have been shown. Rangers could buy all their fans designer jockstraps to “show respect” for all I care, they still suck and have not brought in a single Stanley Cup in 20+ years. Their ENTIRE rebuild since 1994 has been a complete and utter failure and here they go trying to do it again. Ya’ll are praising a franchise that failed at rebuilding and has to do it all over again; let that sink in for a minute. In the same time the Rangers have tried to rebuild and go at a cup run (two decades), we’ve won 4 Stanley Cups and we’ve drafted Larkin, Mantha, AA, Svech, Cholo, Ras. We’re ahead of them in the rebuilding as of now. Our owners are better and so is our management (Sather/Gorton). Yeah, but their goalie is a lot better looking than ours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, GMRwings1983 said: Yeah, but their goalie is a lot better looking than ours. No joke. He’s really really hot man. 1 Jonas Mahonas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 6 hours ago, marcaractac said: The Dekeyser deal was the right one at the time. An argument can be made for the Ericsson deal being the right one at the time as well. Hindsight sure is a *****, eh? I don't think the Helm deal is bad at all. I have no doubt he'd have value to other teams in a trade is he has to be moved. The Abby contract is the only bad one, and that's due to length. The disney.com deal is another dumb one, though not crippling. I'm glad someone else said this. I've always thought the anger/outrage over those contracts was an overreaction, but never had the guts to say it because the Holland hate was of Sith Lord proportions around here for so long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 Not sure I agree with the DK deal but the Ericsson deal was probably the right one for the time. I recall a lot of people here were happy about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 1 hour ago, GMRwings1983 said: Yeah, but their goalie is a lot better looking than ours. 1 hour ago, kickazz said: No joke. He’s really really hot man. He's a walking shampoo commercial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 3 hours ago, kickazz said: If you guys trying to point at @krsmith17 then just do it. Michiganders are hard. Don’t be softies. @ChristopherReevesLegs I know you went to West (which was the softest one) and I went to East (so hard bro) but no excuses. East was literally for nerds Shut up nerd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: East was literally for nerds Shut up nerd There were a lot of Talent and Gifted kids there. Picked on them fo sho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, kickazz said: There were a lot of Talent and Gifted kids there. Picked on them fo sho That's f***ed up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 Just now, ChristopherReevesLegs said: That's f***ed up It was one of those situations where I was good friends with them but cracked the occasional jokes at them. My picking on people has always been good natured. You loser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BinMucker94 302 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) Wrong thread Edited February 10, 2018 by BinMucker94 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, kickazz said: It was one of those situations where I was good friends with them but cracked the occasional jokes at them. My picking on people has always been good natured. You loser. Ha I knew you weren't cool enough to be a bully f***in ***** Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Ha I knew you weren't cool enough to be a bully f***in ***** I mean you saw how I treated Limitless on CS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) Serious question: If the Rangers want to rid themselves of Smith w/o buying him out, they will have to take back a bad contract in a trade. If you're Holland and you have 3 expensive contracts playing in your bottom 6, do you consider taking Smith back from NY if you're trading away one of those contracts? Flame on. Edited February 10, 2018 by Neomaxizoomdweebie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites