its definitely not just about winning with the rangers (ie Dolan), Dolan sees the playoffs as a chance to raise ticket prices for next season and expensive merchandise to sell. I don’t for a minute think he is really a hockey fan

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jersey sales

And I think it would be a mistake to trade Prucha unless you are getting a young talented defenseman in return. Prucha needs to play with a good center and on the powerplay and he will get 30 goals again. I am not sold on Dawes or Cally yet. I like them as third line wings, but I just dont think they have the upside of Prucha. And Beer, Prucha always throws his body around, he may not be the strongest guy but he is never afraid to hit. Don’t get me wrong Cally would be great on the third line but in the long run not much higher. And Jessiman could easily do the job of Hollweig and he actually has some scoring ability.

It may just be me, but I dont get why we want dan boyle for the next 6 years at 7 million per.

“Talent Analysis

Schremp is a wizard with the puck as a playmaker and stickhandler that loves to curl with the puck and find open teammates for a pass. Rob is an excellent passer on his forehand, he can thread the needle or make nice saucer passes but tends to make few passes on his backhand as he likes to curl back and stay on his forehand. Schremp has a wicked and accurate wrist shot in close and is very good at finding the corner or top shelf of the net. Schremp’s slapshot is world class in velocity and accuracy.

His straight line skating is average at best, but he has an excellent first step and accelerates well out of the corner on the cycle. Rob most glaring flaw or areas of weakness are his strength and defensive zone play which both must improve before he is ready for the next level.

Schremp is too offensively talented to be kept out of the NHL for long but unless he can considerably improve on his shortcomings his contribution at the top level is very much in doubt. At worst he should be a power play and shootout specialist but if he can one day play consistently on the top 2 lines of a NHL team he could be very dangerous.
Future

On the NHL/AHL bubble for the 2007-08 season. Schremp will definitely be given a long look in the fall but with a summer worth of training lost due to the knee injury a Springflied sweater may be in his immediate future, at least to begin with. Expect to see Schremp get some NHL action this season.”

So the fact that, with the Oilers being as bad as they are, he still hasn’t seen NHL action, says A LOT.

-New Newman 1:47 pm

“but I cannot believe your panties are in a bunch over some dude in the AHL”

For me, It’s less about the player and more about people (like you) saying dumb stuff that is incongruent that gets under my skin. No one said Schremp is the best player in the world, ever. I’ve admitted, I’ve never even seen him play beside those shootouts. READ my first post in this thread. I’ve heard he’s sick from close friends whos opinions I respect. There is nothing about him yet to suggest he’s a bust as a first rounder. He’s only 21. You seem to want to discredit him as a sideshow freak, which is extremely narrow minded. You obviously missed the point about me saying “find him making a mistake”. The point was that there is ZERO footage of guys like that, good nor bad, unless its some bizzare instance. There’s no video’s of “AHL guy makes good pass” OR “AHL guy gives up puck”.

Maybe this will get the point into your head, go find footage of ANY 2004 first round picks (that aren’t in the NHL yet)... you probably won’t find anything no matter how good or bad they are. So yeah, I DARED you to find footage of him making a mistake just because I know you won’t find it. Not because it doesn;t happen, but because no one tapes AHL games.... this guy could be anything as far as you or I know, but I promise you that he didn’t get drafted 25th overall because he flings pucks around.

Sorry for the personal attacks.