Elliotte Friedman on Blues coaching change and Rangers considering shopping key players

NHL Network insider Elliotte Friedman joins NHL Now to discuss why the St. Louis Blues brought in Jim Montgomery, Drew Bannister’s future and his intel that the New York Rangers are considering trading Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba.

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  4. I wouldn't say Armstrong did Bannister a favor. In that presser, first he says that Bannister made mistakes, then he says he did a good job. Hypocrit!

  8. The Rangers have now lost 3 straight games and they allowed more than 40 shots in all of them. They have got to be better in front of Igor Shesterkin. Yes he's a great goalie but it's also a team game. I'm a huge Islanders fan and this has been a miserable year so far. They were dealt a rash of major injuries to good players very early in the season and they have struggled to string wins together. They have only 5 regulation wins in 22 games (8 wins overall) and have won consecutive games just once so far this year. They need to be big time sellers at the trade deadline in March. They need to get draft picks back for their players whose contracts expire either in 2025 or 2026. Their farm system is ranked near the bottom of the league. There is not much in the pipeline at Bridgeport. Their top draft pick in 2024 Cole Eiserman likely won't be on the team until 2026 at the earliest.

  13. Amuses me that fans think GMs are not on the phones every day to all teams asking about all their players. That is an important function of the job. Teams saying players are available doesn't all of a sudden spark other GMs to ask about them.
    The Rangers know the window to win a Cup is a small one and the team is getting older. No use holding on to first round picks if you can bundle them in a trade.

  17. I know Kreider has been there for a long time, but I've never viewed him as a constant or someone consistent. The records he breaks are due more to longevity than anything. He's not a leader, shows up on occasion and to me in imminently replaceable.

  21. Not a Rangers guy, but… let's be real, when you're sending a message to half your team that they're expendable, what you're actually doing is sending a message to the guy behind the bench. He knows all too well, you can't fire half the team. And these are NHL players, some of the hardest working people there are – they don't need a cute message to "get them going," and if they do, it should be coming from the coach. It's not for me to say if he's on the hot seat, but that's how it reads over here.

  22. The nhl seems to be filled with a lot of players and few real teams. For some reasons the last few years a lot of players have decided to March their own tune and not that of the team.

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