Comments on: 2012-13 Detroit Red Wings Pro/No: Kyle Quincey

By: hockeychic

hockeychic — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:04:00 +0000

I vote “yes”. The penalties will hopefully decrease this year and we need a steady presence on special teams and I really think he can be that.

By: j.s

j.s — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:36:00 +0000

i said yes, because he about ready to hit his prime and he has shown good playm in the past. He’ll never be a lidstrom type but he could be a stuart replacement? So he give him a shot!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:26:00 +0000

Other than a few dump penalties… Quincey is a very solid D-man, he is great with his stick to break up plays. He has a great first pass too. Oh and pretty sure he saved 3 or 4 goals from going in in the playoffs.. He will be very good next year. I would sign him in a second! Rather have him than brad Stuart who made a sh@t load of mistakes in the playoffs.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:08:00 +0000

I said no. I was just so fed up with the dumb Kyle Quincey penalties and a whole lot of meh the rest of the time. I never felt myself go “Yay Kyle Quincey!” outside of the one goal he scored for us. I’d rather let someone else snag him and get some draft picks for our trouble and bring in some outside talent. And honestly, I’d like to see Brendan Smith AND Jakub Kindl come up. Kronwall, White, Ericsson, Kindl and Smith with Ryan Suter. Or Kronwall, White, Ericsson, and Smith with Ryan Suter and another big FA signing.

By: RedPandaAlex

RedPandaAlex — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:15:00 +0000

I saw flashes of brilliance from Quincey in terms of breaking up plays with his stick, and for a young defenseman, it’s hard to give that up. He’s only 26, and I think about the difference between Ericsson two years ago at 26 and this past year when he’s becoming competent, and even missed when he’s injured. I don’t know what to pay him, but I’m comfortable with him replacing Stuart, particularly with the train wreck he was in the playoffs.

By: Billage

Billage — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:03:00 +0000

I think they have to re-sign him with the many holes they have on the blue line, but I wouldn’t want to pay any more than $3 million. There’s no guarantee that Suter will be signed, and I’m not a huge Kindl fan – I’ve seen way to many bone-headed mistakes from him. A full off-season and preseason with the team should be enough for him to find his role.

By: Jon Book

Jon Book — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:33:00 +0000

No on Quincey. He’s a terrible fit for the organization. His penalties just killed us. Dump him. We’re losing two huge talents in Lidstrom and Stuart, I say use the money to fill those spots with big talents. Both Suter and Jackman are UFA, and there’s no reason that with $26 million in cap space (the cap is projected to rise to $70 million) we can’t get both.

By: 8 Legged Freaks Crew

8 Legged Freaks Crew — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:45:00 +0000

I always looked at Kyle Quincey as a big mistake. He was stellar in Los Angeles, he was pretty good in Colorado, but after he was traded here, I wondered if it was a case of “you always want what you can’t have”. I was never once impressed with him here the way I was when he was with those other teams.

As a result, I feel his cap hit would be better utilized on a player like Matt Carle. After the (devastating) Lidstrom announcement yesterday, it’s become painfully obvious that this team’s blue line will be a massive project this off-season. Ryan Suter is a must, in my opinion, but even if we signed Suter, I’d want to use Quincey’s hit on Matt Carle.

If there’s nothing better out there (i.e. we can’t get either) then I guess retain him. But I think there are better players out there who command relatively the same hit.

Also, I am still sort of optimistic that, after learning the system through a full training camp and the time he spent last season, he’ll put it together. He could still be useful, and I often wondered if it was a case of him trying to do too much.

So, in summation, I’m unsure.

By: 8 Legged Freaks Crew

8 Legged Freaks Crew — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:45:00 +0000

If there’s nothing better out there (i.e. we can’t get either) then I guess retain him. But I think there are better players out there who command relatively the same hit.

So, in summation, I’m unsure.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:43:00 +0000

I voted yes. Quincey is probably always going to have trouble taking too many penalties. That’s the one constant of his career. But, we kind of do need the power play specialist that he thinks he’s going to be. He’s good on the PP and I think he’s capable on the PK (where the refs are less likely to call you for the little infractions he gets caught up in). He’s a big body (sometimes) that can eat big minutes and he’s not going to come at a huge salary.

All of this adds up to the idea that if he’s good, then he’s a damn bargain and if he’s not then he’s at least not an albatross. I want to see him really get accustomed to a role in Detroit before I say that his game (within the context of how badly the Red Wings in general played) late last season is what defines him as a Red Wings blueliner.