GDT: 2017 NHL Draft: The waiting is over! The NYR will pick in the first round! Part II

[Jaromir Jagr]

Not really.

When Shattenkirk was on the ice, it's like there was a forcefield around St. Louis' net.

The guy never gets scored on.

You're arguing with a guy who thinks Girardi is better than him.

 

[Machinehead]

Yes. He wants to get fired. So obvious!!!

Not that kind of burn

 

[GregSirico]

Why do we draft safe players and not high risk / high reward?

 

[Filip Chytil]

We'd shed half the board in a 24-hour period.

Only the true believers remain.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

40 point player based on what?

Based on nothing. It was a joke.

 

[Shesty31]

This league is about skill now. We don't get it

Sure enough Edmonton comes in takes SKILL makes us look stupid

It's about skating too, which these kids have. Skill obviously matters, but there isn't a lot of high end skill in this draft.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Solid draft so far.

Not great, not terrible. I think both Andersson and Chytil are good players. Andersson is safer, Chytil is riskier.

 

[NYR]

Welcome to pro sports. This exact sort of thing happens every year. Girardi? Really? He was a net negative out there. Part of pro sports is knowingsome positions are going to be weaker than others. RD is right now a weaker position. But we could easily re-sign Smith. Could get a RD FA, just traded for a kid, might have a kid ready from the minors. Or you go a season with one or two guys playing a line higher than normal. Which happens. not the end of the world.

Stepan isn't even capable of taking Stepan's minutes anymore. 2 years from now this move will prove to be a massive net positive for the team and that's the key. You don't just make moves for the upcoming season.

Step had ONE offseason. He's 27. What makes you think he can't compete anymore? That's just silly..
You think Smith is going to take over G's first pair minutes?
I think that's wishful thinking at best.

 

[Krams]

Well, I'm not going to pretend I know enough to critique Clark & Gorton's decisions. I hope that Andersson is ready by next year, the infusion of youth down the middle would be nice.

 

[RangerLifer]

Twins? Wow!! They're like a mirror image.

 

[Machinehead]

Why do we draft safe players and not high risk / high reward?

And then everyone says "oh the Rangers never draft high-end scoring forwards"

This is why.

 

[NYR]

You think that Girardi is better then Shattenkirk?

Defensively? YES!

 

[bigdog16]

Wouldve liked to see us take a splash with a boom bust guy there at 21. Wanted yamamoto so bad

 

[RangerBoy]

"Rebuild on the fly".

Not retool.

Rebuild.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Step had ONE offseason. He's 27. What makes you think he can't compete anymore? That's just silly..
You think Smith is going to take over G's first pair minutes?
I think that's wishful thinking at best.

Literally anyone on the roster right now is better on the first pair than Girardi. ANYONE.

 

[FLYLine27*]

So we take one of the oldest players in the draft, and one of the youngest players in the draft. Cool.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Twins? Wow!! They're like a mirror image.

Negative. Older brother that got drafted by Tampa last year I believe.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

#2C = second line = middle six

Middle 6 means low end #2, high end #3. It's always meant that. it's a way to define a tweener, normally.

He has more potential than that.

 

[GregSirico]

I think I am more upset at the pick @ 21 than 7.

 

[SA16]

I don't know anything about these guys but when you take two guys above where they are ranked by multiple different sources and pass on guys ranked better you are likely doing it wrong.

 

[Trxjw]

"Rebuild on the fly".

Not retool.

Rebuild.

I don't even know what rebuild on the fly means.

 

[Overcast]

Quick, someone tell me if I should be outraged or elated!

 

[NYR]

HAHA YEAH WE ARE GONNA BE JUST SO BAD IN NHL 18, EHM, AND FHM. ****. HOW ARE WE GONNA FIX THIS!?!?a

No..AHL..

 

[TankLarkin]

at least we didn't get any smaller.

 

[darko]

Based on nothing. It was a joke.

On a day like today hard to see who is joking and who isn't. Sorry.