Post-Game Talk: #24 - 11/24/18 | capitals @ RANGERS | 2:00 - MSG, NHLN

[ReggieDunlop68]

I understand you dummy, it was just figure of speech. I knew someone would say that. There's also no such thing as a clutch gene, you want to complain about that too?

I need to give you a +5 for the counter burn.

Ain’t no clutch gene either fool!

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Guys... no one expects this roster to compete. We’re going to end up with a top 10 pick. It won’t be great but if we get lucky we’ll draft good and have a team with great depth similar to the team that almost won the cup a few years back

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

And yet the result was the same!

No. they played better.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

No. they played better.

true, but still a loss is a loss. Which isn't the worst thing in the world.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Skip to 3:33

So they wanted Lias and the guy they ended up taking instead is better? Great point bud

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Skip to 3:33

Thanks. He refers to having a player in their sights, and then a trade happens which changed everything. Sounds like Lias to me. Good catch

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

If anyone's interested in watching for prospects, projected top 10 pick Dylan Cozens (C - Lethbridge Hurricanes) is playing right now

The Rangers are aiming to tank lower than that. Any prospect playing projected between 10-15?

 

[PuckLuck3043]

You're doing exactly what I talked about. Excuses.

It's luck that every team but us gets it done.

Dude why do you keep harping on the negative and who we don't draft? You make it seem like this team has been a bottom feeder the last decade instead of only missing the playoffs twice since 2004. Get some perspective please.

 

[darko]

So they wanted Lias and the guy they ended up taking instead is better? Great point bud

Bit early to say who is better don't you think?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

What a bunch of crap. Hoping we lose so we can draft higher is a garbage philosophy. There are other ways, our GM could trade up or heaven forbid, our scouts could actually do their jobs.

Our scouts have actually been fantastic with these low ass picks.

 

[Machinehead]

Dude why do you keep harping on the negative and who we don't draft? You make it seem like this team has been a bottom feeder the last decade instead of only missing the playoffs twice since 2004. Get some perspective please.

I never said this team is a bottom feeder. If anything, a lot of teams would love to be us in certain ways. We're great at drafting NHL talent. We're great at getting more than what we paid for in trade acquisitions. We churn goalies out like a damn machine.

I'm talking about one aspect of running a hockey franchise, that history has proven to be crucial to winning championships. We suck at that aspect. I'd like us to improve it. That's all.

 

[Justin17]

So they wanted Lias and the guy they ended up taking instead is better? Great point bud

I was responding to someone else who said the Rangers were probably the only team who rated Lias highly.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

But that spot will give you the biggest chance of drafting 1st overall. Since we are throwing around facts and all

Also the best shot at 2 or 3 if you dont get numbet 2. still huge over 17th

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

And Eichel is their captain and leading them to the top of the conference

Yo why hasn’t our “scouts” found out Eichel at 38th?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Dolan is that you?

Ask him what he thinks of JD & The Straight Shot.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

You know I'm not arguing against a high pick, right

Drafting in no man's land for as long as we have is pretty much cancer

Yo you always root for the hometeam to win even if it makes them lose. U a fan?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I think one thing we can all agree on, whether or not you want to keep it trade him, is that Hayes looks terrific.

No way I sign Mr. Marley. It’s a contract year.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Do you really need a franchise center? You need a franchise player and that can be a winger. You can get the job done if you have good depth down the middle.

Who aside from Ovechkin?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Those that saw this team as a bottom three are the ones proving to be poor in foresight.

The rebuild is already underway because management is doing a pretty good job compared to some other teams.

Tanking a season in the hopes of landing a #1 pick, when your chances are 1 in 4, at best, is idiotic.

Edmonton got a generational player and they are hapless.

There are no guarantees and who wants to watch a team with crap players and an idiot coach.

Quinn is the best coach they have had in quite some time, yet some here still whine incessantly about him.

Did you get to see the 1940 cup too?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Well "franchise" is sort of a subjective term. Based on his performance against his age cohort, Chytil''s trending towards being a top player in the league. Then throw in the likelihood that he and Kravtsov will be linemates and you increase his chances towards becoming a special player in the mold of a Backstrom or a Bergeron (I won't say Kopitar just yet because he's a Hart-caliber player).

I mean, did we see Doug Weight as a franchise center when he was a 3rd liner in 1992? Took a trade for it to happen but he certainly was one with Edmonton.

Franchise center ? Pls...

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Bit early to say who is better don't you think?

I’m not saying that Detroit did

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

It’s true. The Rangers haven’t been a very satisfying franchise in terms of cups.
And I think many, even most, would be fine with tank, tank, cup.
But there is no “Tank” button. A team has to be incredibly poorly managed to come in last. It’s maybe harder to tank than to make the playoffs.
I mean, what are the better tank moves for the Rangers? Stick the hungry kids in Hartford? I think developing them is more important.
Trade the good young players like Zibanejad and Hayes and whomever else for picks? Maybe, but it’s not so easy. Need to get their value up first. Need other teams to make offers, too.
Don’t sign any vets like Namestnikov, McLeod, Smith. Fair point. But maybe they end up netting picks.
Bench Henrik? Good luck.
It’s easier said than done.

I disagree. The Penguins have shown a tank can be carefullly orchestrated.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Guys... no one expects this roster to compete. We’re going to end up with a top 10 pick. It won’t be great but if we get lucky we’ll draft good and have a team with great depth similar to the team that almost won the cup a few years back

You poor loyal fool...

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

You poor loyal fool...

If you’re not loyal to this team why are you posting here?

 

[egelband]

Guys... no one expects this roster to compete. We’re going to end up with a top 10 pick. It won’t be great but if we get lucky we’ll draft good and have a team with great depth similar to the team that almost won the cup a few years back

Is that what it says in the Sports Almanac, Biff?