Yeah, you better have some major improvements lined up if you're going to offer sheet using your 1st. You can't run back the same shit roster. What a kick to the nuts it would be to successfully sign someone to an offer sheet then have that team win the draft lottery with your pick.
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The have only 10mill in cap and have to sign Miller and Cuylle. They can't go big spending and don't have much assets to trade for anyone big. All of their good forwards players are 32+ as well.
I don't think Laviolette is their biggest problem
Jag68Sid87
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They are not done remaking that roster. Kreider and Zibanejad are likely next out the door, and the returns for both will be minimal. I think this summer is the summer Lafreniere is finally dealt, as Drury is going to start feeling the squeeze to get stuff done. Lafreniere for Rust?
I think the NYR will look radically different when the puck drops in October, but I would still rather have their 2026 first if I had the choice. Picking 14th this year is cool, too. But them losing is only benefiting us. If they keep dropping, they will definitely defer to next year.
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Yeah they don’t have much wiggle room, but I also could see Kreider and Shesterkin having bounceback seasons, which would put them pretty solidly into a playoff position. Their GF/GA ratio alone suggests they should be doing better than they are and might just be a bit unlucky.
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Shesterkin sure.
Kreider, now way. He is going to be 34. He is on the back nine and the league is just getting faster.
The need Zibanejad to bounce back more or they are toast.
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I mean maybe. Good luck moving them. Also even if they do that doesnt make them better. Zibanejad is their third leading scorer up front. Kreider 3rd in goal. They suck but you need to replace that production. They arent landing a big UFA to do it.
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Yeah I don’t know. A lot of NY core are getting up there in age. Most of them heading into their mid 30s.
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Rangers are sliding and there is a good chance Pens get the 14th pick. I have posted the Rangers may be bad next year and finish in the top 5 for a pick in the 26 draft. Pens look to be between the 6th and 8th pick in 25 draft. In any event Dubas will be active into this draft with trades and picks to swap.
Future Pens prospect lol…
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Scout's Analysis: How good is top 2026 draft prospect Gavin McKenna?
While there is some intrigue for the 2025 NHL Draft, right now there is little doubt as to who will go first in 2026. Jason Bukala looks at consensus pick Gavin McKenna, who is tearing up the WHL.
Jag68Sid87
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I agree. But I think one of our main competition to land Marner will be NYR. There is no real connection to NYR, but Marner is a right-winger. The one thing the NYR have lacked for the longest time now is natural right-wingers. Zibanejad, Lafreniere and Cuylle have been playing top-six RW for them since the trade for J.T. Miller. Zibanejad is a center, and the other two are natural LWs. Gabe Perreault might be part of the solution, as he plays either wing naturally. But I can see a scenario where Marner is on their radar. And Brock Boeser would be as well, especially with the Miller connection.
Which is also why I mentioned Bryan Rust, because I think Rust to NYR makes a ton of sense for them.
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If the pick slides to next year I would be disinclined to help the Rangers improve unless they wanted to overpay.
Jag68Sid87
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I agree. I seriously doubt a Rust to NYR trade would be all futures for us, and all immediate help for them. A desperate Drury this summer is what we want.
