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Prospect Info: '24-'25 Prospects Thread: Generation Z

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OtherThingsILike said:
Any offer sheet would be after free agency starts and would use 2026 picks, not 2025 picks.
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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.
 
Ulf5 said:
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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No way Dubas puts our '26 1st at risk.
 
Jacob said:
If the Rangers miss the playoffs this year they're canning Laviolette for sure. I guess that's a coin flip on if that improves them or not but I think there'd be some changes for sure.
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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
 
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Darren McCord said:
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
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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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Darren McCord said:
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
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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.
 
Jacob said:
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.
 
Gurglesons said:
Are we talking at the draft?

Because, that's why he dropped.

He wasn't a lock at being a top pairing offensive guy, but the skill set was there and he had a unique aspect in his size. Pickering's D+1 year made it obvious he wouldn't hit those offensive totals, but at the time of the draft who was a huge upside pick. Same thing as Poulin.
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Huh

Look up my posts on Pickering brotha
 
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.
 
Darren McCord said:
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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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.
 
While Rust NMC ends after this year. Dubas if he trades him will be to a team that he prefers although he wants to be here. I have thought the Wings would be a place that he likes close to his family home and wings have to get in the hunt or Steve Y may be out. Wings have prospects so moving a top pick like a 12 for Rust in a FA market that sucks is doable.
 
Andy99 said:
Future Pens prospect lol…
#nodilemmagetmckenna

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.
www.sportsnet.ca
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I went to check how close he ended to Cristall in WHL scoring on sunday morning and he had 26 PTS in his last 5 games :laugh: He had a two game run of 8 points one night and then 7 the following game. In on 15 of his teams 17 goals in those two games with two hat-tricks.

In his draft-1 year, he finished with 129 points in 56 games. That is 29 more points in 6 less games than Bedard had his Draft-1 year. Oddly enough, Bedard out produced McKenna 8 pts in 7 games vs 1 point in 5 games at the WJC, but some of that should be attributed to usage. Both did have Dave Cameron as head coach in their respective d-1 WJC tournaments, though.
 
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lokomotiv15 said:
I went to check how close he ended to Cristall in WHL scoring on sunday morning and he had 26 PTS in his last 5 games :laugh: He had a two game run of 8 points one night and then 7 the following game. In on 15 of his teams 17 goals in those two games with two hat-tricks.

In his draft-1 year, he finished with 129 points in 56 games. That is 29 more points in 6 less games than Bedard had his Draft-1 year. Oddly enough, Bedard out produced McKenna 8 pts in 7 games vs 1 point in 5 games at the WJC, but some of that should be attributed to usage. Both did have Dave Cameron as head coach in their respective d-1 WJC tournaments, though.
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I wonder how much the general weakness of the WHL is playing into McKenna's numbers.
 
Andy99 said:
Future Pens prospect lol…
#nodilemmagetmckenna

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.
www.sportsnet.ca
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A Misa-McKenna duo would be sooooooo friggin sick.

From that post too: Sportsnet's 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: March Edition

He's got it:

Schaefer
Misa
Desnoyers
Hagens
Frondell
Martone
McQueen
Eklund

Also interesting that he has Cole McKinney at 29ov. He's been creeping up lists in the back half of the season. I don't think we'll have a pick available to get him if he keeps it up but I would totally support Dubas adding a 3rd (or more) to the 2nd from Washington to move up to snag him.
 
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