Value of: Bottom pairing PMD to the Rangers

[Pavel Buchnevich]

The Rangers need a bottom pairing PMD. We could trade you a young bottom pairing DFD like McIlrath or younger bottom six forwards like Lindberg, Hrivik, Jensen. If you want, maybe a late pick or lower level prospect. Could be a lefty or righty. Just looking to add some more skating, puck moving, and points to the defense. Could also be a fringe NHL PMD prospect who's not good enough for your NHL team, but could be for ours.

If you want to offer a player better than bottom pairing, you can, but I'm not sure we want to pay that much, so I think the market is probably bottom pairing defenseman instead of top 4 defenseman.

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[Jyrki Lumme]

But you could just sign Matt Bartkowski! The player who is only good in one zone... the neutral zone.

 

[Major Happy*]

Sign Russell...

 

[Homesick]

offer Wisniewski a PTO

 

[Tryamkin]

 

[Treb]

Redmond or Barberio for your other Mc defenceman

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Kris Russell, welcome to New York.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Isn't this why they signed clendening?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sbisa is a great PMD. He just happens to move the puck the wrong way.

 

[Pongs21]

Paul Postma

 

[TGWL]

We have no room on the left side. The right side, we don't have room either, unless somebody goes. It doesn't make much sense to trade McIlrath for another fringe player. We have a log jam on defense until we can get rid of a Girardi or Staal.


McDonagh
Klein
Holden
Staal
SkJEI
Girardi
McIlrath
Clendening
Summers
Paliotta

Adding another bottom pairing fringe player is useless. If we're looking for a really good bottom pairing player, that's fine, but somebody clearly needs to go.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Isn't this why they signed clendening?

I think the FO is planning on giving Clendening a long look.

 

[Meeqs]

Yall should trade for Matt Hunwick

 

[tony d]

Kris Russell's the kind of guy New York usually signs.

 

[RodTheBawd]

I'd throw Ryan Murphy out there, but in all likelihood he's here to play his 35 games and be exposed for the expansion draft.

 

[Magic Man]

Yall should trade for Matt Hunwick

He's a pretty good bottom-pairing guy and he's cheap. He'll be gone by deadline for a nice combination of picks and prospects I'm sure.

 

[Blitzago*]

I think the FO is planning on giving Clendening a long look.

Yikes

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I'd throw Ryan Murphy out there, but in all likelihood he's here to play his 35 games and be exposed for the expansion draft.

What about a McIlrath for Murphy trade?

 

[bernmeister]

We have no room on the left side. The right side, we don't have room either, unless somebody goes. It doesn't make much sense to trade McIlrath for another fringe player. We have a log jam on defense until we can get rid of a Girardi or Staal.


McDonagh
Klein
Holden
Staal
SkJEI
Girardi
McIlrath
Clendening
Summers
Paliotta

Adding another bottom pairing fringe player is useless. If we're looking for a really good bottom pairing player, that's fine, but somebody clearly needs to go.

This ^
also not crazy about a decent prospect for a guy who is likely to be no big whoop.

I'd throw Ryan Murphy out there, but in all likelihood he's here to play his 35 games and be exposed for the expansion draft.

Murphy is more like it.
Throw in on a deal, Stepan to Canes.
prob solved

 

[Mad Brills*]

Hunwick would fit the bill honestly.

 

[bernmeister]

Hunwick would fit the bill honestly.

no
step backward
older
can't hand out contracts, even if cheap(er) -- adds up and then you're screwed if you need cap $

 

[Gardner McKay]

offer Wisniewski a PTO

I would be fine with that.

no
step backward
older
can't hand out contracts, even if cheap(er) -- adds up and then you're screwed if you need cap $

Bern, there is literally zero downside to offering Hunwick a cheap, 1 year deal. If he sucks, we can bury him and wouldn't be charged a dime on our cap. Your obsession with youth will get in the way but you do need some veterans on a team. You can't with a cup with a team that has an average age of 20 years old.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Bern, there is literally zero downside to offering Hunwick a cheap, 1 year deal. If he sucks, we can bury him and wouldn't be charged a dime on our cap. Your obsession with youth will get in the way but you do need some veterans on a team. You can't with a cup with a team that has an average age of 20 years old.

Leafs still have hunwick for one more year.

A 6th is good enough for me.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

I would be fine with that.


Bern, there is literally zero downside to offering Hunwick a cheap, 1 year deal. If he sucks, we can bury him and wouldn't be charged a dime on our cap. Your obsession with youth will get in the way but you do need some veterans on a team. You can't with a cup with a team that has an average age of 20 years old.

Isn't Hunwick still on Toronto?

He's probably like their 4th best D considering how bad their D is, instead of giving up an asset for him might as well sign one of UFA D left later in the year or wait and see who's on waivers to star the year.

 

[Richter35]

I would be fine with that.


Bern, there is literally zero downside to offering Hunwick a cheap, 1 year deal. If he sucks, we can bury him and wouldn't be charged a dime on our cap. Your obsession with youth will get in the way but you do need some veterans on a team. You can't with a cup with a team that has an average age of 20 years old.

Hunwick is signed with TO, so you'd have to trade for him.

Agreed with previous post, no new people unless somebody goes. They got Holden and signed Clendening for a reason. Maybe they view Clendening in the Diaz mold, #6/7 with PP upside. Unless there's a significant rebound from Staal and someone like Skjei really runs with it this team will have a tough time moving the puck out of the zone when McDonagh is off the ice.