That's kinda the point of tanking and rebuilding, yes.
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That's kinda the point of tanking and rebuilding, yes.
silverfish
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Trust the PROcess
broadwayblue
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I'll be happy with a top 5 or 7 pick. And another pick at 36 or 37. And whatever other picks we can add along the way. One more year with a strong draft class including a pick very high up the board will really put us in a good place going forward.
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broadwayblue
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I agree it's a small price. If the guy wants to take a one year deal and fight for a spot in camp so be it.
Sort of agree. There is a lot that needs to right for the team to reach back contender status it was 3 or so years ago. I don't really see it happening with our current pool of prospects/players atm and I'm still unsure what Gorton's long term plans are.
At least we'll have more character moving forward.
broadwayblue
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Exactly. Just because we won't do a lot of winning doesn't mean they won't play hard and be worth watching.
silverfish
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The team hasn't officially announced Komarov or Hickey or held a press conference yet, as far as I know.
I wonder if they are pushing for this to happen before they announce anything else officially.
Machinehead
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Have you guys seen the Leafs, Flyers, Jets, Canucks, and Bruins young talent?
There's no way this team has a top 5 future right now.
It's better, and it's in the neighborhood of top 10, but as usual, we're the Rangers and we're better than everyone else. That's always been the attitude of this team for some reason. Knicks success with Yankees ego. That's why nobody likes us.
There's no way this team has a top 5 future right now.
It's better, and it's in the neighborhood of top 10, but as usual, we're the Rangers and we're better than everyone else. That's always been the attitude of this team for some reason. Knicks success with Yankees ego. That's why nobody likes us.
No shit, the Rangers are literally 4 months into this rebuild.
Those teams have been compiling assets for YEARS.
broadwayblue
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I'm happy about it because after years of going for it every time at all costs they have hit the reset button and are going to start over with a different approach. I have no doubts the day will come again in the not so distant future when it is our name associated with the big UFA signings...but for the next little while we will go about our business putting a good young core together and getting our cap situation in a place where we will be able to be "winners" in free agency once the time is right. So yeah, it might not be exciting to do absolutely nothing in free agency, but it's an important first step in a multi step program.
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Ghost of jas
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Let’s no kid ourselves, there’s going to be a little t of ugly nights this season. And Henke can only do so much. As things stand, this is easily a bottle m five team. Henke’s paience has s going to be tested on a nightly basis.
Do you ever post anything even neutral at this point? I'm not even asking for positivity. I'd just like to see a post where you're not bitching about how terrible the team is and will be forever. The Rangers went to 3 ECFs in 4 years with f*** all at forward compared to the top offensive teams in the league.
Machinehead
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The level of hubris with nothing to back it up is pretty unique to this organization and its fans.
It's 5-10.
And most of those teams don't either, most of their young talent is in the NHL and are no longer prospects.
You're the one who moved the posts dude.
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I'm really confused by what all the posters saying Gorton messed were expecting. I'm in the camp of "no signings are the best signings" Of all the signings that were made, there aren't any I'd be ok with on our cap. I'd want to amass as many 1st round picks from lotto potential teams this season but we are talking about signings and not trades here.
NHL GMs are such a joke. Iiiiiiii oooooohhhhh we can’t make trades, it’s so hard with the cap. Then let them loose in front of a worthless UFA class and they throw money after worthless contracts left and right.
If a team had Komarov or Roussel or Beagle and the likes and was dangling them, say they had just slightly better deals than they got today, my bet is that nothing would happen.
Gorton must build a better relationship with a group of none scared sheitless GMs and start to create some movement. If you got a small PMD and want someone with more size that can clear the crease — in a 31 team league there will be someone out there who would benefit from doing the opposite. Three way trades are possible which grants you even more possibilities. But nothing gets done. And while I don’t hesitate to call out Gorton when I feel it’s warranted — I am still very I convinced that the Tampa trade wasn’t a huge miss for example — I don’t think the lack of movement is on him.
BTW, I am not quite sure I get the need for forward depth talk: Kreider, Ziba, Fast, Lias, Chytil, Zucc, Vesey, Hayes, Names, Spooner, Lettieri, Boo and Howden totals 13 forwards. Then we will of course sign a couple of left overs with NHL experience.
I agree for sure with the talk that we need more grit, but seriously, is that coming from a vet 4th Linder on the ice 8-o shifts per game? Never happening. If we want to become more gritty we must get that from players in bigger roles.
If a team had Komarov or Roussel or Beagle and the likes and was dangling them, say they had just slightly better deals than they got today, my bet is that nothing would happen.
Gorton must build a better relationship with a group of none scared sheitless GMs and start to create some movement. If you got a small PMD and want someone with more size that can clear the crease — in a 31 team league there will be someone out there who would benefit from doing the opposite. Three way trades are possible which grants you even more possibilities. But nothing gets done. And while I don’t hesitate to call out Gorton when I feel it’s warranted — I am still very I convinced that the Tampa trade wasn’t a huge miss for example — I don’t think the lack of movement is on him.
BTW, I am not quite sure I get the need for forward depth talk: Kreider, Ziba, Fast, Lias, Chytil, Zucc, Vesey, Hayes, Names, Spooner, Lettieri, Boo and Howden totals 13 forwards. Then we will of course sign a couple of left overs with NHL experience.
I agree for sure with the talk that we need more grit, but seriously, is that coming from a vet 4th Linder on the ice 8-o shifts per game? Never happening. If we want to become more gritty we must get that from players in bigger roles.
broadwayblue
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Not so much. Unless it's a terrible class, I'm pretty comfortable with whoever they draft at this point.
It's not like it's only Rangers fans saying we have a top 5 pool here.
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/top-5-prospect-pools-in-the-league.2508005/
3 non-Rangers fans on the first page alone.
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