Kitchener Rangers 2022-23 Season Thread (Part 2)

[Tim Wallach]

Ethan Miedema is an 05, and has similar numbers as Rehkopf. The difference is that the Rangers would never be able to give up a Rehkopf. However when you have lots of picks and reliable, consistent drafting (such as WC had mentioned) this is the type of deal you can pull off.

Poor drafting is a dagger. Poor development on top of it is an axe.

 

[bobber]

I didn’t think you could trade injured players (Parsons)?

Old Farmer Hunter sucked the Rangers in twice. He is the ultimate horse trader. Ranger brass never looks a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[K2]

That seems like an underpayment - especially pick wise.

Agreed, if we threw Rehkopf, Longacre & better picks at the Fronts he might have been here Curious how light this haul was vs Wright's WJC peer Zellweger (& OA Hofer) out West:
Drew Englot
Kaden Hamell
Rylan Pearce
Jack Bakker
4 X 1st Rnd. ’23, '24, '25 + '26
2 X 2nd Rnd. ’23 + ’26 Cond.
3rd Rnd. ’25
4th Rnd. ’23
5th Rnd. ’24
6th Rnd. ’26

 

[4 Bobby ORR]

Agreed, if we threw Rehkopf, Longacre & better picks at the Fronts he might have been here Curious how light this haul was vs Wright's WJC peer Zellweger (& OA Hofer):
Drew Englot
Kaden Hamell
Rylan Pearce
Jack Bakker
4 X 1st Rnd. ’23, '24, '25 + 26"
2 X 2nd Rnd. ’23 + ’26 Cond.
3rd Rnd. ’25
4th Rnd. ’23
5th Rnd. ’24
6th Rnd. ’26

They don’t call it the Wild West for nothing.

 

[Gondrex]

Ottawa gets Pavel Mintyukov.

 

[bobber]

Agreed, if we threw Rehkopf, Longacre & better picks at the Fronts he might have been here Curious how light this haul was vs Wright's WJC peer Zellweger (& OA Hofer):
Drew Englot
Kaden Hamell
Rylan Pearce
Jack Bakker
4 X 1st Rnd. ’23, '24, '25 + 26"
2 X 2nd Rnd. ’23 + ’26 Cond.
3rd Rnd. ’25
4th Rnd. ’23
5th Rnd. ’24
6th Rnd. ’26

I think the Spits paid a fair price for a rental. Wright is a skilled asset but some of the other top OHL players were just as good or better. The western trade had some element of building a squad for the Mem Cup host. OHL doesn't allow first round picks traded. Look at Ottawa. Just picked up Mintyukov from Saginaw for 9 picks. Four 3rds.Three 2nds. Two 4ths. Huge haul.

Ottawa gives up 9 picks and still has their 2023 draft cupboard running smoothly.

 

[RangerNation]

Brzustewicz to Saginaw next year makes some sense.

 

[Rangers True Blue]

At least London didn't get Wright which is blessing for Rangers with no more games left with Windsor.
London faces Windsor at least 5 times.

Will there be a full Rangers team this Friday against Oshawa? Martin yes, Pinelli hopefully, and Motew??

 

[Ward Cornell]

Old Farmer Hunter sucked the Rangers in twice. He is the ultimate horse trader. Ranger brass never looks a gift horse in the mouth. 

Old Farmer Hunter sucked the Rangers in twice. He is the ultimate horse trader. Ranger brass never looks a gift horse in the mouth.

Whenever the Rangers brass are looking at gift horse in the mouth they end up looking like the other end of the horse.

 

[Jives]

Just sitting waiting with “patience” for a sneaky trade by MM. 2 hours to go….

 

[Ward Cornell]

I think the Spits paid a fair price for a rental. Wright is a skilled asset but some of the other top OHL players were just as good or better. The western trade had some element of building a squad for the Mem Cup host. OHL doesn't allow first round picks traded. Look at Ottawa. Just picked up Mintyukov from Saginaw for 9 picks. Four 3rds.Three 2nds. Two 4ths. Huge haul.

Ottawa gives up 9 picks and still has their 2023 draft cupboard running smoothly.

Funny how that happens when you make a deal to finetune a team built smart and dont need to make deals to look respectable.

 

[Jives]

 

[bobber]

Just sitting waiting with “patience” for a sneaky trade by MM. 2 hours to go….

2023	---	OSH 3rd	SBY 4th
2024	---	SBY 3rd*	4th
2025	---	---	SBY 4th
2026	SBY 2nd*	---	4th MISS 4th SBY 4th*

Not much left in Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard!

 

[Jives]

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TD]2023[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]OSH 3rd[/TD]
[TD]SBY 4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2024[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]SBY 3rd*[/TD]
[TD]4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2025[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]SBY 4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2026[/TD]
[TD]SBY 2nd*[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]4th MISS 4th
SBY 4th*[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Not much left in Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard!

Swick, a 3rd and some 4ths for a solid 3rd liner border line 2nd liner. That’s my hope. Improve our 9th forward. And heaven forbid we have someone injured on D in the playoffs.

 

[RangerNation]

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TD]2023[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]OSH 3rd[/TD]
[TD]SBY 4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2024[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]SBY 3rd*[/TD]
[TD]4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2025[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]SBY 4th[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2026[/TD]
[TD]SBY 2nd*[/TD]
[TD]---[/TD]
[TD]4th MISS 4th
SBY 4th*[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Not much left in Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard!

Surely they have earned some sort of pity trade at this point right?

 

[bobber]

Surely they have earned some sort of pity trade at this point right?

Mark Hunter has an old one eyed donkey with a lame back leg he has trained to play defense on the farm pond. Ranger scouts were down there yesterday watching him skate.

 

[bobber]

Anderson, Brenden

LW

L

6.05

203

2003-03-04

Ohsewken, ON

OHL - KIT (2019) RD: 11 (#215)

This fellow was traded from Hamilton to Sarnia. Drafted by the Rangers originally. Went for a 6th. Not a lot of points. Kind of like the bottom end of the Rangers only with size.

 

[Wolf on a Wire]

Swick, a 3rd and some 4ths for a solid 3rd liner border line 2nd liner. That’s my hope. Improve our 9th forward. And heaven forbid we have someone injured on D in the playoffs.

A lot of Sudbury picks in your cupboard: Can we supply some depth for your run?

 

[Jives]

A lot of Sudbury picks in your cupboard: Can we supply some depth for your run?

Yes…McCallum for Swick, 3rd and 2 4ths.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Swick, a 3rd and some 4ths for a solid 3rd liner border line 2nd liner. That’s my hope. Improve our 9th forward. And heaven forbid we have someone injured on D in the playoffs.

Swick is the only guy we have in the bottom 6 with size and some physicality; you trade him for the right piece but not sure that piece is out there that you move him and our remaining picks for.

 

[Jives]

Swick is the only guy we have in the bottom 6 with size and some physicality; you trade him for the right piece but not sure that piece is out there that you move him and our remaining picks for.

Swick may have size but I don’t see physicality. He is a pretty soft 6’6” 210lbs player. Although that might just have to do with the coaching style of “don’t touch anyone”.

 

[bobber]

A lot of Sudbury picks in your cupboard: Can we supply some depth for your run?

When you look at the trades the top teams made Rangers should be running the other way. Can't see them competing with a bunch of these teams. Right now they are in the basement looking up at the rest of the league. Not sure how far MM is willing to go with his arm twisted behind his back. If he does completely clean out the crumbs not sure it will help. He is throwing Hail Mary's at this point in time. We have to believe in miracles.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Swick may have size but I don’t see physicality. He is a pretty soft 6’6” 210lbs player. Although that might just have to do with the coaching style of “don’t touch anyone”.

and he's still our most physical bottom liner...I wouldn't call him soft, he's a little inconsistent, imo probably because he tends to take penalties when he plays physical (has trouble hitting guys sometimes without catching them high with his arms because he's so tall).

 

[bobber]

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TD]
Anderson, Brenden[/TD]
[TD]LW[/TD]
[TD]L[/TD]
[TD]6.05[/TD]
[TD]203[/TD]
[TD]2003-03-04[/TD]
[TD]Ohsewken, ON[/TD]
[TD]OHL - KIT (2019) RD: 11 (#215)[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
This fellow was traded from Hamilton to Sarnia. Drafted by the Rangers originally. Went for a 6th. Not a lot of points. Kind of like the bottom end of the Rangers only with size.

This is part of a query about this fellow in response to a question asked about Anderson on Hamilton thread: His main attribute is his size and he uses it. He’s physical and stands up for teammates. Not a dirty player by any means. His size does attract attention from opponents and he does drop the gloves. Although he takes them as they come, he doesn’t really go around looking to fight.

 

[Wolf on a Wire]

Swick is the only guy we have in the bottom 6 with size and some physicality; you trade him for the right piece but not sure that piece is out there that you move him and our remaining picks for.

Larmand and Anania with our 3rd and two 4ths for Swick, Andonovski and we give you back your 3rd in 23?? Or something like this…we would give up grit and solid experienced players for your run for futures…both our guys could return as OA