Kitchener Rangers 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[SoupNazi]

Continued from Kitchener Rangers 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

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[East Avenue Bully]

Game day! No dumb retaliatory penalties!

 

[Jives]

I kind of want a big lose. If we come out with a 4-1 win this may not be good for the rebuilt. If we get spanked 6-1 then MM will see this isn’t our year and 12 NHL draft picks are just too hard to compete with. I’m still on the sell Ando, Swick, Misa and Parsons (I think his value is growing) train. The best thing to happen would be Ellis and another young guy (Valetini please) come and force MM to move the vets for the young guys to get ice time.

 

[Ward Cornell]

I kind of want a big lose. If we come out with a 4-1 win this may not be good for the rebuilt. If we get spanked 6-1 then MM will see this isn’t our year and 12 NHL draft picks are just too hard to compete with. I’m still on the sell Ando, Swick, Misa and Parsons (I think his value is growing) train. The best thing to happen would be Ellis and another young guy (Valetini please) come and force MM to move the vets for the young guys to get ice time.

I find it difficult to disagree....carry on with the rebuild.
Don't get sidetracked again. We don't need really high draft picks since with the new NCAA agreement that mid round picks can bring top players.
A 6th round pick is the new 2nd or 3rd rounder.

 

[RangerNation]

I find it difficult to disagree....carry on with the rebuild.
Don't get sidetracked again. We don't need really high draft picks since with the new NCAA agreement that mid round picks can bring top players.
A 6th round pick is the new 2nd or 3rd rounder.

What does a rebuild look like now when every other week they have the players they drafted finally reporting? I have no idea what to make of this season. Trading Rehkopf and the NCAA thing were great for the rebuild. The timing was perfect. Also this team reminds me of some weird moneyball situation. Is it Jussi, or some weird metric us normals aren't seeing? Does Chromiak get on base???

 

[EvenSteven]

I kind of want a big lose. If we come out with a 4-1 win this may not be good for the rebuilt. If we get spanked 6-1 then MM will see this isn’t our year and 12 NHL draft picks are just too hard to compete with. I’m still on the sell Ando, Swick, Misa and Parsons (I think his value is growing) train. The best thing to happen would be Ellis and another young guy (Valetini please) come and force MM to move the vets for the young guys to get ice time.

I find it difficult to disagree....carry on with the rebuild.
Don't get sidetracked again. We don't need really high draft picks since with the new NCAA agreement that mid round picks can bring top players.
A 6th round pick is the new 2nd or 3rd rounder.

Ummm! Can we beat London please and still continue with the rebuild? We can lose to a bunch of other teams.

 

[Kitchna]

I kind of want a big lose. If we come out with a 4-1 win this may not be good for the rebuilt. If we get spanked 6-1 then MM will see this isn’t our year and 12 NHL draft picks are just too hard to compete with. I’m still on the sell Ando, Swick, Misa and Parsons (I think his value is growing) train. The best thing to happen would be Ellis and another young guy (Valetini please) come and force MM to move the vets for the young guys to get ice time.

What if we win big tonight? Maybe its to enjoy the ride rather than posting daily about the need to deal the vets?

 

[EvenSteven]

I kind of want a big lose. If we come out with a 4-1 win this may not be good for the rebuilt. If we get spanked 6-1 then MM will see this isn’t our year and 12 NHL draft picks are just too hard to compete with. I’m still on the sell Ando, Swick, Misa and Parsons (I think his value is growing) train. The best thing to happen would be Ellis and another young guy (Valetini please) come and force MM to move the vets for the young guys to get ice time.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858272285691691373

 

[rangersblues]

What does a rebuild look like now when every other week they have the players they drafted finally reporting? I have no idea what to make of this season. Trading Rehkopf and the NCAA thing were great for the rebuild. The timing was perfect. Also this team reminds me of some weird moneyball situation. Is it Jussi, or some weird metric us normals aren't seeing? Does Chromiak get on base???

Chromiak gets on base a lot !

 

[three dog night]

Big test tonight

 

[ScoutLife4]

In a fairly strange move that potentially has something to do with an OHL trade the Trenton Golden Hawks have traded/ sold Kitchener prospect Jacob Xu for a PDF.
This is one of the best 16 year old dman in minor JR.
This is OHL ready imo but did not want to lose his NCAA eligibility due to his Harvard commitment so something is up here.

 

[ohloutsider]

Big test tonight

Hopefully it's multiple choice, I forgot to study.

 

[Krangers08]

In a fairly strange move that potentially has something to do with an OHL trade the Trenton Golden Hawks have traded/ sold Kitchener prospect Jacob Xu for a PDF.
This is one of the best 16 year old dman in minor JR.
This is OHL ready imo but did not want to lose his NCAA eligibility due to his Harvard commitment so something is up here.

might just want to play closer to home/Toronto area. Not much to do in Trenton.
USHL rights were traded earlier in the year as well

 

[Ranger77]

I know Sim is not playing tonight, but I'm guessing he will be in attendance. Wouldn't it be great if Section 15 was filled with Mennonite families? Lol

 

[ohloutsider]

might just want to play closer to home/Toronto area. Not much to do in Trenton.
USHL rights were traded earlier in the year as well

The Bay of Quinte has the best fishing in Southern Ontario but maybe not his thing. Not much to do anywhere when you are 16.

 

[EvenSteven]

In a fairly strange move that potentially has something to do with an OHL trade the Trenton Golden Hawks have traded/ sold Kitchener prospect Jacob Xu for a PDF.
This is one of the best 16 year old dman in minor JR.
This is OHL ready imo but did not want to lose his NCAA eligibility due to his Harvard commitment so something is up here.

… that potentially has something to do with an OHL trade ….

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