Kitchener Rangers 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[Gondrex]

......... My greatest fear is that once / if Ellis comes to this team, that would be 8 - yes eight - '07's from the 2023 draft......

Haeden Ellis signed -> Press Release: Rangers Sign 2023 Draft Pick Haeden Ellis to OHL Scholarship & Development Agreement - Kitchener Rangers

My mistake. As this release has pointed out, there are 9 players from the 2023 draft now signed, not 8. In comparison, we only have one from the 2022 draft. That one's a little easier to figure out.

 

[Jives]

Ellis officially announced. Somethings gotta give soon.

Forwards - 17 (plus Cameron)
Defence - 8
Goalies - 2 (plus Edwards)

OA - 2
Swick
Misa
2005 - 3
Mercer
Grisolia
Pridham
2006 - 4
Ellinas
Bott
Hlacar
Vermeulen
2007 - 6
Lam
Romano
Arquette
Labrash
Ellis
Stark
2008 - 2 + Jr.B
Headrick
Anstis
Cameron (Jr. .B card)

2005 - 2
Ando
Chromiak (import)
2006 - 2
Campbell
Dirracolo
2007 - 3
Reid
MacNeil
Schneider
2008 - 1
Bilecki

OA - 1
Parsons
2007 - 1
Edwards (signed but not with team)
2008 - 1
Schaubel

 

[Krangers08]

Rangers have him listed at 5,10 USHL through central scouting has him at 5,7.5 (last years height?)

 

[Matttheleaf]

What round would Ellis have been drafted if he wasn't committed to a college? I know we took him in the 8th round but surely he would have gone sooner.

 

[EvenSteven]

What round would Ellis have been drafted if he wasn't committed to a college? I know we took him in the 8th round but surely he would have gone sooner.

Unsure. But a player who at least played a few games with the NTDP is a significant player.

 

[Jives]

I would guess middle of 2nd. No way his agent allows him to come here without a path to ice time. This signing imo is a good sign to continuing the rebuild and out the door next are the older players via trade.

 

[EvenSteven]

I would guess middle of 2nd. No way his agent allows him to come here without a path to ice time. This signing imo is a good sign to continuing the rebuild and out the door next are the older players via trade.

He is committed to NCAA for the 26-27 season. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he and others who come to the CHL play their 19 year old year here.

Those committments were made before the CHL was a possibility.

 

[robertmac43]

MM, time to get on the phones and make some thing happen here. There are too many cooks in the kitchen on this roster.

 

[Gondrex]

Rangers have him listed at 5,10 USHL through central scouting has him at 5,7.5 (last years height?)

When drafted by the Rangers last year, he was listed at 5'-6 3/4" and 137 lbs. His height / weight are no longer listed on the Cedar Rapids website, but I believe that when I viewed it a couple days ago, he was listed at 5'-10" and 160-ish lbs.....just trying to go by memory, which ain't as good as it was when I wore a younger man's clothes .

 

[Ranger77]

I know that many of you feel that trading Andonovski is a move that needs to happen and I completely understand the rationale. I would be concerned though with losing our biggest physical threat and intimidation factor. Who would we have to protect the likes of Reid, Lam, and Romano? Can you imagine the liberties the Knights would take in future matchups?

 

[bobber]

I know that many of you feel that trading Andonovski is a move that needs to happen and I completely understand the rationale. I would be concerned though with losing our biggest physical threat and intimidation factor. Who would we have to protect the likes of Reid, Lam, and Romano? Can you imagine the liberties the Knights would take in future matchups?

Good point 77. At this moment in time it's a mystery for most Ranger fans what the actual agenda is going forward. Not sure what message MM is sending with signing more young players, older players etc.

 

[EvenSteven]

I know that many of you feel that trading Andonovski is a move that needs to happen and I completely understand the rationale. I would be concerned though with losing our biggest physical threat and intimidation factor. Who would we have to protect the likes of Reid, Lam, and Romano? Can you imagine the liberties the Knights would take in future matchups?

Good point 77. At this moment in time it's a mystery for most Ranger fans what the actual agenda is going forward. Not sure what message MM is sending with signing more young players, older players etc.

We managed when we dealt Xhekaj. We could deal Ando and bring back someone as we did back then (Mutter).

Thanks to the CHL/NCAA agreement, MM is capitalizing on his taking flyers over the last few years.

Get them into Kitchener. Sort out the logjam afterwards.

Better to have and not need, than need and not have.

 

[I Mac 80]

I think something has to give sooner rather than later. Have to remember that these young guys all want to play and currently there isn’t enough ice time to around to keep everyone happy. As well as this being a learning/building year I think we’ll be ok trading the vets. We have a great coaching staff and we should get into the playoffs which will give the young guys great experience. We truly have a great opportunity here to really set the team up to be successful and a true contender for not just one season but a couple. This years situation reminds of the Windsor team in 07-08 when they were pretty good but young and they didn’t try to trade into contention that year and did a soft sell and set themselves up for the next 2+years. Not saying we will be as good as those teams but there is a chance to see what might happen.