Kitchener Rangers 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[EvenSteven]

All great points and there would be many discussions if Hunter B was sent back.

Hopefully by bringing this up I didn't provide us with any false hope or sense that it will happen. I just happened to see some tweets about him and I looked at his stats and thought he could maybe be a guy that gets sent back.

No false hope. Just a good topic for discussion.

 

[Rangers True Blue]

A lot of myths come to fruition. If the Rangers do manage to get Valentini to report it would be a huge feather in MM's hat. In my case a crow feather. It would mean I am half wrong and half right. Better than I did in school.

You're the best!

 

[Rangers True Blue]

Should Hunter B be returned:

I think MM moves Swick or Miseljevic then stands pat. Especially if he can get fair value for one of the two. He’ll feel that the cupboard will be stocked enough.

But if it were up to me, I still move Andonovski, and I move Hunter B.

Ando is one of the top 19 year old D who’ll be available if and when he hits the market.

If Hunter B was returned, and hits the market, I believe he’d be the #1 OA available. That’s Wakely return. Maybe more. I take that value primarily in picks.

I believe with four quality OA’s on the team, GM’s out there wait us out to get one on the cheap at the deadline. But Hunter B is a game breaker who’d be in demand. He’d be the easiest to get fair value for.

The return for Ando and Hunter B restocks the cupboard. We keep the rest of the OA’s, trade off an excess forward or two as well.

That lineup still makes noise in the post season. And we still stick to the plan.

Exactly, if Hunter B is returned, there should be a team set on going to the Memorial Cup (yes, even London) that would love to add them to their top D pairing and that should garner more picks. STAY THE COURSE, MM.

 

[bobber]

All great points and there would be many discussions if Hunter B was sent back.

Hopefully by bringing this up I didn't provide us with any false hope or sense that it will happen. I just happened to see some tweets about him and I looked at his stats and thought he could maybe be a guy that gets sent back.

I think you made a great point on Hunter. Not sure how well he is performing. I would think the team would want him to learn the defensive end of their system first as a young player. Even though most highly skilled OHL defensemen look great in this league they will struggle to keep up with the size and pace in pro. No longer playing against 16-17 year olds.Hard position to earn a spot.

 

[EvenSteven]

Exactly, if Hunter B is returned, there should be a team set on going to the Memorial Cup (yes, even London) that would love to add them to their top D pairing and that should garner more picks. STAY THE COURSE, MM.

I have a feeling that if we’re ok with dealing with London, and we should be because I trade my assets to the highest bidder no matter who that is, I think they’d be more interested in Andonovski than Hunter B.

They already have Dickinson as their #1 offensive D option with Bonk a close second. There may not be enough puck to go around for Hunter, despite the attractiveness of uniting him with brother Henry.

There are multiple teams in the east who’d jump at the chance to pick up Hunter if he were ever returned and hit the market.

 

[Gondrex]

I have a feeling that if we’re ok with dealing with London, and we should be because I trade my assets to the highest bidder no matter who that is, I think they’d be more interested in Andonovski than Hunter B.

They already have Dickinson as their #1 offensive D option with Bonk a close second. There may not be enough puck to go around for Hunter, despite the attractiveness of uniting him with brother Henry.

There are multiple teams in the east who’d jump at the chance to pick up Hunter if he were ever returned and hit the market.

I'll just throw another one out there for the heck of it.

Is Erie going for it or not ? Looking at their roster, seems like the time is right. Wouldn't Ando be a nice fit on the blueline to enhance Schaefer's game - even more - just like he did last year for HB ?

Problem. They have little to nothing to offer in the way of draft picks. However, just yesterday they signed two young promising D-men in the way of Michael D'Alessio and Oliver Turner. Now D'Alessio is an '08, so he can't be traded this season, but the 6'-5" 194lb Turner can (he's an '07). How about swapping an experienced hard-nose d-man for a young prospect ? You can work out the rest of the picks to make it doable.

I admit I have no clue what Turner brings to the table. He was drafted in the 4th round, and was also drafted by Youngstown as a side note......and now that I've posted this it will likely never happen anyway .