Confirmed Signing with Link: Officially official, NYR sign NCAA UFA John Gilmour

[Shootertooter]

....John Gilmour, no relation to Doug.

http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2016/8/17/12522380/report-rangers-sign-ncaa-fa-john-gilmour

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[namttebih]

Nice one!

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Johnny hockey

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

That J really tricked me.

 

[djdub]

So rude

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Hate it cause it's the Rangers, love the title!

 

[Shootertooter]

had to break up the monotony around here, it was either listing that transaction or another Nash to Anh. thread. I chose wisely. Wisely-er.

 

[SwissLeaf]

Love the title!

 

[Shootertooter]

Hate it cause it's the Rangers, love the title!

I have a feeling you guys are the dark horse in this. I think you can offer him the best shot at top 6 minutes on a good team. Not sure the Rangers really can give him top 6 without imminent player movement, which is possible or that they will be good. I don't think the Devils are in this, who goes the NJ on purpose? And Boston and Toronto are set to be bottom feeders for a while. So I think the Isles are really in the mix.

 

[13to40]

Played minor league hockey with him growing up. Great individual with a fantastic work ethic.

 

[King In The North]

Played minor league hockey with him growing up. Great individual with a fantastic work ethic.

Wish him the best, hoped Calgary would sign him but understand that they didn't

Sweet title btw

 

[Shootertooter]

Wish him the best, hoped Calgary would sign him but understand that they didn't

Sweet title btw

Does Calgary have a glut of younger defensemen, do you think that is why they passed on signing him?

 

[WhatTheDuck]

had to break up the monotony around here, it was either listing that transaction or another Nash to Anh. thread. I chose wisely. Wisely-er.

You definitely chose well

 

[Willy Stylez]

 

[Paneerboy]

I laughed at "Officially official"

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Excellent title.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

I have a feeling you guys are the dark horse in this. I think you can offer him the best shot at top 6 minutes on a good team. Not sure the Rangers really can give him top 6 without imminent player movement, which is possible or that they will be good. I don't think the Devils are in this, who goes the NJ on purpose? And Boston and Toronto are set to be bottom feeders for a while. So I think the Isles are really in the mix.

To be honest, I think Vesey sucks so I don't really care. If we sign him, great we got a free asset that probably won't be any good. If we don't sign him, great because some other team got a free asset that probably won't be any good.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Does Calgary have a glut of younger defensemen, do you think that is why they passed on signing him?

We do, with Rasmus Andersson coming on board this year, but even before that a glut of left shot kids (Kulak, Kylington, Culkin, plus Wotherspoon who may be AHL if he doesn't crack the roster in training camp) and a pair of kids who will likely be coming on board in a year (Hickey, Ollas-Mattsson). Even with that group we still have two more (Kanzig/Morrison) under contract needing a place to play. Gilmour got caught in a numbers game, Usually when you don't sign a 7th rounder it's because they were scrubs but I felt he earned an ELC on just about any other depth chart.

 

[Tretyak 20]

Well I guess that means you guys are done signing UFA's for the summer!

 

[g00n]

Title edited. Reminder for all:

11) Misleading Titles: On the Hockey Boards, the subject line of the post should be as informative as possible about the content of the post. This also reduces duplicate posts.

 

[Shootertooter]

Well I guess that means you guys are done signing UFA's for the summer!

Haha!!

 

[Lunatik]

This is a good move for the Rangers, I liked Gilmour but he was caught in a numbers game with the glut of 1st and 2nd year pros we have on the farm and the other guys we still have in college.

 

[Primary Assist]

Best hfboards trolljob since that guy said Montreal had a top 30 defense

 

[Shootertooter]

Title edited. Reminder for all:

I am saddened by this. I had a typo and spelled "officially" incorrectly, couldn't fix that too?

Please forgive me for my sin against HFB.

 

[MarkMessyay11]

How is this kid? Just did a quick search and it sounds like he's a little under-sized, but is a solid PMD. Doubt he sees any time with the big club this year, barring injuries, but how does he project?