Speculation: Offseason Thread Part IV - Let's Make A Deal

[Thirty One]

wait, we traded Gabs for 1.5 years of Brassard? If he performs Rangers gotta keep him. He played as a core piece for us last year

2.5. He is still two seasons away from UFA. If you look at it like that, its:

1.5 yrs of Gaborik

for

2.5 yrs of Brassard
1.5 yrs of Dorsett
5.5 yrs of Moore

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

2.5. He is still two seasons away from UFA. If you look at it like that, its:

1.5 yrs of Gaborik

for

2.5 yrs of Brassard
1.5 yrs of Dorsett
5.5 yrs of Moore

I was under assumption RB meant someone will pay him next year we wont. that would be 1.5

 

[Zil]

I was under assumption RB meant someone will pay him next year we wont. that would be 1.5

Nobody has been offer-sheeting our RFAs. Why would that change with Brassard if it didn't with McDonagh?

 

[RangerBoy]

I was under assumption RB meant someone will pay him next year we wont. that would be 1.5

Brassard will be a group II next summer. Arbitration rights. In 2015,Brassard can be a group III if he signs a 1 year deal in 2014 or its an arbitration award. It can only be a 1 year award because Brassard is one year away from group III. The Rangers have Brassard this season and next season(14-15) at the very least if they qualify him. They can re-sign him to a long term deal next summer. There will be a market for Brassard as a group III if the Rangers don't want to pay Brassard.

 

[RangerBoy]

Nobody has been offer-sheeting our RFAs. Why would that change with Brassard if it didn't with McDonagh?

Offer sheet?

 

[Ola]

What destroys this place is people suggesting the Rangers trade for the worst defensemen on Portland because it's a name they know.

???

He had 39 pts in 50 games for Portland. There top scoring forward had 53 pts in 70 games. PHX mgm played him for 8 games in the NHL despite being pretty stacked in terms of offensive minded Ds... PHX just resigned him for 1.75m per on a 1-way two year deal.

Have you ever seen him play?

 

[Hire Sather]

Rangers aren't in a position to trade Top 9 caliber forwards for project defenseman.

Yes, Boyle is a 3rd line player who will hopefully be on the 4th line for us. Good depth. 4 good lines. Lets keep it that way.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

Brassard will be a group II next summer. Arbitration rights. In 2015,Brassard can be a group III if he signs a 1 year deal in 2014 or its an arbitration award. It can only be a 1 year award because Brassard is one year away from group III. The Rangers have Brassard this season and next season(14-15) at the very least if they qualify him. They can re-sign him to a long term deal next summer. There will be a market for Brassard as a group III if the Rangers don't want to pay Brassard.

I agree with all of this, miscommunication is all, my fault

 

[RGY]

Two guys that still interest me that are out there:

Mason Raymond
Brendan Morrow

 

[SirGoose]

???

He had 39 pts in 50 games for Portland. There top scoring forward had 53 pts in 70 games. PHX mgm played him for 8 games in the NHL despite being pretty stacked in terms of offensive minded Ds... PHX just resigned him for 1.75m per on a 1-way two year deal.

Have you ever seen him play?

39 points in 50 games? Woah! Syvret must be an allstar too then, huh?

I've seen him play more than enough, live and feeds. My close friend has been an STH with the Pirates for a few years now. The guy has offensive talent but no grasp whatsoever on the North American game. He's not just soft, he's afraid of contact. Honestly the best comparison for him is MA Bergeron but he has more talent than Bergeron offensively while Bergeron believe it or not is better defensively (and I can't say that of many NHL defensemen). The kid is that bad, he will never play top-4 minutes and the current NHL doesn't allow you to take a bottom pairing dman along who can't play steady 5 on 5 without being a liability. And that's exactly what Rundblad is. Boneheaded plays, awful along the boards, shys away from contact, looks lost. I would take Gilroy over him.

 

[RangerBoy]

Dominic Moore is not listed on the Rangers NHLPA page. When the SPC is registered,the player salary is listed on the website. Moore tweeted a picture of his SPC last Thursday with the tweet "paperwork".

http://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/team-compensation/new-york-rangers

https://twitter.com/mooredom/media/grid

2nd picture

The Rangers and Moore could be holding off on registering the SPC to leave the Rangers some cap flexibility and buy them some more time to figure out/execute their next moves.

Even with Zuccarello,the delay is weird for a player like him.

 

[Trxjw]

This whole summer has been strange. Sign another center when we already have 4 on the roster with Richards, Stepan, Brassard and Boyle. The whole Zucc situation. The spur-of-the-moment coaching change. At least I'm soothed by the notion that Sather has his finger on the pulse of the team.

 

[Ola]

39 points in 50 games? Woah! Syvret must be an allstar too then, huh?

I've seen him play more than enough, live and feeds. My close friend has been an STH with the Pirates for a few years now. The guy has offensive talent but no grasp whatsoever on the North American game. He's not just soft, he's afraid of contact. Honestly the best comparison for him is MA Bergeron but he has more talent than Bergeron offensively while Bergeron believe it or not is better defensively (and I can't say that of many NHL defensemen). The kid is that bad, he will never play top-4 minutes and the current NHL doesn't allow you to take a bottom pairing dman along who can't play steady 5 on 5 without being a liability. And that's exactly what Rundblad is. Boneheaded plays, awful along the boards, shys away from contact, looks lost. I would take Gilroy over him.

If you take Gilroy over Rundblad it speaks for itself.

Syvret scored 40 pts in 76 games and is 28 y/o. Rundblad is the same age as Kreider and scored 39 in 50. More stuff that makes this place hard to spend time at to be honest.

You call Rundblad the worst D on his team, at the same time he is the franchise player for that very team not to mention obvious nr 1 D.

I am sorry about your friend, but just look at what all crazy kind of stuff people write at these places.

PHX management has been very positive about the work Rundblad is puttin in. Nobody is claiming that he is an elite defensive D. His agility going backwards won't enable him to make up for mistakes, like say Karlsson, and his positioning isn't perfect. But everyone is aware of the areas he needs to improve and he is a great hardworking kid who, as expected, and as has been reported, is doing a great job at that.

He is great on the PPQB. He needs to improve his overall game, but he is the age where Ds take huge steps.

McD played his rookie year the age Rundblad was last season. McD was very raw his rookie year.

I don't want to start a flame war, and I know you always keep things civil. But I don't like that type 100% confident declarations with zero perspective.

Rundblad could definitely become a very good PPQB in this league.

 

[pld459666]

If you take Gilroy over Rundblad it speaks for itself.

Syvret scored 40 pts in 76 games and is 28 y/o. Rundblad is the same age as Kreider and scored 39 in 50. More stuff that makes this place hard to spend time at to be honest.

You call Rundblad the worst D on his team, at the same time he is the franchise player for that very team not to mention obvious nr 1 D.

I am sorry about your friend, but just look at what all crazy kind of stuff people write at these places.

PHX management has been very positive about the work Rundblad is puttin in. Nobody is claiming that he is an elite defensive D. His agility going backwards won't enable him to make up for mistakes, like say Karlsson, and his positioning isn't perfect. But everyone is aware of the areas he needs to improve and he is a great hardworking kid who, as expected, and as has been reported, is doing a great job at that.

He is great on the PPQB. He needs to improve his overall game, but he is the age where Ds take huge steps.

McD played his rookie year the age Rundblad was last season. McD was very raw his rookie year.

I don't want to start a flame war, and I know you always keep things civil. But I don't like that type 100% confident declarations with zero perspective.

Rundblad could definitely become a very good PPQB in this league.

If this kid had the goods to be a point producing defencenan why have two teams given up on him.

The blues traded him before they got Shattenkirk and Jay-Bo.

Ottawa aside from Karlsson was thin as tracing paper.

I trust these two Org.'s over ur assessment.

As for Phoenix current comments. They have to be positive. Any negative statements further reduces his value which is pretty loe at this point.

 

[Blue Blooded]

If this kid had the goods to be a point producing defencenan why have two teams given up on him.

The blues traded him before they got Shattenkirk and Jay-Bo.

Ottawa aside from Karlsson was thin as tracing paper.

I trust these two Org.'s over ur assessment.

As for Phoenix current comments. They have to be positive. Any negative statements further reduces his value which is pretty loe at this point.

Not a very balanced post IMO.

St Louis essentially traded him for Tarasenko.

When Ottawa traded him Karlsson looked like a talented but defensicely challenged D, and they also had a glaring hole at 2C. Trading Rudblad who was more of the same for Turris who filled that hole was not necessarily a reflection on Rundblad.

 

[pld459666]

Not a very balanced post IMO.

St Louis essentially traded him for Tarasenko.

When Ottawa traded him Karlsson looked like a talented but defensicely challenged D, and they also had a glaring hole at 2C. Trading Rudblad who was more of the same for Turris who filled that hole was not necessarily a reflection on Rundblad.

I get that Tarasenko was what they got with the pick, but the defence they had when they made that trade was suspect at best. Trading from a position of weakness to the ordinary person isn't logical unless you felt that that player you were moving was expendable, or not what you thought you were getting when you drafted him.

EJ hadn't developed like they were hoping and Alex hadn't played a full season at that point.

I can see the rationale behind the Sens deal. Karlsson & Cowen in the fold and Wiercioch chomping at the bit. You use the depth of position to address a shortfall else where. And at the time I'm sure Rundblad still was looked at as a very promising prospect. However, we are 3 seasons and 4 drafts since Rundblad was drafted and he's no closer to making the NHL than he was last year.

OEL, Yandle, Z. Michalek, Morris, Klesla and this year based on role, Chris Summers are all ahead of him.

Beyond this year, I would venture a guess that both Gormley and Connor Murphy surpass him as well.

 

[bernmeister]

Would like to try to get Rundblad from Phoenix.
Exactly the type of offensive defender we lack
What would it take?
Boyle, prospect, 2nd?

On the main board there is a thread about how 'yotes have 9 D, etc.; looks like they are trying to move others first; the names thrown out were Miller or Hags.

 

[Tawnos]

On the main board there is a thread about how 'yotes have 9 D, etc.; looks like they are trying to move others first; the names thrown out were Miller or Hags.

The Rangers have 8 D on one-way deals, plus John Moore. If the Coyotes are supposedly moving a D because they have 9 on one-way deals, the Rangers wouldn't be one of the teams looking to acquire a D.

 

[RangerBoy]

The Rangers need another D or two for their AHL team. McIlrath,Noreau,Allen,Hughes,Syvret and Bickel. Or Aaron Johnson will be a swing guy between the Rangers and Pack. The Rangers are carrying 8 D with their tight cap situation?

 

[Tawnos]

Rangers aren't going to be carrying 8 D any more than the Coyotes will be carrying 9. There's a fallacy to that logic in the first place. Wouldn't be surprised if the Rangers picked up another minor league D, or potentially even the Pack signing someone to an AHL deal.

There have been times recently where the Rangers did carry 8 healthy defensemen, but they usually had names like Woywitka or Gilroy. Their defensive depth is better right now than it's been in years, with 6 defensemen legitimately deserving everyday playing time, plus Falk, who can play everyday as needed as well. You only need 7 and a couple of depth D for callups in this situation.

 

[NYR Viper]

Did I miss Eminger signing somewhere?

 

[Tawnos]

Eminger is still out there. No room on the Rangers though, cap-wise. At least, not until Stepan gets signed and Zuccarello gets his arb award.

 

[NYR Viper]

Eminger is still out there. No room on the Rangers though, cap-wise. At least, not until Stepan gets signed and Zuccarello gets his arb award.

I'd take him back once those 2 get signed. Can never have enough NHL caliber defense. Falk and Eminger would be great.

 

[Ola]

If this kid had the goods to be a point producing defencenan why have two teams given up on him.

The blues traded him before they got Shattenkirk and Jay-Bo.

Ottawa aside from Karlsson was thin as tracing paper.

I trust these two Org.'s over ur assessment.

As for Phoenix current comments. They have to be positive. Any negative statements further reduces his value which is pretty loe at this point.

I am not sure if you are joking and apologize if you do.

Kyle Turris was holding out on PHX and was still very highly regarded when Ott gave up Rundblad to get him.

Stl traded up to take a Tarasenko that somehow still was available. STL had Tarasenko extremely high in that draft.

How is those trades "givin up" on him?

I don't know the state of Shattenkirk in STL, but Erik Karlsson was extremely hyped when Rundblad was traded. Just search these boards. I am on the phone but I can come back and post links.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

On the main board there is a thread about how 'yotes have 9 D, etc.; looks like they are trying to move others first; the names thrown out were Miller or Hags.

unless were trying to become the total opposite of the flyers (all D, marginal O), why would we move either