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GDT: Rangers 2019 Training Camp Thread

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HockeyBasedNYC said:
While I tend to agree, Andrew Gross was pretty good when he had it. And another dude from LoHud way back when, forgot his name. I could be wrong, but also feel like the issue of coverage is partially due to MSG/Cablevisions policies.

Very surprised MSG isn't doing anything around the camp like last year though, especially with all the hype. Maybe it has to do with the new facilities. Or maybe the team didn't want the distractions and or added pressure for the youths. But this is NY. Cant shield them forever and its probably not a good idea to try.
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Sam Weinman was the GOAT.
 
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haveandare said:
I'd rather have information and ignore it if I choose to than just not get it. It's not that this stuff is super meaningful, it's that people are excited and anything is welcome.
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"In my day we had to wait a week for the bird's chirp to reach the west coast. And boy did we appreciate it. Now that was a tweet!"

Completely agree regarding giving out the info and letting the masses choose to ignore what they want.
 
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Interesting stuff. Quinn says Buch is ticketed to play with Zibanejad and Panarin at first. Kakko and Kravtsov will have to "earn it" (top six time) but that they have a leg up considering their pro experience.
Didn't outright say it but hinted Chytil will get first crack at the 2nd line center spot and that he has "matured"

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Ola said:
Then he goes on to STL and get zero results and accomplish nothing and then its CBJ and its just more of the same.
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Strange we don't agree on this one Ola. Your way off base on this. When JD left STL, they were 1st in their division with 109 pts, and became a playoff team again. And been a playoff team ever since. You can't possibly say he had nothing to do with that. I'm really surprised you feel this way.

Prior to joining CBJ, they made the playoffs once in their 11 year history. And now, CBJ has been in the playoffs the last three years straight.

"Accomplish nothing" is definitely not appropriate here. In fact it is quite the opposite.
 
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Kreider-Chytil-Kakko
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Namestnikov-Andersson-Strome/Fast
Nieves

Wonder who will be the odd man out. We basically have 14 forwards right now.

Top 2 lines could both be utterly dominant.
 
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romba said:
Wait, you’re saying JD is complicit in the late 90’s early 2000’s prelockout debacle, because he was a fan and gung-ho on the broadcast at the time and didn’t call the team out (that was paying him) as an all-time bad unadapting team?You’re reaching here.
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Oh absolutely, JD was a front runner of the “you can’t trap in NY” crowd. He wasn’t complicit, but it proved that he at one point at least lacked the ability to understand that the game had evolved and what worked in the new environment.

If you take that fact, and add to it that he recently was the president of a franchise that had the coach who very much was stuck in the past, it does concern me a bit.
 
Oscar Lindberg said:
I’d like to see what a Andersson-Howden-Kravtsov line would look like
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That’s what I originally had myself but I put Lemieux there because the fourth line is kinda funky with Andersson at 3LW.

It’s a possibility for sure though. Also wouldn’t mind making Lemiux-Andersson a regular pair. There’s some options here.

Namestnikov-Howden-Kravstov
Lemieux-Andersson-Strome/Fast
 
Irishguy42 said:
Makes sense to start Buch up on the top line instead of throwing Kakko/Kravtsov to the wolves. Let them get their feet wet and get some momentum going before moving them up.
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I think it gives us more depth. I love the idea of an all out top line with Z/P and Kakko but a having pairings of Z/P and Kreider/Kakko on two lines is impressive. They’ll both dominate possession IMO.
 
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offdacrossbar said:
too many forwards
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I kinda like our setup right now honestly. We have 14 guys who are NHLers imo and it gives us the opportunity to swap guys out. Fast/Strome/Namestnikov all provide versatility and we can keep them extra fresh all year, while also spelling younger guys like Chytil/Andersson/Kravstov if need be
 
Ola said:
Oh absolutely, JD was a front runner of the “you can’t trap in NY” crowd. He wasn’t complicit, but it proved that he at one point at least lacked the ability to understand that the game had evolved and what worked in the new environment.

If you take that fact, and add to it that he recently was the president of a franchise that had the coach who very much was stuck in the past, it does concern me a bit.
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Talk all you want about how the game had “evolved,” but the Devils were the only trap team to ever win a Cup in the 10 years after 1994. Colorado, Detroit, Dallas, and Tampa won the other 7. None of them were trap teams.

The DPE was marked with a bunch of trap teams discovering that trapping wasn’t enough to win unless your goalie was Martin Brodeur.
 
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