Confirmed with Link: Rangers Expected to Sign Patrick Nemeth: Brooks

[Tob]

Patrick Nemeth, the player and the name just sounds like the absolute perfect guy to get us 4th round pick at the deadline in the final year of his contract.

 

[Lion Hound]

Good move if it happens. Solid guy for the blue line. Can play a heavy game. Gives them some vet leadership back there. Could maybe be good for the younger d core. Perhaps a better version of Staal.

Please note, before someone comes out and says it. He’s not going to solve your Tom Wilson problem. While he can play physical, Nemeth can’t fight his way out of a paper bag much like Blais, so maybe they are trying to corner the market there on physical guys that can’t scrap a lick.

 

[LOFIN]

Nemeth is actually good, as opposed to Jack Johnson, who...wasn't.

Nemeth is not good though. If this is a move for the 3rd pairing, fine. He might slot in there.

 

[n8]

this signing also seems to state that Zac Jones and Hajek are not in the 2021 plans.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

this signing also seems to state that Zac Jones and Hajek are not in the 2021 plans.

Jones needs time in the AHL and Hajek stinks so it’s all good lol

 

[aufheben]

3 of the 4 teams that made the conference finals play a pretty heavy game...they're In the top 10 in hits.

Playing a heavy physical game is important.

The rangers are an average team in terms of hits..they need to be more physical.

Tampa was 9th, Montreal first, Islanders 3rd.

There's more to winning than physicality...but make no mistake...it's Important.

I mean to me this just looks like the best team had the fewest hits and the worst team had the most.

Like Tampa could have 9 hits all season and they’d still clown everyone.

 

[TominNC]

Nemeth is not good though. If this is a move for the 3rd pairing, fine. He might slot in there.

Why would you think they're looking for anything more than a 3rd pair guy? If he slots in their, fine. If someone beats him out even better.

 

[NYR Viper]

I mean to me this just looks like the best team had the fewest hits and the worst team had the most.

Like Tampa could have 9 hits all season and they’d still clown everyone.

This is possible but it’s not really a surprise that they added Maroon, Coleman and Goodrow which added a completely new physical element to their forward group and then found their way to two Cups. That’s not to say physical play is the most important variable, it’s not, but I think it’s something that needs to be considered.

Last years Rangers team was abhorrent in this regard and I’m not talking about fights by Lemieux or Smith.

 

[Inferno]

I mean to me this just looks like the best team had the fewest hits and the worst team had the most.

Like Tampa could have 9 hits all season and they’d still clown everyone.

They had less hits because they always have the puckbut when they don't they separate the opposition from the puck.

They're also the worst of the sample given but they're also a top 10 team as a whole.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

this signing also seems to state that Zac Jones and Hajek are not in the 2021 plans.

Jones was pretty much destined to go to Hartford though. Him playing in the NHL last year was what they needed to do to get him signed.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I swear I read somewhere that he (Geo) was looking for a fresh start, but for the life of me I can't recall the source. Anyone know what i'm talking about or did I dream it or something?

Yeah, there was a little tidbit somewhere that mentioned he requested a trade

 

[NYR94]

It's Patrik, not Patrick.

He was stripped of the C.

 

[Unpredictable1]

Didn’t Nemeth play on that 2012 WJC Swedish team with Mika that won the gold?

bet they’re friends too

Holy crap, it is. Good catch! (not sure if anyone answered you on this lol)

Fun Fact, I was at that game - was sitting behind the net when Mika scored in OT. The Saddledome was a madhouse cheering for Sweden, it was an incredible experience.

 

[Machinehead]

I feel sorry for anyone who ignores the best poster on this site

Nobody ignores me

 

[Machinehead]

If you guys honestly believe we're roster building around Tom Wilson then just go to the Caps board and talk tinfoil hat theories with them. They love that shit.

I'll be here in the real world where we're trying to put together a team that wins hockey games.

 

[Alluckks]

Tampa Bay Lightning have a record setting regular season and get embarrassingly tossed and swept 1st round by the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Then they won 2 cups in the next 2 years.

They added Goodrow, Coleman, and Maroon.

They didn't add those guys as a specific response to CBJ. Those guys got added because a missing element of their team was added, which was exposed by the CBJ series. The Rangers got outworked plenty of times by teams, just watch any time that we played the Islanders. Dumbass Tom Wilson is just some media-driven boogeyman.

Nemeth is a good signing.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Does he take minutes away from Miller?

That depends on how those pairings do, I guess.

 

[brakeyawself]

I guess this is a good depth add. I just don't see anything to get excited about. There's probably about 50 other players you could replace him with and not notice the difference.

All in all, depending on the price of course, a good depth add. I just don't want him to end up as a starter most of the season. If he does, I think that mans 1 or more of our D prospects aren't living up to their potential.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

He's fine. It's up to Murphy to get the most out of him.

He's better than Jack Johnson or Brendan Smith so that's a plus.

I'm going to give my disclaimer and please remember this come Oct-April: there will be nights he gets top four minutes as an in-game adjustment, there will be games he gets the starting nod in the top 4, and there will be games he's a healthy scratch especially if Robertson has matured.

His purpose is as an insulator specifically for Nils, but also for the entire D.

 

[NYRKing]

Mixed reviews, but I hate the fact that HF COL thinks he's horrendous. Honestly, find the collective HF to have really good insight on low profile players like this. Similar to when we educate the masses about Brendan Lemiux and Brett Howden.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Mixed reviews, but I hate the fact that HF COL thinks he's horrendous. Honestly, find the collective HF to have really good insight on low profile players like this. Similar to when we educate the masses about Brendan Lemiux and Brett Howden.

At the same token, guys like Girardi left the Rangers and played reportedly better for the other team.

 

[SA16]

Mixed reviews, but I hate the fact that HF COL thinks he's horrendous. Honestly, find the collective HF to have really good insight on low profile players like this. Similar to when we educate the masses about Brendan Lemiux and Brett Howden.

In 13 regular season games for them this year he had:

57 CF%
67 GF%
60 xGF%

Every stat was good. He had a bad playoff series against Vegas so they decided he is bad.

 

[Atax]

this signing also seems to state that Zac Jones and Hajek are not in the 2021 plans.

I mean, if Jones cant beat this guy to make the starting line up, then he should start off in Hartford.

 

[Levitate]

Nemeth is not good though. If this is a move for the 3rd pairing, fine. He might slot in there.

This is exactly what the move is for and Nemeth is perfectly acceptable as a third pairing defensive D

 

[Levitate]

In 13 regular season games for them this year he had:

57 CF%
67 GF%
60 xGF%

Every stat was good. He had a bad playoff series against Vegas so they decided he is bad.

People have no idea how to square stats with the eye test despite the eye test being notoriously biased and subjective