Confirmed with Link: Rangers re-sign F Vinni Lettieri

[LiveLongandProspal]

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[nyr2k2]

Make or break for Vinni.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Very nice.

Every season since he was 18 he has improved his stats and game, hasn't slowed down, so i'm expecting that trend to continue into the NHL this season. Worst case he will be one the top offensive threats on the Pack which they need.

 

[eco's bones]

48 points in 48 games last year for an awful Hartford team. If nothing else he'll be a very good player there but he also has a shot at our bottom line.

 

[Thirty One]

Career 2.0 Pts/GP with the USNTDP. Higher than Jack Eichel.

 

[Player big P]

Hopefully the servers can handle this

 

[True Blue]

Make or break for Vinni.

Just don't see how there is room for him with the big club. Like the signing for Hartford though.

 

[Fitzy]

Just don't see how there is room for him with the big club. Like the signing for Hartford though.

Injuries are an inevitability.

 

[Waivers]

Is this why the servers got DDoS’d?

 

[bobbop]

There’s your news for the week. See you Monday.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Meh. I've given up on Vinny, much like I've given up on Day.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Just don't see how there is room for him with the big club. Like the signing for Hartford though.

When Kreider and possibly Name are gone there will be.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

3M per Pionk style

 

[True Blue]

When Kreider and possibly Name are gone there will be.

Would rather have someone else play the 4th line.

Let's presume you are right on who is going (for this purpose, makes no difference if it's Kreider or Buch). ZBad, Buch, Kakko, Kravstov, Chytil, Howden, Panarin, Lemieux, Andersson, Strome. That is 10 names right there. There is the 4th line center, which is not going to be him. That leaves 1 spot open. I would rather have someone with some more size play the 4th line wing.

 

[CasusBelli]

Injuries are an inevitability.

Sounds like a Sith mantra.

 

[Machinehead]

New HF who dis?

 

[NCRanger]

48 points in 48 games last year for an awful Hartford team. If nothing else he'll be a very good player there but he also has a shot at our bottom line.

I don't like when things like this happen. A guy is in a pure offensive role in the AHL, and is doing it pretty well. Then gets called up and has to play a completely different game on the fourth line in the NHL. It just seems counterproductive.

 

[Leetch3]

I don't like when things like this happen. A guy is in a pure offensive role in the AHL, and is doing it pretty well. Then gets called up and has to play a completely different game on the fourth line in the NHL. It just seems counterproductive.

thats the definition of a AAAA player

 

[TheTakedown]

Brendan Pirri of the AHL. Whatever signing, glad he can boost up the Pack

 

[Blue Blooded]

Brendan Pirri of the AHL. Whatever signing, glad he can boost up the Pack

Pirri can play in the NHL, Vinni hasn't shown that yet. Hopefully he'll be able to make it this year, but the competition is very tough.

 

[Fugazy]

Make or break for him.

 

[egelband]

I don't like when things like this happen. A guy is in a pure offensive role in the AHL, and is doing it pretty well. Then gets called up and has to play a completely different game on the fourth line in the NHL. It just seems counterproductive.

 

[Fitzy]

Pirri can play in the NHL, Vinni hasn't shown that yet. Hopefully he'll be able to make it this year, but the competition is very tough.

Pirri can shoot in the NHL. He's basically to hockey what Happy Gilmore was to golf.

 

[Blue Blooded]

Pirri can shoot in the NHL. He's basically to hockey what Happy Gilmore was to golf.

I think Pirri passes the "not being unacceptably bad"-test in his weaker areas, barely. But I recognize that many, including many NHL coaches, disagree there. Vinni is also somewhere on the borderline in that regard, but he hasn't been able to use his strengths at the NHL level anywhere close to how Pirri has yet.

 

[Fitzy]

I think Pirri passes the "not being unacceptably bad"-test in his weaker areas, barely. But I recognize that many, including many NHL coaches, disagree there. Vinni is also somewhere on the borderline in that regard, but he hasn't been able to use his strengths at the NHL level anywhere close to how Pirri has yet.

I think the biggest reason to by cynical about Lettieri is that there were a lot of games last season where he would know he was playing limited minutes and he would actively go out and bust his ass like many young players trying to cement their place in the NHL. You often see it with new rookies working extremely hard and then when their minutes increase they have difficulty maintaining that intensity level over many games and suffer a bit of a slump.

The issue for Vinny was that even when he was visibly busting his ass, he still wasn't quick enough to make much of an impact on the game. That can't bode well for his potential transition to a middle 6 forward.