Confirmed with Link: Rangers Sign David Desharnais (1 year x $1M)

[nyr2k2]

I don't like Desharnais at all and Jokinen even at 2.1 million would be a better fit there.

He's a better defensive player than Desharnais and the versatility would help. Good shootout player as well.

Every player that they've signed and zeroed in on this offseason, there has been word of. The fact that there was no word of them even trying to reach out to Jokinen alarms me a bit.

I'm hardly "alarmed" by the team not reaching out to a particular bottom six player that I guess they didn't like.

 

[Irishguy42]

Every player that they've signed and zeroed in on this offseason, there has been word of. The fact that there was no word of them even trying to reach out to Jokinen alarms me a bit.

Okay.

The franchise is going to be crippled because they may not have reached out to Jokinen.

Mhmmmm. Sure. My alarm bells are ringing for the Rangers potentially not talking to some non-special bottom 6 player.

 

[cwede]

I don't like Desharnais at all and Jokinen even at 2.1 million would be a better fit there.
He's a better defensive player than Desharnais and the versatility would help. Good shootout player as well.
Every player that they've signed and zeroed in on this offseason, there has been word of. The fact that there was no word of them even trying to reach out to Jokinen alarms me a bit.

guess we differ,
i am always against signing guys > 34 as UFAs
i think a natural C with a 40-assist season plus 2 30-assist seasons could help a team with an unreliable PP.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

I'd rather bring in Deshardin, whos dream ceiling is 2009-2010 Vinny Prospal, than 2010 Olli Jokinen except almost a decade older.

Edit--see the xonvo was about Jussi...didnt know he played C.

 

[Hire Sather]

you guys really want to hear bill pidto say JUSSI JOKINEN in his stupid jussi jokinen voice all season?

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[Ori]

Can he play NHL next season?

https://www.nhl.com/player/david-desharnais-8471976

I think he is a downgrade if AV has plan to use him on the 4th line compare to Oscar Lindberg, but maybe he can surprise us positive! We need to be positive!

 

[NYRFAN218]

All things equal I would have preferred Jokinen but I'm not going to get bent out of shape about it.

 

[Fugazy]

All things equal I would have preferred Jokinen but I'm not going to get bent out of shape about it.

This is the right attitude to have.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

you guys really want to hear bill pidto say JUSSI JOKINEN in his stupid jussi jokinen voice all season?

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Post of the year

But it would be funny if Gorton was thinking that too.

 

[Toene]

Wish the little guy well. Tremendous passer, but not really good at anything else. Can still fill in as a 2C when injuries hit.

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

The problem is that this has "AV's favorite toy" written all over it.

Ahh yes, this is where you take a position where the Rangers are weak personnel wise, and then blame the coach for deployment. RD last season. Center this season. We can just fast forward to next off-season.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Ahh yes, this is where you take a position where the Rangers are weak personnel wise, and then blame the coach for deployment. RD last season. Center this season. We can just fast forward to next off-season.

I'd say playing DD up a line because of depth issues is way different than playing the worst defenseman in the NHL 20 minutes a night, crippling your star D-man captain in the process, when you have possibly less worse options stapled to the bench.

DD is a good bottom 6 tweener. Girardi is an AHL player.

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

I'd say playing DD up a line because of depth issues is way different than playing the worst defenseman in the NHL 20 minutes a night, crippling your star D-man captain in the process, when you have possibly less worse options stapled to the bench.

DD is a good bottom 6 tweener. Girardi is an AHL player.

Then why was Tampa so quick to sign him? Im not arguing that Girardi should've been a sheltered 3rd pairing guy, but so should all of our right handed defensemen.

This worst defenseman in the NHL/AHL player is just hyperbole and part of the echo chamber around here.

 

[Miller Time NYR]

Ahh yes, this is where you take a position where the Rangers are weak personnel wise, and then blame the coach for deployment. RD last season. Center this season. We can just fast forward to next off-season.

Well said.

 

[Irishguy42]

Then why was Tampa so quick to sign him? Im not arguing that Girardi should've been a sheltered 3rd pairing guy, but so should all of our right handed defensemen.

This worst defenseman in the NHL/AHL player is just hyperbole and part of the echo chamber around here.

Because Yzerman is not as godly GM as most people think he is? There is literally no defending the signing.

 

[McRanger]

Then why was Tampa so quick to sign him? Im not arguing that Girardi should've been a sheltered 3rd pairing guy, but so should all of our right handed defensemen.

Because he's a name. Every year some awful player gets signed because hes been in the league for forever. Someone will probably sign Tanner Glass. We gave him 3 years.

This worst defenseman in the NHL/AHL player is just hyperbole and part of the echo chamber around here.

Is it? He was an abomination using regular stats, advanced stats or the eye test and was the worst RD on the team with probably the worst RD in the league.

Desharnais being over used is a potential concern not just because AV sometimes makes baffling lineup choices but also because it was a problem in Montreal.

 

[cwede]

jeez will the Girardi bashers ever just be satified?
they got what they wanted, he is gone from NYR,
let it go already
it was sooo boring for the last 2 years, please, no more ....

 

[McRanger]

jeez will the Girardi bashers ever just be satified?
they got what they wanted, he is gone from NYR,
let it go already
it was sooo boring for the last 2 years, please, no more ....

No. Its a conspiracy to make you sad.

 

[TheTakedown]

Something interesting about DD HERO Charts that I found.

It's no secret the Habs have gotten worse over the years--they've relied on insane goaltending and PK Subban up until the 2016-17 season. If you look at DD's HERO charts from the past few years, he had better than average stats until you look at the latest sample when they took a nose dive, which of course, that nose dive is when the Habs were a collectively crappy team (2015-16 and 2016-17). I can't find the advanced stats other than what Hockey Reference has listed, but DD has been a 51% Corsi Player the last 2 years on a crappy Habs team taking top 6 time that he should not have been given because of his idiot coach.

The only odd statistic here is that on Edmonton he was a 46% corsi player, but that could be due to the fact that Edmonton's bottom 6 was pretty shallow

I have a good feeling we get a lot out of him this year under AV.

2013-15

2014-16

2015-17

https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/deshada01.html
https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/2016.html
https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/2017.html

 

[Calad]

you guys really want to hear bill pidto say jussi jokinen in his stupid jussi jokinen voice all season?

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yup!

 

[Ori]

Lost all faith in Gorton.

I just hope this is not a new trend here - we`ve yet to start the training camp.
If we struggle to get points early in the season - let`s say after 10 games - maybe it`s a good sign to look after other options concerning AV.

https://www.nhl.com/player/david-desharnais-8471976

He had some good seasons for sure in NHL - it looks like he was injured in the 2015 season, and struggle to get back in good condition in NHL. Maybe he is injury prone - it looks like it when I look at his NHL career - kind of worried about this signing too.

But guys - David Desharnais is not the person who will decide Rangers`s destiny in the new season, and how we are going to do in the 2017-2018 season. He will probably start on our 4th line.

OT Goal - David has a quick release on his wrist shot! <<<< https://www.nhl.com/oilers/video/desharnais-game-winning-goal/t-277437406/c-51612703 >>>>

 

[will1066]

Hoping DD can chip in a few assists and just not be a liability in the 10 minutes of ice he will get per game.

 

[kovazub94]

Hoping DD can chip in a few assists and just not be a liability in the 10 minutes of ice he will get per game.

I suspect that DD is an insurance policy in cast Miller does not work out at C (or in case of an injury). Nieves probably has an inside track to be 4C playing those 10 min/game.

 

[Black Tank]

Hoping DD can chip in a few assists and just not be a liability in the 10 minutes of ice he will get per game.

If Tanner didn't kill us for his 10 mins, then DD certainly won't. DD may even be able to maintain possession or complete a pass successfully unlike Glass.

The league has changed and having a modicum of skill on the 4th line is no bad thing. Sure a sneeze from the equipment guy on the bench will knock DD off his skates, but I don't mind a match up of him against some of the slow and positionally unsound 3D pairings in the league.

 

[eco's bones]

Unless the Rangers move Miller to center it looks to me like Desharnais is going to be the third line center and probably doing about 14 minutes a game.