Larry Brooks: Rangers will be selling

[Mac n Gs]

I mean, Nash and Grabner have to go. No brainer. McDonagh and Zuccarello are a tougher pill to swallow, but would bring back the most value. Are we going to pay those guys big time money well into their 30's? I dont think so.

That’s fine, and I don’t necessarily disagree with you. Hard cap forces these decisions because there’s nothing more toxic in the NHL than a depeciating asset on the latter years of his “big” UFA deal.

What I’m annoyed is that our style of hockey is fundamentally broken. The idea behind how to generate offense is brilliant, but our process by which we get there is stupid. You mentioned the 3 defensive coaches underAV, and I asked what their constant was. Unsustainable styles are a death knell in this league. This is why I’ve brought up Gallant and how he coaches Vegas. Can you honestly say that they have a better roster? He has them playing a style that suits them and that process is what helps them win. We have kids that have won all throughout the USNTDP playing a similar style. I know they have the talent. I want them to play like it.

 

[JimmyG89]

If this is the direction, this should signal the end of a couple of things:

1. If Hank wants to, he should be able to find a team to play on next year.
2. Marc Staal should be bought out. There will be other young/cheap D to replace him and his salary having no burdon.
3. Brendan Smith should also be sold, for whatever you can get, preferably picks, but for a forward (1 of 12 players instead of 1 of 6) with a similar contract. Otherwise, without Staal, you could keep him as a vet for a year or 2.

If next year you told me the roster would look like this:

F: Buch, Kreider, Zib, Chtyil, Andersson, Fast, and 6 other forwards
D: Shatty, Skjei, Smith , ADA, Pionk, whoever wins the 6th and 7th D (Graves, FA, Kampfer, Day)
G: Hank (If he wants to stay), cheap backup (Georgiev, Nell, FA)

Pair all of this, with a new coach, and I'll feel like we're heading in the right direction for the future.

I left out Miller, Hayes, and Vesey on purpose. We should be maximizing their value (Vesey has next to none) and trading for prospects and picks.

 

[Harbour Dog]

If they can get a haul for McD and/or Zucc, then fine, but I hope they won't be pulling the trigger for the sake of hearing the gunshot.

I just wish we had got a chance to see this roster under a different coach this year.

 

[Glennsoe]

Where there's smoke, there's fire..

 

[Kovalev27]

And don’t be surprised to see us pry one of Suzuki or Glass from Vegas for Rick Nash.

They are going all in to try and pull the biggest upset in sports history.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

And don’t be surprised to see us pry one of Suzuki or Glass from Vegas for Rick Nash.

They are going all in to try and pull the biggest upset in sports history.

If that happens, I'm going to kiss you - you've been warned.

 

[Rangers in 7]

for those that think we are a tweak or two away your wrong.....who are you trading to get the pieces necessary to win a cup? Lias? Chytil? Buch? if its a yes to any those your head needs to be examined

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

Wow, this one went great

While that purge didn't return the players one would've liked, it has a huge effect on organizational philosophy and kicked off arguably the Rangers longest sustained run of success for any 10+ year period in franchise history going back to the 1930's. This retooling won't be anywhere near that type of scale, but the attitude that it's not needed is simply having your head in the sand.

 

[Mike in Houston]

The only one I would want back next year from that group is Grabner. I like him. I like what he brings to the table.

 

[Machinehead]

Your opinion is straight up silly without knowing the return. And I think the article is quite clear that McDonagh won't be going at the deadline unless its a big time haul.

At best, the return is a pick or prospect that's as good as McDonagh and that's if we're extremely lucky.

When you rebuild, you trade replaceable or aging talent. You don't trade the centerpiece of your core for the next several years with absolutely no viable replacement. Nobody does that. It's a Rangers thing. And it's stupid like every other Rangers thing.

 

[Kovalev27]

The strangest thing about all this is that Dolan apparently is with them on this. I mean it’s awesome, but I thought Dolan would be the last man to be fine with a rebuild..

Dolan is a great owner he hands over a blank check to give his org the best of the best and does what his management team tells him to do. In this case they told him it’s time to rebuild. Can’t ask for more.

 

[Machinehead]

While that purge didn't return the players one would've liked, it has a huge effect on organizational philosophy and kicked off arguably the Rangers longest sustained run of success for any 10+ year period in franchise history going back to the 1930's. This retooling won't be anywhere near that type of scale, but the attitude that it's not needed is simply having your head in the sand.

Drafting Lundqvist by accident kicked off that run.

 

[East Coast Bias]

f*** yeah Brooksie!

 

[haveandare]

And don’t be surprised to see us pry one of Suzuki or Glass from Vegas for Rick Nash.

They are going all in to try and pull the biggest upset in sports history.

I'd try real hard to get Glass or Brannstrom from Vegas. Either one would be a huge get and frankly I think Vegas would be insane not to capitalize on whatever crazy mojo they have going right now.

 

[Do you want ants]

for those that think we are a tweak or two away your wrong.....who are you trading to get the pieces necessary to win a cup? Lias? Chytil? Buch? if its a yes to any those your head needs to be examined

I’ll start this by saying I don’t think we’re a true contender

But, you don’t think this team, if healthy, with a coach who employs a system with some semblance of defensive structure, instead of burning Hank out is closer to bottoming out than competing?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

While that purge didn't return the players one would've liked, it has a huge effect on organizational philosophy and kicked off arguably the Rangers longest sustained run of success for any 10+ year period in franchise history going back to the 1930's. This retooling won't be anywhere near that type of scale, but the attitude that it's not needed is simply having your head in the sand.

The only reason the Rangers entered their recent period of sustained success is because they lucked into a generational talent in the 7th round of the 2000 draft.

 

[Mac n Gs]

And don’t be surprised to see us pry one of Suzuki or Glass from Vegas for Rick Nash.

They are going all in to try and pull the biggest upset in sports history.

Wow, our own Erat for Forsberg? Thank you GMGM!

 

[Fitzy]

Well, is it a rebuild where we go into next season with nothing but young players, or is it a retool where we trade off a bunch of guys then turn around and sign Tavares with the cap space?

Because in theory you could do both. Get young roster players on ELC's, and sign a franchise center. Tavares is 27, he'll be around for the forseable future.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

for those that think we are a tweak or two away your wrong.....who are you trading to get the pieces necessary to win a cup? Lias? Chytil? Buch? if its a yes to any those your head needs to be examined

You're**


Who said anything about trading young players? I could make one change right now that would make this team immediately be better and it doesn't even involve a single player.

 

[silverfish]

for those that think we are a tweak or two away your wrong.....who are you trading to get the pieces necessary to win a cup? Lias? Chytil? Buch? if its a yes to any those your head needs to be examined

Fire the coach and trade Miller. Always has been. Always should be.

That's gonna be one hell of a 5/25 NMC contract.

 

[Machinehead]

Fire the coach and trade Miller. Always has been. Always should be.

That's gonna be one hell of a 5/25 NMC contract.

They'll sign him to 5x5 but trade our 28 year old #1 defenseman.

This franchise is hilarious. They're the Edmonton Oilers who accidentally contended for two years.

 

[n8]

Just fire AV and make Arniel the interim.

IMO, it sets a bad message that this team will look to trade McDonagh before they fire the coach. It seems to me that the FO is much more on board with AV than we like to believe, and not only AV, but AV's vision for this team, which I guess includes superstars like McLeod.

but then what if the team starts playing better?

 

[Machinehead]

Well, is it a rebuild where we go into next season with nothing but young players, or is it a retool where we trade off a bunch of guys then turn around and sign Tavares with the cap space?

Because in theory you could do both. Get young roster players on ELC's, and sign a franchise center. Tavares is 27, he'll be around for the forseable future.

If McDonagh goes in this scenario, it's robbing Peter to pay Paul.

 

[LieutenantLackluster]

or is it a retool where we trade off a bunch of guys then turn around and sign Tavares with the cap space?

This would just prolong the mediocrity imo

 

[silverfish]

They'll sign him to 5x5 but trade our 28 year old #1 defenseman.

This franchise is hilarious. They're the Edmonton Oilers who accidentally contended for two years.