Speculation: Roster Building Thread IV (2021 Offseason) - Bob Dylan turns 80 & "The times they are a changing!"

[bobbop]

This is the Thomas I am interested. He won a OHL championship in Hamilton and was great in the 2019 playoffs. I don’t know what happened this year but if there was ever a buy low candidate, this is the guy.

Let me give you a thought...Matthew Robertson for Robert Thomas. St Louis needs youth and size on defense. Thomas is a very desirable asset.

 

[bobbop]

Re: Edmonton...I don’t think they are moving on from their big guys but if they were ever stupid enough to let Dave Tippett go, he’s the guy I would want to coach the Rangers. I watched him knit smoke year after year in Arizona with undermanned rosters. Edmonton’s roster looks like a third world country.

Tippett is excellent developing young players and always builds a strong team from the back end out. For many years, I’ve felt he was the best coach in the NHL.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Let me give you a thought...Matthew Robertson for Robert Thomas. St Louis needs youth and size on defense. Thomas is a very desirable asset.

Gross overpayment on the Rangers. Robertson reminds me of a young McDonagh

 

[NYSPORTS]

I still want Podkokzin. Give the Canucks an offer they can't refuse

 

[RangersFan1994]

I still want Podkokzin. Give the Canucks an offer they can't refuse

Nils Lundkvist???

 

[IDvsEGO]

I mean, is it written in the rules? It’s not like the other team and us won’t be compliant with what needs to be exposed to Seattle? Why would they care how it’s done just as long as teams are exposing players still. Unless there’s a specific rule against it I don’t see why it can’t be done.

Daly was quoted last year making it clear teams couldn’t park a player on vegas, because vegas is exempt. I get that there’s differences here, but the optics of it would probably have the nhl in a fit. Especially if it’s a piece that seattle would’ve taken. The nhl essentially got paid 500m to set seattle up for success, and they’ll want that to happen and enforce rules to ensure it.

 

[huerter]

who else has a Rangers Tattoo?

Dagoon, probably

 

[SRHRangers]

Cally in the NHL Network Studio tonight warming up to take Joe's gig I hope.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

What does ROR/Dunn cost if STL comes to us? Strome, Jones, Kratvsov, Georgie, 1st, what else?

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Daly was quoted last year making it clear teams couldn’t park a player on vegas, because vegas is exempt. I get that there’s differences here, but the optics of it would probably have the nhl in a fit. Especially if it’s a piece that seattle would’ve taken. The nhl essentially got paid 500m to set seattle up for success, and they’ll want that to happen and enforce rules to ensure it.

Ahh ok, then my mistake then.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Gross overpayment on the Rangers. Robertson reminds me of a young McDonagh

It’s not overpayment.

Despite his mediocre season, Thomas is still just 21 and has produced at a 40 point pace. I’m a huge fan of Robertson but this is exactly the type of trade Drury should be looking for.

 

[huerter]

What does ROR/Dunn cost if STL comes to us? Strome, Jones, Kratvsov, Georgie, 1st, what else?

The Expendables!

 

[FIRE DRURY]

I still want Podkokzin. Give the Canucks an offer they can't refuse

Nils Lundkvist???

Why are we trading for more wingers?

 

[SRHRangers]

Is the fascination with Thomas purely a buy-low candidate?

Last thing I want is another smallish, non physical forward that doesn't shoot the puck.

 

[jay from jersey]

Re: Edmonton...I don’t think they are moving on from their big guys but if they were ever stupid enough to let Dave Tippett go, he’s the guy I would want to coach the Rangers. I watched him knit smoke year after year in Arizona with undermanned rosters. Edmonton’s roster looks like a third world country.

Tippett is excellent developing young players and always builds a strong team from the back end out. For many years, I’ve felt he was the best coach in the NHL.

They have some interesting pieces coming and they are going to have some cap space to work with. Honestly they are 1 or 2 trades and a Free agent singing away from being pretty stable

 

[Machinehead]

Is the fascination with Thomas purely a buy-low candidate?

Last thing I want is another smallish, non physical forward that doesn't shoot the puck.

He's a really good player. He had trouble scoring this year because his hand was messed up. I wouldn't classify him as non-physical at all.

 

[SRHRangers]

He's a really good player. He had trouble scoring this year because his hand was messed up. I wouldn't classify him as non-physical at all.

I understand if it's a pure value perspective.

Imo, I rather call up SJ about Hertl.

 

[Machinehead]

I understand if it's a pure value perspective.

Imo, I rather call up SJ about Hertl.

Those moves wouldn't be mutually exclusive at all.

Thomas is just a good young player that we could use. I don't think there's any more to it.

 

[bleedblue94]

If you trade for thomas it's to fill the 3c spot if chytil and strome are gone with a new top center walking into that top 6. Projecting chytil as your 2c and a multi year underachieving Thomas backing him up is not the recipe to see this team "take the next steps."

 

[pld459666]

I don’t know, are you sure that it’s better to shoot than pass in those situations?

In some instances, yes, I'm 100% sure its better to shoot then defer

 

[SA16]

I don’t know, are you sure that it’s better to shoot than pass in those situations?

It is almost always better to pass than shoot in a 2 on 1 type situation unless the defender is completely playing the pass.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Nils Lundkvist???

done . . . if possible. Guessing they want more but who knows?

 

[NYSPORTS]

Why are we trading for more wingers?

thought he was drafted as a Center. Big kid though.

 

[B17 Apricots]

It’s not overpayment.

Despite his mediocre season, Thomas is still just 21 and has produced at a 40 point pace. I’m a huge fan of Robertson but this is exactly the type of trade Drury should be looking for.

If I'm St. Louis I wouldn't make that trade 1 for 1. Not sure how its an overpayment

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Not sure what the fascination with Thomas is. Doesn’t shoot the puck. Doesn’t really have a physical game and is another bad at face-offs center. Not going to help much on special teams either. He’s coming off a 12 point season.

The fascination is that he’s a name that popped up so we gotta do 20 pages on him until the next name pops up.