Roster Building Thread IV (2022-23): Luck of the Irish

[haohmaru]

Same. Everyone is freaking out that we benched a player in game 60 out of 82 in order to get arguably the best American born player of all time.

You know who wasn’t/isn’t freaking out? Schneider.

 

[Kravtsov420]

I could be mistaken, but in the vid of Laffy handing over the Broadway Hat, I THINK that’s Lindy behind him in Street clothes, not in a sling

That’s the body double after the wake unfortunately

 

[McRanger92]

I just dont see how they trade him

That's horrible for business.. his 7 year deal hasn't even kicked in yet. What contending team can afford that? Maybe Buffalo?

Canes need a scoring center badly but do they have the assets to get JT without giving up Jarvis or Necas?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Canes need a scoring center badly but do they have the assets to get JT without giving up Jarvis or Necas?

Yeah they do, they wouldn't have to give up either of those two.

 

[DialUp]

I don’t know, we’re all freaks here. Like to me, watching Ryan Carpenter serve someone’s match penalty for spitting (!), get some cardio in for 10 seconds and go back to the bench is pretty entertaining.

That's show biz baby

 

[JohnC]

So Jake cleared waivers?

He did. Couldn’t imagine a team being stupid enough to claim him.

 

[Raspewtin]

He did. Couldn’t imagine a team being stupid enough to claim him.

Vegas could’ve reclaimed him and sent him to the AHL directly and they chose not to, if that’s not a “you are simply not an asset” i don’t know what is

 

[GAGLine]

So for the cap circumvention thing. Are the Rangers going to do the same thing with 2 players sitting on the bench vs the Flyers and Sens this week or was that one game enough?

Carpenter could be called up to sit, because we'll need to send him down again. Schneider will play on Wednesday.

He did

Was never a question tbh

The only question was Vegas. They could have claimed him and stuck him in the AHL. Any other team had to have him on the active roster.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

How many points did Meier have last year?!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

How many points did Meier have last year?!

He was around a p/pg

 

[duhmetreE]

Canes need a scoring center badly but do they have the assets to get JT without giving up Jarvis or Necas?

That would be a lateral move for them in a way...

They'd have to give up 2 1sts and a couple of prospects though. (Morrow, Drury, Rees, Gunler ) to get it done. That'd be the same cost for Meier, so I dont see why they do it now

 

[gravey9]

The interesting thing when GMs come out and say stuff about their decision making process it kind of puts in perspective that a lot of these guys aren’t any smarter than we are. More knowledgeable? Sure. But their logical arguments are never something I’d give an A+ too on an undergrad paper

The thing is, in this instance I don't think he's wrong.

The Tampa window is gonna close very soon. Maybe they have one, maybe two more runs in them. And then they fall back into that 2nd rung or 3rd run of playoff team. Right now, I'd say they're in a tier right below the Bruins with about 6-7 other teams with a legit chance to win.

But they're aging out of their window fairly soon.

So, to mortgage their future to go for it a few more times with this group, it makes sense given their timing.

If Drury came out and said this I'd be livid. Because I think we're still towards the front of our window. Though if Laffy, Kakko and Chytil don't become 1st line players in 2 years. And if one or two don't become true team leaders, it's even worse. Thats why we need to protect our best prospects and a good chunk of our first rounders. Those are cheap, hopefully talented assets that we will likely really need in 2-3-4 years to be a contender. Either to fill in the bottom or to replace a Panarin, A Trouba, A Kreider or even Shesterkin or who knows.

Point is, I think it really depends on where your team is at. Keep in mind, if the TB window closes a bit sooner than expected -- they have Hedman, Point, Vasy, Kucherov as assets that will return those 1st and 2nd round picks. In addition, they'll have Jeannot, Paul, Cirelli and on very reasonable deals that other teams might covet in 2-3 years. It's actually very sound logic to give up more of the future for the right now for TB.

 

[Daves a mess]

Same. Everyone is freaking out that we benched a player in game 60 out of 82 in order to get arguably the best American born player of all time.

Well put.

 

[RangerBoy]

 

[The Gloaming]

You know who wasn’t/isn’t freaking out? Schneider.

always seems like he's just happy to be there.

 

[duhmetreE]

LOL

it's going to be an absolute WAR in the East.. Especially in that division.

This is the deepest Toronto has ever been. 2 great pickups. I was impressed with McCabe.

LOL at 2026 picks now in play... Irony in it... Only one of Tampa, Toronto and Boston survive. We lucked out in our conference.

 

[irishlaxburger2]

This is a helluva arms race

 

[RangerBoy]

 

[duhmetreE]

TOR vs TBL - 7 games please.

TOR/TBL vs BOS - 7 games please.

I'm excited for some good playoff hockey. Last year was great in the 1st round... tapered off greatly after that.

 

[Savant]

So is Kane coming Wednesday, Thursday or Friday ? Lol

Yes

 

[DanielBrassard]

Wow, McCabe comes retained that's a pretty damn good deal for Toronto.

 

[Savant]

Canes need a scoring center badly but do they have the assets to get JT without giving up Jarvis or Necas?

A lot of the smoke around here was SJ was demanding Jarvis for Meier. And we saw how that turned out. If I wouldn’t give Jarvis for Meier, I wouldn’t give Jarvis for Miller

 

[Taluss]

Playoffs are going to be so good

 

[Machinehead]

These 4th ass liners getting #1 picks is banana f***ing bread.

We got Vesey for absolutely nothing at league minimum and he's the best 4th liner in the league.

At this point I'm for a blanket staying away from bottom sixers at the deadline. Put up with what you have.

 

[McRanger92]

The Rangers are going to get Kane, Tarasenko, Mikkola & Motte and arent even going as all-in as some of their competitors. It sure is nice being a team that everyone wants to play for.