Speculation: Roster Building Thread LXXXI - All along the Watch Tower

[Daves a mess]

Love the Hartford green and gray as well. #71 jersey looks good. Hartford guy ( Tripp Tracey?) gushed about Jesper intelligence and on ice positioning. Said he always was a big fan when he was a Ranger. And that he loved watching the "routes he took on the ice".

 

[Ola]

You've said it perfectly. We can all be encouraged by Fox and Miller or Chytil and Buchnevich (I guess) from a "development" pov, and it's nice to have these guys work out. But what's our track record look like with top 10 picks?

We're all done and over Lias Andersson at this point, but that was a colossal failure. That we couldn't even turn him into an NHLer is really discouraging. And many of us had concerns and complaints from the beginning about how he was utilized and what kinds of support he was or wasn't getting (that is, from what we can see as fans). It's fine and easy to say now that he just wasn't ever going to work out, but then you have to take the same stance with an Adam Fox or K'Andre Miller.

Kravtsov? The jury's still out but his time in NA pretty much mirrors the time Lias spent here and Kakko's first season.

It's just not satisfactory to preach patience at this point. Of course you have to be patient, but this isn't a one season thing. Quinn has been here for three years. We've had very high picks since 2017. None of them are excelling. I'm glad Kakko has emerged as a capable 2-way forward, just like Chytil. But Chytil has a career high of 23 points. Will anyone be OK with Kakko being Jesper Fast? And will it really be enough to say the kid wasn't good enough in the end?

Amen!

 

[Daves a mess]

Watched about half a dozen Panthers games this season.

Wow. They are good. Real good.
Fast. Relentless.

 

[Vitto79]

Another ugly loss for Van.

I wish Nils Hoglander was on our team.

both Vancouver and Calgary are gonna do something

 

[jay from jersey]

Watched about half a dozen Panthers games this season.

Wow. They are good. Real good.
Fast. Relentless.

Cater Verhauge (sp?). Was a real underrated pick up for them

 

[LORDE]

Can we plz get ADA outta here! The stink is still on everything.

Add whatever u need to get Bennett I guess (within reason obv) and lets move past all this.

 

[jay from jersey]

32. But yes, not really comparable to Kreider who will be 36 by the time his contract ends.

And I’m a huge trouba fan but I think we’ve learned our lesson the hard way about giving D-men in their 30’s multi year deals. He won’t get another big contract here

 

[Synergy27]

Love the Hartford green and gray as well. #71 jersey looks good. Hartford guy ( Tripp Tracey?) gushed about Jesper intelligence and on ice positioning. Said he always was a big fan when he was a Ranger. And that he loved watching the "routes he took on the ice".

Quick thought here, but where did Jesper learn those things? I suppose defensive awareness is a skill just like any other, but you’d think that positioning and “routes” would be things that were coached into him.

HV71? Hartford? Why haven’t we trained up a few more of these guys?

 

[True Blue]

Amen!

If you do not see Kakko excelling on the ice., you are not watching.

 

[eco's bones]

Kakko has been a bit snakebit but I don't have any issue with him in our top 6 and I expect that eventually his production is going to pick up and reflect the progress his game has made since last season. Part of the issue is our centers need to pick up their respective games. It's a lot harder for most wingers (excepting Panarin) to produce a lot when their centers aren't playing well.

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

First aftenoon game of the year. Expecting Quinn and his boys to show up in pyjamas.

 

[haohmaru]

First aftenoon game of the year. Expecting Quinn and his boys to show up in pyjamas.

Lofty expectations if you ask me. Sheesh.

 

[leetch99]

It looks all very toxic in Calgary right now. They are all underperforming. Markstrom has been good, but the rest...

Reminds me a lot of a similar situation close to home...


Edit: Also VAN about to lose again. Another team struggling dearly. And they had higher expectations than both Calgary and the Rangers.

Bennett from CGY and Gaudette from VAN? I’d go get both. Virtanen? Can we pry Horvat out of there with a package?

While we are at it.....have them toss in Zach MacEwen for a mid round pick....he is a big boy and will scrap and plays physical and is a decent skater . Adds a bit of grit and size on the 4th line . He is from PEI...a hard nosed Maritime player who I think Ranger fans would like...might actually be a better pick up then Bennett .....definitely a lot cheaper moving forward and bigger .

 

[Waivers]

Love the Hartford green and gray as well. #71 jersey looks good. Hartford guy ( Tripp Tracey?) gushed about Jesper intelligence and on ice positioning. Said he always was a big fan when he was a Ranger. And that he loved watching the "routes he took on the ice".

I desperately miss Fast. I knew not having him around would hurt us more than some may have anticipated.

 

[RGY]

Can we plz get ADA outta here! The stink is still on everything.

Add whatever u need to get Bennett I guess (within reason obv) and lets move past all this.

Not sure if this is sarcastic or not, but ADA has nothing to do with how poorly this team has played. Quite frankly, not having his offense has hurt the team. There has been a clear drop off in the performance of the PP where he was the QB. The stink that is on this team resides with the coaching staff and the 1C being invisible.

 

[Anthony5967]

Watched about half a dozen Panthers games this season.

Wow. They are good. Real good.
Fast. Relentless.

Coached well, too, by a guy that’s won (three?) cups? That’s how you get players to buy in.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Not sure if this is sarcastic or not, but ADA has nothing to do with how poorly this team has played. Quite frankly, not having his offense has hurt the team. There has been a clear drop off in the performance of the PP where he was the QB. The stink that is on this team resides with the coaching staff and the 1C being invisible.

We haven't had his offense since the beginning of March last year, its Mika, Kreider and Strome that we're missing.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I desperately miss Fast. I knew not having him around would hurt us more than some may have anticipated.

Mika, Kreider and Strome are whats missing.

 

[Vitto79]

Can we plz get ADA outta here! The stink is still on everything.

Add whatever u need to get Bennett I guess (within reason obv) and lets move past all this.

Tony D and PDG for Bennett and Ryan
You know the rumour last month lol

 

[kovazub94]

I desperately miss Fast. I knew not having him around would hurt us more than some may have anticipated.

Is Fast a center?

 

[Rongomania]

Is Fast a center?

Can someone doctor a 'Where's Waldo' with Chytil in Waldos clothes?

 

[Waivers]

Is Fast a center?

No, but is he more serviceable than what we have for any one of our forwards? Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

No, but is he more serviceable than what we have for any one of our forwards? Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

Honestly think Blackwell has fit that role pretty well.

 

[Waivers]

Honestly think Blackwell has fit that role pretty well.

The skeleton crew, thankfully, in the bottom 6 has done pretty well for us. I don’t think it’s an ideal bottom 6 at all but it’s working OK for us for the time being. If we’re talking about a quality of a player, mind you the “leadership intangibles”, I’m taking Fast.

 

[Kovalev27]

Just what this team needs another checker that doesn’t put up points. fFast is the last guy we need.

We need our skill guys to step up and we need a better system that plays to their strengths.