Speculation: Roster Building Thread LXXXIX: Going 11-3 to close out this crazy year should do it!

[Blueshirt Believer]

So with our many 3rd and 4th round picks, can we trade one of our fourth rounders to the Kraken in exchange for selecting Howden?

Better yet lets protect Blackwell and let Krieder get poached.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Better yet lets protect Blackwell and let Krieder get poached.

NMC

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

NMC

So they're automatically protected? Figures

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

So they're automatically protected? Figures

Unfortunately. Yeah, I know, it sucks

 

[egelband]

Dude bridging Chytil would be such typical Rangers bullshit

would personally be upset if we don’t sign him long term

I’m expecting more bridging. The Rangers are going to have to be pretty careful with the cap going forward. I agree locking up the best guys is great. But when just one of those deals goes south it gets really ugly. And, end of the day, the potential risk probably outweighs the potential reward.

 

[duhmetreE]

Panarin Strome Blackwell/Kakko
Kravtsov Zibs Buchnevich
Lafresh Chytil Blackwell/Kakko
Kreider Rooney Gauthier/Howden

please and thank you

 

[egelband]

Is it assumed that Z will need to be signed to an 8 year deal? What if he just signed 6? 8mil for 6 years for Z seems better than trading a bunch of stuff for Eichel, who isn't as good as people are saying in this tread nor is he any more durable and with a higher cap hit while we have a ton of contracts to give out in the next 2 years.

Unless Buffalo retains 2 million and the players going to Buffalo are Buch, Georgiev, Hajek, Chytil and Howden. This wouldn't happen.

People seem very impatient. If this team keeps progressing like they have, their window will last longer than 6 years. I mean, hell, in 6 years Fox will still be 29. Hahaha

EDIT: Also, what if Tampa moves Stamkos. He would be cheaper to acquire, cheaper cap, and might pair better with Z and Strome down the middle. And that would fill our need to acquire another injury prone center.

Agreed. I think Mika is offered 4 or 5 years. Something in that area.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Best goal differential in the divison.

best forward in the divison.
Best dman in the divison.
best goalie in the divison.

5th place, most likely going to miss.

How can Quinn sleep at night.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Best goal differential in the divison.

best forward in the divison.
Best dman in the divison.
best goalie in the divison.

5th place, most likely going to miss.

How can Quinn sleep at night.

 

[duhmetreE]

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Beware, the Quinninites are coming

 

[SnowblindNYR]

BTW, the Rangers are tied for 5th in GD and would be 11th if not for the game that apparently doesn't count. There are 16 playoff spots. Read em and weep.

 

[huerter]

So with our many 3rd and 4th round picks, can we trade one of our fourth rounders to the Kraken in exchange for selecting Howden?

But what if that pick becomes a hall of famer? The horror of that trade tree.

 

[mas0764]

I’m expecting more bridging. The Rangers are going to have to be pretty careful with the cap going forward. I agree locking up the best guys is great. But when just one of those deals goes south it gets really ugly. And, end of the day, the potential risk probably outweighs the potential reward.

Gotta get Fox long term though.

 

[mas0764]

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Or Chosen

 

[mas0764]

BTW, the Rangers are tied for 5th in GD and would be 11th if not for the game that apparently doesn't count. There are 16 playoff spots. Read em and weep.

That’s playing in the toughest division for you.

 

[haohmaru]

We'd be in a playoff spot if Putin weren't such a weenie.

 

[haohmaru]

You have to wonder, too, if Shesterkin keeps this up down the stretch where he's going to be in the Calder conversation. .925 Save %, 2.25 GAA, 2 SO's, etc.... He's going to get some votes.

 

[egelband]

Gotta get Fox long term though.

Yeah. That’s a pretty safe bet.

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

25% or thereabouts to make the playoffs at the moment. Weirder stuff has happened. I'd have to think a couple tired clubs plays into the Icelanders' hands tonight against Boston considering the way they do hockey. Just sit back and have some fishsticks and tartar and let it play out.

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[alkurtz]

Yes, it is true that Kreider is going through one of the worst slumps of his career, and we know that he has always been the definition of a streaky goal scorer.

But, I would bet that there is something else going on here, something that we, as fans, are just not privy to. I wouldn't doubt that he is suffering from some kind of physical issue. He just doesn't look right out there, he looks pained in a way beyond that of a player who is experiencing a loss of confidence. I would bet, that if this is the case, it is not a knee injury but upper body, groin, etc.

Whatever it is, and if it is truly the case, at this critical time of the year, he is, like most hockey players, just gutting it out and playing. It is not serious enough for him to sit it out but his play is has fallen off markedly.

I would tend to give him the benefit of the doubt here. Perhaps we will only find out at breakup day or a few days later when he learn of all the banged up players needing surgery or a serious recovery period.

 

[Avery16]

Yes, it is true that Kreider is going through one of the worst slumps of his career

In other words, it's April.

 

[broadwayblue]

Agreed. I think Mika is offered 4 or 5 years. Something in that area.

Why would he take that when someone will give him 7?

 

[DutchShamrock]

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I think Quinn made some adjustments since his quarantine and it feels like the temperature dialed down around here.

The lines have been more stable, and if they do get jumbled he has been more consistent in applying his standards. Kreider to the 4th, Kravtsov getting good minutes with quality linemates for example.

Those were my two biggest gripes, uniform coaching and stable lines. He did it so it is only right to back off and give some credit. Denying that there were issues before is just as silly as refusing to acknowledge the fact that those issues were addressed.

 

[Ola]

Give the kids bigger roles, next year I wanna see:
Panarin-Laf-Kakko
Kreider-Chytil-Ziba
Kravy-Strome-Buch
Barron-Howden-Blackwell
Lindgren-Fox
Key-Trouba
Reunanen/Jones-Nils

 

[True Blue]

That too. It's not like Zibanejad is going to be much cheaper.

A few million cheaper means that there are a few more millions available to sign someone like Fox.