Speculation: Roster Building Thread: New Season Edition

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Anyone got the advanced stats for our lines in the first 3 games?
According to Moneypuck:

Kreider - Zibanejad - Kakko: 51.5 xG%, 56.7 Corsi%, 56.1 Fenwick%
Panarin - Trocheck - Lafreniere: 48.7 xG%, 56.9 Corsi%, 52.6 Fenwick%
Vesey - Chytil - Goodrow: 68.4 xG%, 59.5 Corsi%, 64.5 Fenwick%
No data on the 4th line

Lindgren-Fox: 56.1 xG%, 53.8 Corsi%, 56.1 Fenwick%
Miller - Trouba: 52.6 xG%, 57.6 Corsi%, 55.7 Fenwick%
Jones - Schneider: 36.4 xG%, 46.4 Corsi%, 47.4 Fenwick%
Hajek-Schneider: 20 xG%, 27.3 Corsi%, 20 Fenwick%

So by the numbers, first line is doing very well, 2nd line is doing well, 3rd line is melting faces, 1st pair is doing very well, 2nd pair is doing very well, 3rd pair has been mediocre at best, and Hajek sucks.
 
No, but they could help continue to fuel the jet deep into the late 2020's and into the 2030's

TDL acquisitions rarely, if ever, push a team over the top.

We just wasted a 1st for a failed attempt.

Not interested in doing that again.
TDL acquisitions are a huge part of why the Rangers got where they were last season, failed attempt or not.

The window time is now, not in 2029.
 
Okay, yet what if they do not win a championship in the next 2 or 4 years? Wouldn't it be a good thing to have a new set of players coming up who maybe could help the youth they have now, who will be older then, maybe win one? Or are they just going to sell off mostly everything and rebuild again? Or will they just retool for the next decade or four decades and not win any championships?
If they don't win in the next 2 or 4 years then the rebuild has effectively failed. 2 to 4 years is the window. Every team has a window, it doesn't continue on forever. Everything is cyclical. If you can win 1 in that window take it and run. That's more than most teams can ask for.
 
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If Carpenter can't go, Blais will need to play tomorrow night. Kravtsov will be reevaluated this week. The Rangers have 11 healthy forwards.

It was Mickey Mouse Time in Edmonton on Wednesday when the Oilers took the ice one man short, with a 17-plus-two lineup, because of flat cap issues created by COVID-19. And that will not be unique to this club, this time. That is the stuff of garage leagues.
Larry is upset. The Rangers could be facing this situation tomorrow if Carpenter is out and Blais isn’t ready. Gallant said Blais didn’t play on Friday because they wanted to give a few more days before returning. Blais at $1,525,000 is hurting the Rangers. The Rangers could have paid two players at $750,000 or a better player who contribute more than Blais. Motte is at $1.35M but Brooks wrote the Rangers and Motte didn’t have contract discussions this summer. Motte wanted $2.5M and the Rangers moved on. They didn’t revisit Motte during the summer when it became apparent Motte wasn’t receiving 4 years and $10M. Brooks had the Information a few weeks ago. NY Post+ article.

As of Saturday, according to CapFriendly, five teams had zero cap space and another six owned space of less than $250,000, all an injury or two away from calamity. That represents more than a third of the league. Thirteen teams are dipping into long-term injured reserve replenishment.

And the system is going to be under more stress next year, when the cap will increase by only $1 million, as prescribed by the CBA. The system will burst at the seams if not addressed. And there is no reason not to address it immediately. If the league can sell out on uniforms to help owners’ bottom lines, surely it can make adjustments to the CBA that would help teams’ forward and blue lines.

Here’s how: The NHL has projected that the cap will increase approximately $9.5 million, from this year’s $82.5M to $92M in 2025-26. That anticipates a $1M increase next year, a $4M-$4.5M increase the following season, and another $4M-$4.5M increase for 2025-26.

Instead of applying that formula, the league (with advise and consent provided by the PA) should divide the three-year $9.5M increase equally, starting with 2023-24. Thus, a $3.15M increase for each of the next three seasons, which could be adjusted in concert with revenue projections.

Why not? I cannot conceive of a single legitimate argument against issuing this modicum of relief to teams next season. If an owner or two pipes up, the folks on Ninth Avenue can just say that the pandemic made them do it.

After all, it wouldn’t be the end of the world.

The NHL and NHLPA would need to have a discussion. Some agents want to see the PA come up with a solution. The Rangers can use the extra $3M next summer instead of just $1M. Nearly every team needs the extra space.

 
If Carpenter can't go, Blais will need to play tomorrow night. Kravtsov will be reevaluated this week. The Rangers have 11 healthy forwards.


Larry is upset. The Rangers could be facing this situation tomorrow if Carpenter is out and Blais isn’t ready. Gallant said Blais didn’t play on Friday because they wanted to give a few more days before returning. Blais at $1,525,000 is hurting the Rangers. The Rangers could have paid two players at $750,000 or a better player who contribute more than Blais. Motte is at $1.35M but Brooks wrote the Rangers and Motte didn’t have contract discussions this summer. Motte wanted $2.5M and the Rangers moved on. They didn’t revisit Motte during the summer when it became apparent Motte wasn’t receiving 4 years and $10M. Brooks had the Information a few weeks ago. NY Post+ article.





The NHL and NHLPA would need to have a discussion. Some agents want to see the PA come up with a solution. The Rangers can use the extra $3M next summer instead of just $1M. Nearly every team needs the extra space.

Good, I'm glad he's upset....the NHL needs to be called out on this bullshit. The league had record levels of revenue last year, the owners aren't hurting. The cap is wage suppression at this point, Covid or no Covid.

They're shoving all these ads down our throat, especially those obnoxious digital board ads, but they could give a shit about the product on the ice.
 
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I really hope the top 6 sticks together and thrives. Kane, Pastrnak, or Meier would be amazing additions, but may not be necessary.

It’s also been good to see the 3rd line playing well. It’s very possible that a combination of Goodrow, Kravtsov, Blais, Vesey, and Othmann give us what we need there come playoff time. If we look to the upcoming UFA market, here are some rentals I’d consider targeting if the price is low.

Andrei Kuzmenko
Tomas Tatar
Gustav Nyquist
Pavel Zacha
 

I’m on it
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The cap itself needs to change. Teams are punished for drafting well and building good teams. Install exceptions into the cap for team's own players. Have them pay with money or draft picks or whatever. Not for anyone signed in FA, but for players the teams have raised as their own.
Yes I've been saying for years if you sign your own draft pick to a contract it should count as (for argument's sake) 80% against the cap. Have traded players/prospects and signed FAs count full but teams should not get penalized for home grown talent.
 
I don’t see how Carpenter will be able to play with that. Any rubbing or jostling of his helmet and those stitches will pull apart.

Not the route I’d like to go but it may be time to send down Jones, not because he has played poorly, but because they need that money to call up Rydahl or Brodzinski for a game
 
Is anyone else concerned that bread appears to be playing the same way as the playoffs last year. Pulling up in the neutral zone, sending cross ice pass, which team shut down in the playoffs. He preached that he wanted to be better for the playoffs and wasn’t happy with his game but he’s playing the same exact way right now in the regular season.

Listen I understand he’s putting up points but I was expecting to see him play a little more north south rather then east west after how he critiqued his game going into this season .

Just a observation, wondering how you guys feel
 
Is anyone else concerned that bread appears to be playing the same way as the playoffs last year. Pulling up in the neutral zone, sending cross ice pass, which team shut down in the playoffs. He preached that he wanted to be better for the playoffs and wasn’t happy with his game but he’s playing the same exact way right now in the regular season.

Listen I understand he’s putting up points but I was expecting to see him play a little more north south rather then east west after how he critiqued his game going into this season .

Just a observation, wondering how you guys feel
That’s just his style, i really don’t expect it to change much. It’s how he stays healthy free for the most part.
 
Is anyone else concerned that bread appears to be playing the same way as the playoffs last year. Pulling up in the neutral zone, sending cross ice pass, which team shut down in the playoffs. He preached that he wanted to be better for the playoffs and wasn’t happy with his game but he’s playing the same exact way right now in the regular season.

Listen I understand he’s putting up points but I was expecting to see him play a little more north south rather then east west after how he critiqued his game going into this season .

Just a observation, wondering how you guys feel
For the most part this is who he is moving forward. He's not a big dude so where he might have played fearless in traffic when he was younger, the Wilson incident unfortunately has altered his mindset & his style of play...& honestly, who could blame him.
 
For the most part this is who he is moving forward. He's not a big dude so where he might have played fearless in traffic when he was younger, the Wilson incident unfortunately has altered his mindset & his style of play...& honestly, who could blame him.

I could.

The Wilson incident wasn't him playing in traffic.

Sad that he altered his style because of tjat, if true
 
I always thought ending up as a 4th line LW was the next strange step in Libor Hajek's peculiar NYR career.
 
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