Roster Building thread - Part IX - (2024 edition)

[zlev]

if we're looking for a 3C then we could do a lot worse than Wennberg, but i actually think RW is a bigger need and Eberle would be perfect.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Don’t really want Wennberg, but I guess he kinda fits in the middle of Cuylle and Kakko. He’s pretty damn good at zone entries, carrying the puck through the NZ. But the guy hates to shoot so he’d make us mad.

 

[Machinehead]

We’re talking +/- being a faulty stat. The reason for this is not due to PK or PP impact that’s very easy to isolate.

That is absolutely the reason.

 

[bernmeister]

Hello, Sabres fan here. I saw this and just wanted to let you all know that Girgensons has not played center regularly in like 8 years. He can fill in in a pinch but he's really a winger.

courtesy + class gets props

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Why do I have this funny feeling the Rangers are gonna play Detroit in the playoffs and Kane is gonna score a heartbreaking goal in that series? You know god damn well that’s the Ranger way.

 

[Alluckks]

Trouba is not a top defenseman but to say he is Ben Harpur makes you sound like what Jonah Hill is to Jonah Hill's character in moneyball transplanted to hockey

 

[Matt Rentfree]

1st+ for both.

I don't think Wennberg is really the type of player we need.

Handsome as f*** though. May be the best looking dude in the league.

Only because Hank retired.

 

[Avery16]

Why do I have this funny feeling the Rangers are gonna play Detroit in the playoffs and Kane is gonna score a heartbreaking goal in that series? You know god damn well that’s the Ranger way.

If that happens then we never had a shot.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Mike Grier waved Jacob MacDonald and yet won’t return Ty Emberson.
Ingrate.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Don’t really want Wennberg, but I guess he kinda fits in the middle of Cuylle and Kakko. He’s pretty damn good at zone entries, carrying the puck through the NZ. But the guy hates to shoot so he’d make us mad.

The reverse brodzinski

 

[Gardner McKay]

Giroux is good but I trust these 2 dorks’ charts less than a Miss Cleo over the phone fortune reading.

Call them now for a free tarot reading.

 

[mas0764]

Trouba is a #3-4 being paid and played as a #2.

Rozsival situation again.

Low on my list of concerns for mid-season, though.

Trouba is like the 13th highest paid defenseman in the league. He’s being paid as a #1. An above average #1.

He has too many performances where he belongs on the bottom pair.

I try to avoid hyperbole. Non-reactively and with a clear head, I wouldn't put this in my starting lineup.

Also it’s just not true he’s being paid as a 2. I suspect that’s a slick attempt to make his hideous overpayment sound a little better. He’s like the 13th highest paid defenseman in the league.

 

[mas0764]

So this is the end all be all of player evaluation?

It’s definitely more important than subjective measurements like the eye test and intangibles and hits and leadership.

 

[Ruggs225]

I like this new 4th line

 

[Kocur Dill]

3:30 left in NYR/DAL hot take.

We have a "#1" Center who only shoots the puck if it's a one-timer from the left circle.

We ain't winning when it matters most within that paradigm.

ISWIS.

Go ahead. Post the heat map of Zibanjads goals. I'll eat my boot if I'm overwhelmingly wrong.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

If we go for a twofer, what are the options?

Hayes/Buchnevich
Wennberg/Eberle
Henrique/Vatrano


Which other ones?

 

[RGY]

If we go for a twofer, what are the options?

Hayes/Buchnevich
Wennberg/Eberle


What other ones?

Tarasenko/???


Crosby/Guentzel.

 

[17futurecap]

Dowd probably got a concussion tonight for Caps.

 

[zlev]

If we go for a twofer, what are the options?

Hayes/Buchnevich
Wennberg/Eberle
Henrique/Vatrano


Which other ones?

put me down for McDavid/Draisaitl

 

[bl02]

Dowd probably got a concussion tonight for Caps.

already missed a good stretch of games due to an "upper body" injury. Hope he's ok.

 

[QJL]

Trouba is like the 13th highest paid defenseman in the league. He’s being paid as a #1. An above average #1.

He has too many performances where he belongs on the bottom pair.


Also it’s just not true he’s being paid as a 2. I suspect that’s a slick attempt to make his hideous overpayment sound a little better. He’s like the 13th highest paid defenseman in the league.

I would pay Trouba $2M to captain this team, so as far as I’m concerned, he’s a $6M defenseman and is paid exactly as he should be. I’m done complaining about that contract. If he really drops off and plays like a bottom pairing guy, I’ll be upset, but he’s at least second pairing quality for us.

 

[haohmaru]

Trouba is like the 13th highest paid defenseman in the league.

18th

 

[RangerBoy]

The Rangers have a history of ignoring the blueline. 1992. The team was very good. No D was added. Leetch. Beukeboom. Patrick. 2012. The team was very good. No D was added. Torts tried to win with 4D. 3 1/2. McDonagh. Girardi. Staal who missed the first three months with a concussion. DZ struggled. You're not hearing anything about the Rangers looking to add a D. All of these different forwards. The Rangers won't have much remaining in terms of assets and money to add a D if they add two forwards. Another first round pick for a rental or two rentals is such shortsighted business. Even Brooks mentioned the strategy of continuously trading draft picks is not sustainable.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Been saying it since the start of the year, people said i didn't know what i was talking about, Rempe should be in the lineup permanently. There's always a spot for a guy his size who can play the game and add physicality.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

9 hits betweent Rempe (5 minutes) and Edstrom (7 minutes) which was about 45% of the total number of hits the Rangers got credit for (Trouba had 4 and Goodrow 3 as well)

So 8 wins in a row, against some good teams (Dallas, Colorado, Tampa). Is this still a bad hockey team? We know they have holes, though this season every top team has a pretty glaring hole or two.

Let's just be a bit positive here