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Roster Building thread - Part IX - (2024 edition)

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Amazing Kreiderman said:
I have no problem with Blidh being called up although I would have liked to see Belzile instead.

The problem is that, despite all the praise Drury has gotten, this team is a collection of AHL fodder in the bottom-6 after just 2 long-term injuries. Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target.
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My only issue is center, but everywhere else, what should he be doing? His first draft was the Othmann draft. None of the young guys are really ready, but they're 21 at most.

22 and up came from Gorton/JD. He added tons of extra guys, but he needs to basically use them all. This isn't just 2 long term injuries.

Maybe if Henriksson wasn't a bust he'd have been the 4C by now and could be elevated. We'd have no center issues if Andersson wasn't one either. At least for Edstrom it is cause of injury. I think he has a legit shot to be a 3rd/4th liner.

We had to shop in the 800k pool of players. I can't blame Drury for needing to get 5-6 AAAA players because the pool is a year away from being able to impact.

This should be much less of an issue come next camp where you have maturation of younger players and a salary cap increase.
 
JimmyG89 said:
My only issue is center, but everywhere else, what should he be doing? His first draft was the Othmann draft. None of the young guys are really ready, but they're 21 at most.

22 and up came from Gorton/JD. He added tons of extra guys, but he needs to basically use them all. This isn't just 2 long term injuries.

Maybe if Henriksson wasn't a bust he'd have been the 4C by now and could be elevated. We'd have no center issues if Andersson wasn't one either. At least for Edstrom it is cause of injury. I think he has a legit shot to be a 3rd/4th liner.

We had to shop in the 800k pool of players. I can't blame Drury for needing to get 5-6 AAAA players because the pool is a year away from being able to impact.

This should be much less of an issue come next camp where you have maturation of younger players and a salary cap increase.
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Just so we're clear:

"Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target."

Having no cap space is not robbing you of any opportunity to bolster your bottom-6. Wheeler, Nash, Belzile, Bonino, and Pitlick are the forwards he signed in free agency. Were these the best free agents available under 1m?
 
Amazing Kreiderman said:
Just so we're clear:

"Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target."

Having no cap space is not robbing you of any opportunity to bolster your bottom-6. Wheeler, Nash, Belzile, Bonino, and Pitlick are the forwards he signed in free agency. Were these the best free agents available under 1m?
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Wheeler was most certainly the best free agent available under 1M
 
Amazing Kreiderman said:
Just so we're clear:

"Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target."

Having no cap space is not robbing you of any opportunity to bolster your bottom-6. Wheeler, Nash, Belzile, Bonino, and Pitlick are the forwards he signed in free agency. Were these the best free agents available under 1m?
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I thought all were pretty much fine and cheap signings. He didn't want to commit more than 1 year with Othmann, Berard, and possibly Sykora fighting for spots next year. He also signed Gus which was another value signing. Who else was available for 1 year/800k that would have been much better? Chytil and Kakko have been out long term, Pitlick has been out a week or 2, and Mika was out as well. Every team is going to have depth issues with 3-4 guys missing.
 
At this point I'd rather then sign Anisimov to contract for the rest of the year and let him get a look on the 3rd line over Brodzinski and Bonino
 
Amazing Kreiderman said:
I have no problem with Blidh being called up although I would have liked to see Belzile instead.

The problem is that, despite all the praise Drury has gotten, this team is a collection of AHL fodder in the bottom-6 after just 2 long-term injuries. Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target.
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I am sorry but how many teams can sustain long term injuries to 2 arguably Top 6 caliber players? Drury did handout the veteran minimum contracts and he added AHL guys while waiting out prospects like Berard/Sykora/Othmann to keep coming along. It just takes time and unfortunately we’re right in that in between time.

I am not saying Drury is exempt from any criticism, but were talking about the bottom 6 so much due to the key injuries that have occurred.

I do hate call ups like Brodzinski and Leshitshow but that definitely isn’t a call Drury makes alone.

They should sign Perry to get another NHL capable player in here and then go from there.
 
Amazing Kreiderman said:
Just so we're clear:

"Drury, in his 2.5 years as GM, has not done anything to give us proper depth, which is arguably the easiest thing to do in free agency if you know who to target."

Having no cap space is not robbing you of any opportunity to bolster your bottom-6. Wheeler, Nash, Belzile, Bonino, and Pitlick are the forwards he signed in free agency. Were these the best free agents available under 1m?
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Who were the better options for under $1 million? Are we talking dozens of quality players Drury passed on, being negligent in not signing that other teams did? Or are we talking only a handful of alternative options? Because anyone over $1 million for a bottom 6 role was not going to happen here. He was going to spend as least as possible per player for the 4th line and depth with the hope he would have more flexibility at the trade deadline to add a middle 6 forward.
 
Brandon Scanlin has to be called up. He has to be better defensively than Jones.


Need to see what they have with him. He will be RFA with Arbitration rights. For some reason it seems like certain players no matter how good they're doing in Hartford, Rangers seem to ignore them.
 
Should the Rangers be in on Corey Perry?

I know he's old.

I know there's whatever the heck happened in Chicago that nobody wants to talk about, but whatever it is, Bettman paroled him. He's paid his debt to society.

Fact is, the guy still plays a greasy trenchwar style that we don't have nearly enough of.

Would you be interested Perry for the rest of this season?
 
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RangersFan1994 said:
Brandon Scanlin has to be called up. He has to be better defensively than Jones.


Need to see what they have with him. He will be RFA with Arbitration rights. For some reason it seems like certain players no matter how good they're doing in Hartford, Rangers seem to ignore them.
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Yeah that's called a good AHL player.
 
No. He isn't good, and he would likely not be good with the current roster.

Also why the f*** are we signing a free-agent in the middle of the season? The roster is fine. If anything, make roster changes at the trade deadline (note: the roster is fine and Drury shouldn't do anything tbh).

The team is doing fine, and Corey Perry doesn't solve/help any issues with the forward group, let alone the defensemen issues.
 
Yes - if they can get him near the minimum. He is an upgrade over Pitlick/Brodzinski and a better fit for the bottom six than Wheeler. Thats the bar.
 
SML2 said:
I know there's whatever the heck happened in Chicago that nobody wants to talk about, but whatever it is, Bettman paroled him. He's paid his debt to society.
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Just to be clear bettman paroling him is literally a joke.
Bettman sweeps everything under the rug. EVERYTHING. There are likely NHL players who were on that team canada from the WJC who ran a train on drunk girl... Bettman knows who it is at this point.
Bettman does nothing until he's forced to by truly bad press. The NHL never does anything remotely for the right reasons.
Chicago has a really really bad reputation at this moment, and for them to be completely silent on this has me wanting absolutely no part to him.
I'm not even talking the stupid rumors that even I believed for a half second. The only reason I believed them was because chicago has such a bad reputation that I could see it happening.

As for Perry's play, he'd be a tolerable bottom 6 guy, who will absolutely cause our goalie to get run into because of his own playstyle. I want no part of him for that alone.
 
SML2 said:
I know he's old.

I know there's whatever the heck happened in Chicago that nobody wants to talk about, but whatever it is, Bettman paroled him. He's paid his debt to society.

Fact is, the guy still plays a greasy trenchwar style that we don't have nearly enough of.

Would you be interested Perry for the rest of this season?
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We don't have enough of cause Drury likes passive nice guys that won't ruin his weekend
 
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