Roster Building Thread - Part XI (Off-season edition)

[Kupo]

Btw there’s an article on the Hockey News saying the Rangers handed the cup to Florida by not keeping Mikkola, Tarasenko, and …. baba booey Rodrigues??

Was it written with a crayon?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Was it written with a crayon?

Might as well have been. A terrible article .

 

[jerseyjinx94]

Brooks advocating to buyout Goodrow if he can’t be moved to free up cap space. I wish we could just renegotiate contracts like in football bc he’s a clutch playoff performer, but if they want to add anyone significant, they probably have to do it

 

[LOFIN]

I doubt the Leafs have the scrote to trade away Marner

Meh, they want to. But seems like Marner is holding tight. I think that's the smart thing to do, as long as he can take on the booing and hate from the fans. Which, so far in his career, he has been unable to take.

 

[17futurecap]

Brooks is right about dumping Goodrow, but I’m not sure why he’s against retaining? Give me retaining 1.1 for 3 years instead of getting the one year buyout credit and 5 years of cap hit.

Definitely shouldn’t add a sweetener though to get rid of him, he’s right there.

 

[RangerBoy]

Brooks advocating to buyout Goodrow if he can’t be moved to free up cap space. I wish we could just renegotiate contracts like in football bc he’s a clutch playoff performer, but if they want to add anyone significant, they probably have to do it

EF has said the role players like Dakota Joshua and William Carrier will be in heavy demand this summer. Even Kevin Stenlund will get a very good contract based on his play for Florida. Bill Zito knew Stenlund from their time together in Columbus. $1M. Zito has done such a tremendous job in Florida filling the holes. Barclay Goodrow will not be much cheaper than some of the players receiving free agent contracts on July 1. Having $3.6M on the fourth line is bad cap management. That $3.6M could be spent to add top 6 winger or top 4 D. The Rangers always seem to be a short another winger or D every year. The Rangers can find a player at $1M to replace what Goodrow brings at $3,641,667. If Goodrow was a free agent in two weeks, teams would be throwing big contracts at him. They can have Goodrow for just three more years at $3,641,667.

Time is now for Rangers to move on from playoff hero Barclay Goodrow

The decision would be easy if Barclay Goodrow hadn’t risen to the occasion both in the playoffs and in the conference final against Florida.

nypost.com

How many Cup winning teams had a 4th liner making $3,641,667?

 

[RangersFan1994]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10124812-4-potential-trade-options-for-new-york-rangers-center-mika-zibanejad

Ask him to waive it. His cap hit is too much for what he brings

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

Can I just say, even though this is the wrong topic to post it on but what the actual f*** is Utah doing? Why are we naming the team the Utah hockey club? What type of fugazi crap is that?!! Literally makes the nhl worst league

What is Utah known for? Can't really call them the Mormons.

 

[mike14]

I don’t get it, we are not European soccer. Grow a set of a balls and pick a good team nam. How bout we call ourselves the ny hockey club lol. Just stupid. Have had 2 years to figure out a name.

We're called the Rangers because it's a pun on the original owners name... not sure we are really in a place to be calling out other teams' names

 

[JimmyG89]

You have to move on from Goodrow. We survived having him around this year, can't do it again. Plenty of teams with space that have veteran voids. Sending him back to San Jose would be ideal for everyone

 

[mxyxptlk]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10124812-4-potential-trade-options-for-new-york-rangers-center-mika-zibanejad

Ask him to waive it. His cap hit is too much for what he brings

I don't think he will waive as long as Kreider is still here.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

We're called the Rangers because it's a pun on the original owners name... not sure we are really in a place to be calling out other teams' names

Doesn’t matter what the origin is, it’s a great name. So great a baseball team stole it from us.

 

[mxyxptlk]

Doesn’t matter what the origin is, it’s a great name. So great a baseball team stole it from us.

I would venture to say there were Texas Rangers long before there were NY Rangers.

 

[mike14]

Doesn’t matter what the origin is, it’s a great name. So great a baseball team stole it from us.

I'd argue it's a pretty terrible name, but I guess that's kind if the point. Most sports team names are very subjective, and over enough time end up being considered good even if people don't like them, or they don't make much sense, at inception

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

What is Utah known for? Can't really call them the Mormons.

I’d go with Utah storming Mormons

 

[GAGLine]

EF has said the role players like Dakota Joshua and William Carrier will be in heavy demand this summer. Even Kevin Stenlund will get a very good contract based on his play for Florida. Bill Zito knew Stenlund from their time together in Columbus. $1M. Zito has done such a tremendous job in Florida filling the holes. Barclay Goodrow will not be much cheaper than some of the players receiving free agent contracts on July 1. Having $3.6M on the fourth line is bad cap management. That $3.6M could be spent to add top 6 winger or top 4 D. The Rangers always seem to be a short another winger or D every year. The Rangers can find a player at $1M to replace what Goodrow brings at $3,641,667. If Goodrow was a free agent in two weeks, teams would be throwing big contracts at him. They can have Goodrow for just three more years at $3,641,667.

Time is now for Rangers to move on from playoff hero Barclay Goodrow

The decision would be easy if Barclay Goodrow hadn’t risen to the occasion both in the playoffs and in the conference final against Florida.

nypost.com

How many Cup winning teams had a 4th liner making $3,641,667?

How many Cup winning teams had goalies making a combined 14.5 mil? It's looking like the answer to that will be one pretty soon.

Overpaying players isn't ideal, but teams can still win if they are smart. That's not to suggest that we should keep Goodrow, but him being overpaid isn't the difference between us winning and not winning the cup.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I'd argue it's a pretty terrible name, but I guess that's kind if the point. Most sports team names are very subjective, and over enough time end up being considered good even if people don't like them, or they don't make much sense, at inception

Rangers is an inherently cool name, because it refers to a sweet group of dudes, whether it be Texas, US Army, Power, or Rescue variety.

Unlike Canadiens, or Maple Leafs, or whatever the hell a Bruin is

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Brooks been different this offseason.

Never thought I’d see the day where he’d be advocating moving on from Trouba and Goodrow. Now he still thinks Lindgren is a must keep so I know that the true Brooksie is still in there someway but still quite the change of opinion.

 

[mike14]

Rangers is an inherently cool name, because it refers to a sweet group of dudes, whether it be Texas, US Army, Power, or Rescue variety.

Unlike Canadiens, or Maple Leafs, or whatever the hell a Bruin is

If we want to make our mascot these guys I'm all for it

but most of the silhouette about modern hockey names is that have nothing to do with at least one of: the city/area, hockey, ice/cold.
Rangers also doesn't tick any of those boxes, but it's acceptable because it's been around for almost 100 years. If you went to call a new team in NY the Rangers the internet would kill itself.
Although I still say they should actually change it to NY Ranges so you could at least have some kind of mountain silhouette on the jersey and tie it back to cold temperatures while not changing how it is said...

 

[bbny]

Buying out Goodrow to overpay another bottom 6 player would be classic Rangers.

 

[n8]

The Utah Hockey Club name for this year is a marketing gimmick. Gives them time to order merchandise for their real name and is a cool baked in "retro" throwback down the road for jerseys and stuff. Honestly it's pretty clever.

What would be amazing is if they released all 6 jersey variations. Lame but $$$$$

 

[jerseyjinx94]

EF has said the role players like Dakota Joshua and William Carrier will be in heavy demand this summer. Even Kevin Stenlund will get a very good contract based on his play for Florida. Bill Zito knew Stenlund from their time together in Columbus. $1M. Zito has done such a tremendous job in Florida filling the holes. Barclay Goodrow will not be much cheaper than some of the players receiving free agent contracts on July 1. Having $3.6M on the fourth line is bad cap management. That $3.6M could be spent to add top 6 winger or top 4 D. The Rangers always seem to be a short another winger or D every year. The Rangers can find a player at $1M to replace what Goodrow brings at $3,641,667. If Goodrow was a free agent in two weeks, teams would be throwing big contracts at him. They can have Goodrow for just three more years at $3,641,667.

Time is now for Rangers to move on from playoff hero Barclay Goodrow

The decision would be easy if Barclay Goodrow hadn’t risen to the occasion both in the playoffs and in the conference final against Florida.

nypost.com

How many Cup winning teams had a 4th liner making $3,641,667?

I agree but EF just speculates most of the time. We’ll see what the contracts look like. Would you rather have Goodrow for 3 years at 3.6 or Joshua for 4 at 3.8

 

[n8]

I’d go with Utah storming Mormons

Utah Latter-Day Saints

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

That is a very low bar

I think they have a good color scheme.

And frankly I think it’s better than a few current names.

Looking at you Kraken, Golden Knights, and Wild.

If you want to get real controversial, “Maple Leafs”is an extremely dumb team name too. We just accept it because it’s been around forever.

Utah Latter-Day Saints

Wasatch Warriors.

Buying out Goodrow to overpay another bottom 6 player would be classic Rangers.

Agreed. Goodrow buyout needs to be replaced by an ELC. Otherwise it’s not worth it

 

[RangersFan1994]

I think they have a good color scheme.

And frankly I think it’s better than a few current names.

Looking at you Kraken, Golden Knights, and Wild.

If you want to get real controversial, “Maple Leafs”is an extremely dumb team name too. We just accept it because it’s been around forever.


Wasatch Warriors.


Agreed. Goodrow buyout needs to be replaced by an ELC. Otherwise it’s not worth it

Edstrom should replace Goodrow