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

[GoAwayPanarin]

Lindgren extension isn’t about the money. It’s about his existence.

No matter what he signs, his biggest value to this team would be on LTIR.

That’s not a player you should be signing.

 

[NYR Viper]

This sucks, he would have been my 4C

 

[Svenhart2008]

Looks like NJ will be aggressive too. Pesce and Necas? Not bad

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

After all this chatter I’m going to be so disappointed if Trouba is on this team come September lol

 

[effen]

Ben Chiarot and David Savard both got 1sts for like 15 regular season games and a playoff run and people are surprised Trouba has positive trade equity?

 

[NYR Viper]

I wonder if Drury and Laviolette are okay going in to the season with Brodzinski as the teams 4C. There aren’t many options out there. Stenlund maybe? Girgensons?

Has anyone heard whether Faksa is getting bought out?

 

[Kords]

Looks like NJ will be aggressive too. Pesce and Necas? Not bad

Annual summer Stanley cup champs

 

[effen]

I wonder if Drury and Laviolette are okay going in to the season with Brodzinski as the teams 4C. There aren’t many options out there. Stenlund maybe? Girgensons?

Has anyone heard whether Faksa is getting bought out?

They'll sign more bargain bin vet Cs like they did last year. They want to fill the role internally IMO.

 

[AirGut]

What did BUF ask us for Eichel? Didn't we balk on Kakko which in retrospect was stupid (1000% hindsight bias)?

The trade probably could have been Buchnevich, Kakko, 1st, 2nd (although those draft picks could have been Sykora, Othmann)

Remembering off the top of my head I'm pretty sure BUF wanted Strome + either Buch or Kakko + the 1st rounder that year, Kravtsov I remember also being talked up in that potential deal.

 

[NYR Viper]

They'll sign more bargain bin vet Cs like they did last year. They want to fill the role internally IMO.

I get that but there isn’t anyone internally ready for that role. They’ll need to sing someone unless it’s Brodzinski

 

[irishlaxburger2]

Ben Chiarot and David Savard both got 1sts for like 15 regular season games and a playoff run and people are surprised Trouba has positive trade equity?

There’s always at least one stupid NHL GM out there

 

[JohnC]

Remembering off the top of my head I'm pretty sure BUF wanted Strome + either Buch or Kakko + the 1st rounder that year, Kravtsov I remember also being talked up in that potential deal.

There’s no way Buffalo wanted

—player we let walk in free agency
—player we traded for a 4th liner
—a late 1st

and Drury didn’t pull the trigger

 

[Vitto79]

Lindgren extension isn’t about the money. It’s about his existence.

No matter what he signs, his biggest value to this team would be on LTIR.

That’s not a player you should be signing.

Hate the guy much ?
He’s a good player and the guys love him
If he’s gonna take less than he can get elsewhere

Lindgren extension isn’t about the money. It’s about his existence.

No matter what he signs, his biggest value to this team would be on LTIR.

That’s not a player you should be signing.

gonna be fun seeing you flip when the extension hits lol

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

There’s no way Buffalo wanted

—player we let walk in free agency
—player we traded for a 4th liner
—a late 1st

and Drury didn’t pull the trigger

Yeah look at what they eventually traded him for.


There’s no way that’s all they wanted.

 

[DanielBrassard]

I wonder if Drury and Laviolette are okay going in to the season with Brodzinski as the teams 4C. There aren’t many options out there. Stenlund maybe? Girgensons?

Has anyone heard whether Faksa is getting bought out?

Edstrom/Brodzinski is fine, and I’m sure they will bring in some depth.

 

[Vitto79]

I wonder if Drury and Laviolette are okay going in to the season with Brodzinski as the teams 4C. There aren’t many options out there. Stenlund maybe? Girgensons?

Has anyone heard whether Faksa is getting bought out?

Probably can find a random
Brodz should be in the AHL just like he started this year

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Hate the guy much ?
He’s a good player and the guys love him
If he’s gonna take less than he can get elsewhere


gonna be fun seeing you flip when the extension hits lol

He’s an awful player. I get that he’s liked but that’s not a reason to keep him.

But yay, let’s celebrate getting worse!

 

[JohnC]

Yeah look at what they eventually traded him for.


There’s no way that’s all they wanted.

I don’t buy that NYR were ever actually even in on Eichel so I wouldn’t even begin to guess what the package would’ve been.

 

[AirGut]

There’s no way Buffalo wanted

—player we let walk in free agency
—player we traded for a 4th liner
—a late 1st

and Drury didn’t pull the trigger

Pegula nixed it, Rangers would've had Eichel.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Pegula nixed it, Rangers would've had Eichel.

Yeah that’s not true.

Look at what he eventually went for. That package was way, way, way better than what you said was on the table from NYR.

This was after Buffalo had to come down on their ask.

 

[17futurecap]

 

[JohnC]

Pegula nixed it, Rangers would've had Eichel.

If Pegula nixed it (again, I don’t believe we were ever in the running to begin with) it’s because that package blows and the Vegas package was substantially better.

Like seriously, Tuch, Krebs, a 1st, a 2nd vs Strome (LOL), Buch, and a 1st. It’s not even believable.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Ben Chiarot and David Savard both got 1sts for like 15 regular season games and a playoff run and people are surprised Trouba has positive trade equity?

We’re either of them making 8 million AAV?

 

[AirGut]

Yeah that’s not true.

Look at what he eventually went for. That package was way, way, way better than what you said was on the table from NYR.

This was after Buffalo had to come down on their ask.

you're right, these were also other players mentioned heavily around 2021 within talks about Eichel now that it's on my mind,
-Strome
-Buchnevich
-Kakko
-Kravtsov
-Lafreniere
-Chytil

any mix of those players would've been fair for BUF but they simply didn't want to deal with the Rangers because of Pegula and his stubborn ways. This was why Drury waited with Zibanejad and it was only until the Eichel drama was over that he decided to lock-up a 1C. I still think if Drury pressed harder on the gas and gave into the overpayment that Eichel could've led us to a cup in 2022

 

[DanielBrassard]

He’s an awful player. I get that he’s liked but that’s not a reason to keep him.

But yay, let’s celebrate getting worse!

I think saying he’s awful as a player is unfair, he had an awful year. He had a really good season in 22-23 and was pretty solid before that. Is he the ideal partner for Fox? No not really, but there’s really not a ton out there that are appreciably better than him. And if they are, they might cost too much in terms of trade assets that the rangers don’t have.

Guentzel to Vancouver seeming more likely then.