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

[NYR Viper]

 

[Levitate]

I don’t think it’s wild to have a third pair but prominent pker making $4 mill. It’s not ideal but eh

 

[Daves a mess]

Lindgren would be fine on a 4-6 role.

If Ryan Lindgren slots in as a #5 defender on this team, the Rangers are in very good shape on the backend.

Now get a top 6 forward please.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

You have to make the change to GoAwayLindgren at this point I think.

Nah KreidersAmericanIntensity has dibs

 

[NYR Viper]

I don’t think it’s wild to have a third pair but prominent pker making $4 mill. It’s not ideal but eh

If given the opportunity, which there is ample this off-season, to trade that player before he is overpaid and sign his replacement for less, it should be done. The list of guys who could handle that bottom-pairing LD spot is long.

And the other thing is that on the left side of this teams defense, it's Miller, Lindgren and Jones. Do any of us really think that Lindgren would be the bottom-pairing guy come game #10, assuming it starts that way?

 

[The Crypto Guy]

The issue is he won't be that here. He's glued to Fox because the BFFs run the asylum.

Yea, same issue with have with Mika/Kreider unable to ever be broken up.

 

[McRanger92]

Nah KreidersAmericanIntensity has dibs

I shouldve trademarked that before it entered the public domain.

 

[GAGLine]

You are assuming they have the list -- he is not required to provide it until July 1. There is no evidence that he complied with the request.

Obviously if he hasn't submitted the list yet, then they are unlikely to trade him before Monday.

You originally said he can't be traded before Monday, which is absolutely not true.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Lindgren is not going to play below the second pair if he is extended, just get that thought out of your heads right now lol.

 

[majordomo]

Obviously if he hasn't submitted the list yet, then they are unlikely to trade him before Monday.

You originally said he can't be traded before Monday, which is absolutely not true.

I should have stated this before: "I stand corrected." I forgot about the NMC.

 

[NYR Viper]

I'll make the list once again and all of these numbers are per AFP projections:

Lindgren
3 x $4.475m

Cole
1 x $2.1m

Dillon
2 x $2.9m

Kylington
1 x $1.2m

Alec Maretinez
1 x $1.3m

OEL
3 x $4.1m

Kulikov
2 x $2.9m

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Lindgren is not going to play below the second pair if he is extended, just get that thought out of your heads right now lol.

Yeah he’s going to continue to drag down Fox.

Fitting he wears 55. He’s basically Girardi but twice as bad.

 

[McRanger92]

The negotiation with Lindgren should be 2-3 years with an AAV not a penny higher than 4 and no trade protection. If not, enjoy Utah.

 

[NYR Viper]

The negotiation with Lindgren should be 2-3 years with an AAV not a penny higher than 4 and no trade protection. If not, enjoy Utah.

It should be 'enjoy Utah'. I like Lindgren, he's just not the guy this team needs with how it's built right now. That and he isn't effective

 

[McRanger92]

It should be 'enjoy Utah'. I like Lindgren, he's just not the guy this team needs with how it's built right now. That and he isn't effective

It should be but seems like the focus is on moving Trouba. Which is really a much bigger issue in regards to improving the overall roster.

 

[DanielBrassard]

I’m just really interested in Drury’s mindset. If they move Trouba, they will have about 16M to add a 1st line right wing, 3rd line right wing and 3RD, with guys like Othmann and Berard knocking on the door.

 

[mas0764]

Rangers trade Kakko and Trouba today or Biden deletes his account.

just Trouba please

 

[McRanger92]

I’m just really interested in Drury’s mindset. If they move Trouba, they will have about 16M to add a 1st line right wing, 3rd line right wing and 3RD, with guys like Othmann and Berard knocking on the door.

Based on what rumors have come out could see their targets for those spots being

Top 6 RW: Guentzel/Kane/Toffoli
Bottom 6 wing: Farabee/Colton?/McGroarty?
3RD: Tanev/Sean Walker/Matt Roy(?)

 

[KingDeathMetal]

People need to calm down about Lindgren. He had one bad season, it happens. Not saying like, overpay him or anything. But unless he's coming in with crazy contract demands, there's no rush to trade him unless we really are committed to signing someone like Guentzel.

 

[Levitate]

If given the opportunity, which there is ample this off-season, to trade that player before he is overpaid and sign his replacement for less, it should be done. The list of guys who could handle that bottom-pairing LD spot is long.

And the other thing is that on the left side of this teams defense, it's Miller, Lindgren and Jones. Do any of us really think that Lindgren would be the bottom-pairing guy come game #10, assuming it starts that way?

Yeah I get that they should trade lindgren I just don’t think they will so I’m not bothering coming up with a scenario about it

I think it’s possible they look for a more legit 1 LD though even if lindgren is extended

Lavy probably sticks with miller/schnieder but I wouldn’t moan about miller/fox

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I’m just really interested in Drury’s mindset. If they move Trouba, they will have about 16M to add a 1st line right wing, 3rd line right wing and 3RD, with guys like Othmann and Berard knocking on the door.

+2.4 from Kakko who seems destined to
Move today.

 

[Levitate]

People need to calm down about Lindgren. He had one bad season, it happens. Not saying like, overpay him or anything. But unless he's coming in with crazy contract demands, there's no rush to trade him unless we really are committed to signing someone like Guentzel.

It was a really bad season. Not just a down season, a downright terrible season. And he was never actually good in that role either. He got this myth built up that he was doing so much to enable Fox which is complete bullshit.

 

[McRanger92]

Yeah I get that they should trade lindgren I just don’t think they will so I’m not bothering coming up with a scenario about it

I think it’s possible they look for a more legit 1 LD though even if lindgren is extended

Lavy probably sticks with miller/schnieder but I wouldn’t moan about miller/fox

IMO its more important to add a #2 D-man behind Fox (even if they arent on the same pair) than it is to subtract Lindgren. It's hard to know what the plan is on D until we see what happens with trouba though.

 

[bl02]

Is Trouba still on the team? Give me some good news soon please.

 

[KingDeathMetal]

It was a really bad season. Not just a down season, a downright terrible season. And he was never actually good in that role either. He got this myth built up that he was doing so much to enable Fox which is complete bullshit.

Granted, but Lindgren is a highly movable asset this season. Wouldn't it be smarter to start the season with him as Fox's partner, to either let him play up his trade value, earn his next contract, or prove himself to be the declining asset that we know we need to get rid of?

It's not like a singular terrible season that a player rebounds from is an unprecedented occurrence in NHL history. Happens all the time.