LOFIN
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Rempe just needs maturing, and that comes with actual games. He needs to keep his skating speed up to his growing body, that's it. For me, he was already an effective 4th liner.
Scott Fraser. Hated every second in a Ranger jersey. Maybe even as an NHL player. Had talent.Must not remember Stephane Quintal or Valeri Kamensky, Mike Keane, Al Montoya in net. Or is this just circa when Rongo was created? How does that work?
He was overpaid. Stop thinking otherwise. That’s how you get a star foward to sign. He didn’t sign for any discount to play here.
Does that matter if he's paid more than he is worth? He could have left money on the table and still be overpaid.He left $$ on the table with the Islanders reportedly at 13 per.
Does that matter if he's paid more than he is worth? He could have left money on the table and still be overpaid.
Remember that we originally offered him about 11 mil, and it was only after Spooner was bought out by Vancouver, giving us an extra 600k in cap space which we added to the offer to Panarin, that he signed.
He was. He can skate and does have some skill and seems willing to put the work in to get better. There is going to be competition for that 4th line spot though. It will be an interesting camp.Rempe just needs maturing, and that comes with actual games. He needs to keep his skating speed up to his growing body, that's it. For me, he was already an effective 4th liner.
It's been established he is our enforcer. Looks like he wants to take it to another level. Not a problem with me.Rempe should probably be working on, ya know, being an NHL player and the skills associated with that
As opposed to fighting
But at least he’s self aware that he’s a sideshow.
The Rangers didn't offer him 11.6 when everybody else was offering 9. There were other teams willing to pay more. The FA market can be crazy. Just look at the contracts that were just dished out a week ago.Does that matter if he's paid more than he is worth? He could have left money on the table and still be overpaid.
Remember that we originally offered him about 11 mil, and it was only after Spooner was bought out by Vancouver, giving us an extra 600k in cap space which we added to the offer to Panarin, that he signed.
Anyone saying Panarin is overpaid doesn’t know what they’re talking about and you should ignore them
Hope that helps
ultimately i agree with a lot of this.I actually like the improvements the Rangers made. They avoided any ridiculous deals in FA for subpar talent. Smith 1x3.75 is good. He’s a gamer. Should put up around 50 points and perform well in the playoffs. He’s not afraid to get to the middle. Carrick is a solid 4th liner on a cheap deal. Like that move as well.
I’m in the camp of not wanting to move Trouba yet. I may be alone in that. But I think he brings a lot of things that no one else brings on this roster when he’s on his game. Problem is he wasn’t on his game. I wanted to move him next offseason out of necessity. I think he had a really tough year, with the ankle injury and just performance wise it wasn’t up to the par. He’s not going to come in and sulk, he’ll be ready to go and have a chip on his shoulder. I expect him to have a much better season next year.
I’m excited to see Chytil, Kakko, Schneider, and Miller take another step. Laf too. Chytil Kakko and Cuylle/Othmann/Berard should be fun to watch.
I’ve maintained that if the Rangers are going to get over the hump, it’s going to mostly come from within. The players they have are the horses, and we can debate all we want whether guys like Zibanejad, Kreider, or Panarin will get it done but the fact is we don’t know. You see it all the time where guys step up in their careers. We saw it with Panarin, Trocheck, and Laf last year. Who’s to say Mika doesn’t come in like gangbusters after a subpar year? Bottom line is the team is close and if they commit themselves, they can win the Cup. Will they? I don’t know. But it’ll have to be those guys who commit to taking the next steps in their careers for this team to win. And that next step is getting it done in June.
The one area I’d like to see some roster improvement is an upgrade over Lindgren. The D looks way different if he’s upgraded to a legit 1B or 2A guy to pair with Fox and Jones is playing with Trouba on the 3rd pair. Let’s see if Drury can get that done. Running it back with him will hold the team back way more than the F group, which I think is already way better than last season. Love the guy, but he gets hurt way too much and doesn’t really provide enough to stay on the top pair. If he takes a 4-5 year deal at $3-3.5M then you’re committing to him as a 3rd pairing guy over the course of that contract without a top guy to play with Fox. It’s tough but I think worst case he gets a 1 year deal that walks him to FA
He scored 15 points in 16 playoff games and was fine against Washington and Carolina. Florida was determined to shut him down and they did as he was smothered every time he got the puck and Laf and Trocheck seemed to have more open space. Florida also shut down other very good players like Pasternak and Draisaitl. Kucherov also had zero goals against them.He’s not overpaid based on his regular season. He is overpaid for how he dominates in the playoffs.
He scored 15 points in 16 playoff games and was fine against Washington and Carolina. Florida was determined to shut him down and they did as he was smothered every time he got the puck and Laf and Trocheck seemed to have more open space. Florida also shut down other very good players like Pasternak and Draisaitl. Kucherov also had zero goals against them.
It's impossible that he's also working on other skills or for two things to occur over any period of time, you're right. Can't imagine he would play into being a tough guy on hyper-curated content-pushing social media of all places.Rempe should probably be working on, ya know, being an NHL player and the skills associated with that
As opposed to fighting
But at least he’s self aware that he’s a sideshow.
He scored 15 points in 16 playoff games and was fine against Washington and Carolina. Florida was determined to shut him down and they did as he was smothered every time he got the puck and Laf and Trocheck seemed to have more open space. Florida also shut down other very good players like Pasternak and Draisaitl. Kucherov also had zero goals against them.
So 95% didnt offer him a 13M contract. Seems like isles tried over overpay him, rangers also overpaid for him since most of league wasnt offering him almsot 12M.The market determines if he is overpaid or not.
The market had bidders, more than one other party, willing to pay the man mote than what he signed for in NY.
The market CLEARLY established tjat him signing for 11.6 was in fact a discount and what he has done in 5 years here I'd argue from a production perspective, is unrivaled for the NYR's
ObviouslyIt's impossible that he's also working on other skills or for two things to occur over any period of time, you're right. Can't imagine he would play into being a tough guy on hyper-curated content-pushing social media of all places.