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

[eco's bones]

It's been mentioned that the Rangers aren't convinced on Zac Jones. Lindgren is a 20 point a year producer. I'd rather not a long term or a big cap hit. $4-$4.5 is pushing it AFAIC. No more than 3 years either. He's competitive but he's not that good and he's not tough enough for the kind of game he plays. That and the lack of offense and I think we're kind of spinning our wheels with him.

My guess is Emery does 2/3 years at North Dakota U. He's got the skating and defensive acumen already but he's going to have to fill out. With that as strong as it is already I don't think he'll need much time if any in the AHL. But he does need to fill out and get stronger. The other 2 prospect D's that could be solutions are Mancini and Fortescue and Drew is probably at least a couple years out too.

It may mean that the Rangers are going to have to add a top 4 quality D within the next year or so. Part of the issue with Jones is size IMO. It wouldn't matter so much if we didn't have two other smallish D's in Fox and Lindgren. With the 6 we have now we're too small and we're not going to win with this group for that and other reasons.

 

[17futurecap]

Pairing your Norris Trophy yearly candidate with a guy who does nothing well, welcome to RangersTown.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

An alternative to a player 100% unfit for his role is not required.

What's the replacement going to do? Tank the team? Lindgren is doing that.

When people say that guys are "below replacement level," they mean that quite literally.

He had a below average season, like tons of players do each season. Who are you replacing him with.

 

[Machinehead]

He had a below average season, like tons of players do each season. Who are you replacing him with.

A replacement-level player, probably from the AHL. That was implied in the post you responded to.

Yes we all know this, but I don’t think the fat cats in mgmt know it.

This offseason has already been an F for Drury , if he signs Lindgren to a multi year extension it’s going to be a Z-

We do not all know this.

 

[Machinehead]

Pairing your Norris Trophy yearly candidate with a guy who does nothing well, welcome to RangersTown.

If only we had a LHD who's kind of bad but has enough talent to where the pair would be effective if you put him with Fox.

 

[n8]

Pairing your Norris Trophy yearly candidate with a guy who does nothing well, welcome to RangersTown.

Watching every team resolve their RFAs signings and having the Rangers go to arbitration, come out with lots of people pissed off, and losing our "1LD" player for nothing would be the most on brand Ranger thing of the year. Lindgren may be a potato but he is far from a potato with zero value. MANAGE YO ASSETS, DRURY.

 

[RangerBoy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818343477257613356

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

So Lindgren is officially a one year rental.

Drury officially punted all the decisions he was supposed to make this offseason to next summer. In what was already going to be a busy summer.

Bold strategy lol

 

[rangers1314]

Yikes

 

[NYR2007]

wow for a 1 year deal that seems very high

 

[RangerBoy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818345427848302635

The Rangers will go with 13/7/1. Can't to wait for Drury to make more stupid trades at the deadline.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818343477257613356

Horrible

 

[hardnosed]

So Lindgren is officially a one year rental.

Drury officially punted all the decisions he was supposed to make this offseason to next summer. In what was already going to be a busy summer.

Bold strategy lol

I believe the plan all along was to not have to pay Lindgren and Trouba in 25/26. That will happen. All the money is going to Igor, Miller and Laf. The huge problem Drury has is to fill our top 6 next year with young Dmen. We don't have much in the pipeline. Hopefully Schneider and Zac are really good this year. Still need to replace the roles that Lindgren and Trouba held. PK is important to this staff. Schneider should be on our 1st PK pair. So that's one side covered. And burning Fox to kill penalties isn't in anybody best interest.

 

[NYR2007]

I think the realization is starting to kick in that this team will not win a cup in the near future. This off season has been absolutely terrible from any aspect you want to measure it.

This core is not good enough and no changes at all have been made to adjust that

 

[TGWL]

It's 1 year so I won't cry over it. 4-5 year deal would be disgusting. At least now you can watch him either break down even more or be able to say he had a bounce back season. So not the end of the world there considering there wasn't a real scenario where he wasn't a NYR this coming season. He was making 3 million and I didn't think his play warranted a 1.5 raise.

 

[savebyrichter94]

Looks like I picked a good time to start focusing my energy and attention on more important things than this team, see ya in the fall, maybe

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Question: does Lindgren become a UFA at the end of upcoming season?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

wow for a 1 year deal that seems very high

Fewer years usually means higher AAV

 

[IDvsEGO]

I believe the plan all along was to not have to pay Lindgren and Trouba in 25/26. That will happen. All the money is going to Igor, Miller and Laf. The huge problem Drury has is to fill our top 6 next year with young Dmen. We don't have much in the pipeline. Hopefully Schneider and Zac are really good this year. Still need to replace the roles that Lindgren and Trouba held. PK is important to this staff. Schneider should be on our 1st PK pair. So that's one side covered. And burning Fox to kill penalties isn't in anybody best interest.

Our forward pipeline looks good, our d pipeline doesn’t.
There’s an easy way to balance that.
Othmann for a lhd.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

glad to be on the list, guy f***ing stinks

 

[Raspewtin]

I want to be here too wtf

 

[hardnosed]

Our forward pipeline looks good, our d pipeline doesn’t.
There’s an easy way to balance that.
Othmann for a lhd.

Hope it doesn't come to that

 

[mrmovies779]

Some team going to be dumb enough to trade for him at the tdl...

 

[RangerBoy]

Dolan needs to hire a new GM.