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

[haohmaru]

Not reading the last 5 pages of this abomination thread but you guys have inspired me to quickly construct my all time Rongos team:

Marcel Hossa - Olli Jokinen - Krav

Enver Lisin - Scott Gomez - Nigel Dawes

Tanner Glass - SC Champ Brett Howden - Sjostrom

Brendan Smith - Cory Locke - Aaron Voros



Roszival - Redden

Kotalik - Bickel

Staal - Girardi (2019)

Brendan Smith

Ah, shit I forgot Kotalik was a winger but I’m keeping this as is.

What’s the point of this? Humor? It’s not working

 

[Feel Shame]

no

If Bern is saying no…. What does THAT tell you???

 

[Feel Shame]

Not reading the last 5 pages of this abomination thread but you guys have inspired me to quickly construct my all time Rongos team:

Marcel Hossa - Olli Jokinen - Krav

Enver Lisin - Scott Gomez - Nigel Dawes

Tanner Glass - SC Champ Brett Howden - Sjostrom

Brendan Smith - Cory Locke - Aaron Voros



Roszival - Redden

Kotalik - Bickel

Staal - Girardi (2019)

Brendan Smith

Ah, shit I forgot Kotalik was a winger but I’m keeping this as is.

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?

 

[Feel Shame]

As long as we get the MSG 150, I’m in.

Should be renamed the Pidto Files, for ultimate cringe!!

 

[nyr2k2]

Not reading the last 5 pages of this abomination thread but you guys have inspired me to quickly construct my all time Rongos team:

Marcel Hossa - Olli Jokinen - Krav

Enver Lisin - Scott Gomez - Nigel Dawes

Tanner Glass - SC Champ Brett Howden - Sjostrom

Brendan Smith - Cory Locke - Aaron Voros



Roszival - Redden

Kotalik - Bickel

Staal - Girardi (2019)

Brendan Smith

Ah, shit I forgot Kotalik was a winger but I’m keeping this as is.

I think it was technically pre-Rongo but Ozolinsh belongs. Christ, everyone called him Bozolinsh.

 

[bigdog16]

And then what? The cap goes up another 3 or 4 mill and we have to pay him 14 mill for 8 years then? Theres tons of teams that will line up to give him what he wants. The solution isn't waiting its doing it now and showing him a fair offer and a path to competing for the cup where he needs to leave a little on the table in exchange for a better roster around him and a long term deal. Tell him at 10 mill he's fairly paid and they can work other players into the mix. With the cap going up 10 or 11 mill will look like 7 or 8 in no time.

The Rangers have nothing to gain by signing him now and there certainly are not going to be teams lining up to sign a goalie who is turning 30 to an 8 year 14 million dollar deal. Let the stats talk, he has regressed every year since his Vezina winning season.

 

[noncents]

I think it was technically pre-Rongo but Ozolinsh belongs. Christ, everyone called him Bozolinsh.

rAnGeRs FaNs ShOuLdNt Be InSuLtInG tHeIr oWn tEaM !!

 

[McRanger92]

Not reading the last 5 pages of this abomination thread but you guys have inspired me to quickly construct my all time Rongos team:

Marcel Hossa - Olli Jokinen - Krav

Enver Lisin - Scott Gomez - Nigel Dawes

Tanner Glass - SC Champ Brett Howden - Sjostrom

Brendan Smith - Cory Locke - Aaron Voros



Roszival - Redden

Kotalik - Bickel

Staal - Girardi (2019)

Brendan Smith

Ah, shit I forgot Kotalik was a winger but I’m keeping this as is.

Not enough Emerson Etem or Dmitry Kalinin

 

[Leonardo87]

Congrats to Fox!

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Just in case you forgot:

Drury sucks

Congrats to Fox!

Was Brendan Smith there?

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Just in case you forgot:

Drury sucks



Was Brendan Smith there?

His brother might have been

 

[DialUp]

Not enough Emerson Etem or Dmitry Kalinin

The Emerson Etem *E*mania on this board was something to behold.

 

[Rongomania]

What’s the point of this? Humor? It’s not working

Wait, my passive aggressive retorts get deleted, but this initial bitchy reply stays? Make it make sense

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Congrats to Fox!

Just have a kid during the off-season is all I ask.

 

[majordomo]

Wait, my passive aggressive retorts get deleted, but this initial bitchy reply stays? Make it make sense

Are you honestly asking for something logical?

 

[Profet]

Just in case you forgot:

Drury sucks



Was Brendan Smith there?

I'd be more concerned that his brother was there.

 

[grachevsceiling]

Congrats to Fox!

The knee looks fine!

 

[Kovalev27]

I cannot believe how little work drury has done

Reilly Smith? Really? That’s it? Sather got goodrow done on his way out. Grier owed it to him thanked him at the draft.

I’m really really surprised

 

[McRanger92]

I cannot believe how little work drury has done

Reilly Smith? Really? That’s it? Sather got goodrow done on his way out. Grier owed it to him thanked him at the draft.

I’m really really surprised

Between trying to maintain cap space for next year and Trouba turning the screws, Im not sure what else there was to be done.

The fact that they cant or wont change the defense is mindblowing though. Impossible to have any realistic Cup aspirations with the current 6 imo. I hesitate to say they are "punting" because theyll still certainly be in the mix but they cant make any significant changes to the roster until trouba and Panarin are gone. it is what it is.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The knee looks fine!

Luckily he married a 90 lb waif otherwise he’d be risking some serious injury

Between trying to maintain cap space for next year and Trouba turning the screws, Im not sure what else there was to be done.

The fact that they cant or wont change the defense is mindblowing though. Impossible to have any realistic Cup aspirations with the current 6 imo. I hesitate to say they are "punting" because theyll still certainly be in the mix but they cant make any significant changes to the roster until trouba and Panarin are gone. it is what it is.

Don’t let Drury off the hook that easily.

There’s always stuff that can be done .

LA had no problem offloading Dubois cancerous contraction YEAR 1 of an 8 year disaster

 

[haohmaru]

Wait, my passive aggressive retorts get deleted, but this initial bitchy reply stays? Make it make sense

We aren’t roster building in reverse. This is a forward looking thread. For the most part. I think.

 

[McRanger92]

Luckily he married a 90 lb waif otherwise he’d be risking some serious injury


Don’t let Drury off the hook that easily.

There’s always stuff that can be done .

LA had no problem offloading Dubois cancerous contraction YEAR 1 of an 8 year disaster

I didnt really let him off the hook I mean the defense is a disaster and has been since before the deadline when myself and others were banging the table for Hanifin (or literally any defenseman who can manage to skate or get hit without falling down).

They have more than enough forwards in the organization to field a very good team upfront. the issue has always been pigeonholing the team with guys on D who can't do the job.

 

[leetch99]

We likely wouldn't use Tkachuk on his "natural wing" or PP1 either.

You could be bang on ! I keep forgetting this is the club with one Cup in 81 years .

 

[Beer League Sniper]

I might be in the minority, but I have no issue extending Lindgren for 2-3 years as long as the cap hit isn't very much more than $3M he's making right now.

The cap is poised to explode, and a $3Mish cap hit on the 3rd pair is just fine.

He's also coming off the worst season of his career, one where he looked like he was playing injured for much of the season. There's reason to believe his play could rebound, but that needs to be taken into account in the length and AAV of his contract.

The big thing is player utilization. He needs to be on the 3rd pair. That's on the coach. Find a better partner for Fox.

 

[TGWL]

I cannot believe how little work drury has done

Reilly Smith? Really? That’s it? Sather got goodrow done on his way out. Grier owed it to him thanked him at the draft.

I’m really really surprised

There's too much uncertainty going on.
1. The Trouba drama.
- Not being able to trade him has handcuffed the organization for free agency. If they retain/buy out/keep/or take a contract back that's cap they have to account for going forward.
2. Alexis Lafreniere.
- I guess it's going to be a wait and see when it comes to signing him. That could work out or it could end up being a much bigger contract than they anticipated going into the offseason. All it takes is 1 Zibanejad injury for Lafreniere to add some more powerplay points.
3. They have a goalie wants to be paid
- This ones speaks for itself.

If they waisted the money fans would also be screaming come next season when these contracts kick in and the funds aren't there for the above reasons.