Roster Building Thread - Part XII(Training Camp/Preseason)

[bernmeister]

bernmeister

arguably @RangerBoy who very often agrees w/me.
but I am the most creative/outside the box

 

[bhamill]

I'm sophisticated as all motherf***. Just saying...

 

[NYR Viper]

Who’s the most sophisticated Rangers fan on these boards ?

We’re doing a tournament

@bernmeister

 

[Coffees]

@bernmeister

Okay either machine or Berb

 

[duhmetreE]

can Mancini play the left side effectively?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

can Mancini play the left side effectively?

Can Lindgren?

 

[MrAlmost]

This team needs to seriously ask itself if Kakko+Lindgren+Othmann can get them a serious center/RW.

I'd rather watch Mancini and Jones play 60 minutes together straight than watch Lindgren with Fox anymore. And I like lindgren.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Just caught up on watching the last couple of games that I missed. These are the prevailing thoughts I have:

Edstrom should make the team. He's ready. Maybe even for a top 9 role. I can absolutely see stretches where he outplays Cuylle and he's the 3LW by Christmas with Chytil and Kakko.

Carrick is the definition of mid. If a kid earns a call up and outplays him, he should be in Hartford. Even would prefer Brodzinski against certain teams in that 4C role. We're screwed if any of our centers go down and he needs to play a role more than a 10 minute a night guy on the 4th line.

Othmann isn't ready yet. He needs at least another year in the minors but I would consider trading him in a deal that lands a good young defenseman or middle 6 forward with term.

Kakko has done nothing to show that he's ready to take the next step, but neither did Lafreniere last preseason and we saw how that turned out. Still, I'd offer him the Jarnkrok contract. 8 years, $2.5 million AAV, take it or get traded over the summer. No one is going to give him a contract with more money over the long term. There's still a place for him on this team on the 3rd line.

I'd love to see what Garand can do. If Igor goes down at all with injury this year, I'd see what he can do for a stretch of a few games and keep Quick the back up. I know it's preseason, but based on what I've seen so far, I'm not giving Shesterkin the bag.

This team needs to seriously ask itself if Kakko+Lindgren+Othmann can get them a serious center/RW.

I'd rather watch Mancini and Jones play 60 minutes together straight than watch Lindgren with Fox anymore. And I like lindgren.

Brady Tkachuk and Shane Pinto for those three and our 2025 1st and another prospect.


I've already come to accept that this is happening at the deadline or over the summer.

 

[TGWL]

Zib only shoots when it’s a one timer and he’s often far from the net so of course he’s going to miss a lot. Can’t chalk it up to bad luck.

Maybe, maybe not when it comes to bad luck. Maybe it's mental. Maybe it's getting older. But he took nearly 30 more shots (or one-times), and missed the net less the previous year, thus scoring more goals, which is what fans want to compare last seasons totals to. The we only force it to Zibanejad is not accurate, or at least in the sense compared to what other teams do.

 

[Coffees]

@bernmeister we’ll buy your tickets and provide hotels to Boston , if you want to be the one who represents Rangers

 

[GAGLine]

Edstrom being a valuable 4th line player who can also PK and get to the front of the net may seem inconsequential but it isn't. I agree with whoever said that come playoff time, the 4th line will be playing 4-5 minutes of ES time a night but where they can, and should shine is on the PK. Carrick, Vesey and Edstrom should be primary PKers. And I would expand that to Kakko and Cuylle as well.

We rotate 3 pairs at forward for the PK. Kreider, Zib, Vesey and Trocheck were regulars last year. Carrick killed penalties with Anaheim and was added, in part, for that reason.

That leaves 1 spot. Reilly Smith killed penalties with Vegas. Maybe Edstrom will get that spot, but I don't imagine there will be more than 1 kid in that role, barring injury.

 

[TominNC]

Okay either machine or Berb

I have a list of who it's not

 

[Coffees]

I have a list of who it's not

We’re not doing that

 

[TominNC]

We’re not doing that

No reason to do your list either

 

[Drew4u]

This is what's going on in Lavi's head " Ok Edstrom is a player for sure but I like Rempe's character and presence. He's not making terrible defensive plays and isn't a huge liabilty. Yeah I'm gonna play him sorry Edstrom. Also really not sure about this Kakko guy".

 

[Coffees]

No reason to do your list either

But we are doing a tournament!!?