Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XIII (Nanaki edition)

[eco's bones]

The Rangers having 3 lines that can score and enough players to play in their top 9 is a real thing. Sure not everyone is going to get power play time. But it's something that all teams should strive to have. Cuylle doesn't make or necessarily make Kreider expendable.....he's just coming into his own as a really really good NHL player but I want three scoring lines in April and hopefully May and June. It makes a team much harder to defend against. It also kind of says to me that barring some major season ending injury to one of these guys we won't have to be looking for a top end forward at the deadline and so can save some of our other assets instead of trading them off for a rental. The Mika line needs to step it up a bit though and Panarin's line has been a little quiet lately too.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

I think it would be a lot closer than you think given ottawa’s situation and their respective contracts


This was annoying to read. that aside, there are no dmen rentals the same quality as chychrun and hanifin unfortunately

They literally just need two NHL caliber D men to fill out the bottom 2 pairs. Play both equally and roll Fox-Miller for half the game

 

[RangersFan1994]

Kreider is not redundant, because he's the best re-direct man in the league and it's not close. It's the job for Lavy to frankly fix the PP around him.

He's worth the caphit, when we fix that PP. And he will be a part of it.

Kreider should retire a Ranger. He is a playoff player for a reason. Leads Rangers in playoff goal history. He at least knows how to score when it counts. His cap hit with the cap going up, should not be an issue. He does so much off the ice and helps the younger Rangers. I still dont get why he did not want the captaincy. Acts more of a captain than Trouba. I’d trade Kakko, Mika, Lindgren Trouba Miller before Kreider. Unless it is a legit overpay, which won’t happen, it won’t match what Kreider meant to the Rangers.