Machinehead
Bring Back Olli
One of those forwards is averaging 104 points per 82 games as a Ranger.They are not rebuilding and dont need a rebuild. Rebuilds don't work. It's just a crutch to give up and not try. The Rangers literally just paid Igor + lafreniere and traded for 5 years of JT Miller's contract. Fox is signed long-term. They are about to do the same with Cuylle and K'Andre. They have plenty of youth, it doesnt bother me that HFBoards thinks they "lack talent" in the prospect pool considering 5 years ago the prevailing wisdom was the opposite and we know how that turned out.
The MO should be how do we put our young talent in positions to maximize their ability. Im so sick of hearing "the rebuild" didnt work because we lacked patience, but also lets trade lafreniere and schneider who were drafted in the thick of it and havent even turned 24 yet. THAT is short-sighted. Our team sucks offensively because our 3 highest paid forwards are essentially zeros 5v5 all season. But sure lets talk about the guy who has been back for 20 minutes is part of the problem and the young guys who are given no added responsibility by the coaching staff need to be the ones traded. It's just tiresome. I promise if the Rangers just play their young players and reward straight line play with more minutes, we will be a much better team and it will be obvious quickly. Stop overcomplicating the plan.
Who's doing that?
They're still not getting anything offensively that doesn't come off the stick of Panarin or Zibanejad. Brodzinski and Carrick are two of our forwards I trust the most to beat defenders.
It's not overcomplicating the plan, it's addressing the elephant in the room.