Speculation: Roster Building Thread : Part XVI (Playoffs or Retool?)

[HatTrick Swayze]

Drury’s reign of terror continues, one of the worst GMs this franchise has seen during my lifetime. Just digging his own grave with these moves.

Unfortunately not fast enough...seems to have the same teflon coating Sather did so far

 

[DialUp]

Since the Rangers are going to win the Cup this year now that they have Miller, the 1st will basically be a 2nd! Drury is a master!

 

[lakeshirts37]

For me, there’s a couple things.

1. I hate the philosophy behind this move. This team should not be moving packages to add. We ain’t winning shit.

2. At the very least, this makes the season a lot more interesting moving forward.

3. The value’s not that bad, at least. We all love Fil but he’s glass bones and paper skin. Mancini is a good prospect but dime a dozen especially with our right side as it is. The protections on the pick are really what makes a difference here.

you just explained why this trade is a slam dunk.

 

[DialUp]

Miller at the deadline will get us a fcking HAUL!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

For me, there’s a couple things.

1. I hate the philosophy behind this move. This team should not be moving packages to add. We ain’t winning shit.

2. At the very least, this makes the season a lot more interesting moving forward.

3. The value’s not that bad, at least. We all love Fil but he’s glass bones and paper skin. Mancini is a good prospect but dime a dozen especially with our right side as it is. The protections on the pick are really what makes a difference here.

Exactly my sentimonies.

 

[will1066]

The @Row I Goon household is gonna be so AWKWARD

 

[NYR94]

Incoming Sam no relation when JT and Key play their first game together

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Mancini took the pre game skate but did not play tonight in Laval.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Relax. Rangers will be much better next year.

Based on what exactly? Old core gets another year older, now they have no cap flexibility and moved on from a 1st and a young prospect. There’s a good likelihood they won’t be any better.

 

[CLW]

1st rounder is top 13 protected. I'm good with this trade.

That's a good cutoff for the Rangers. That's about where the real talent ends and the diamonds in the rough part begins. But I doubt the Rangers will sink that far anyway, struggles aside they are too deep a team.

 

[mike14]

this team rebuilt for half a decade and the only young piece that will be standing is Lafreniere and a bunch of 30+ year olds lmao

less than half the roster is 30+, and no-one on defence is...

 

[Atax]

Excited for a 1st round exit with this defense.

 

[RangerBoy]

The question is now how we can move Mika

Maybe Trump will deport him. Mika looks Mexican. The Rangers are stuck with him.

 

[will1066]

Management thinks the right side is set with Fox, Borgen, Schneider. Mancini became expendable

 

[NYR94]

Miller at the deadline will get us a fcking HAUL!

Something like Chytil and Mancini, maybe?

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Top 13 protected this year unprotected next year

Not terrrible but I don’t see any free agents that are going to make this team into a playoff team next year. So it’s going to have to happen through trades of krieder and others to make sure it’s a late 1st

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

This organization is a mess

 

[DialUp]

How cool is it going to look when JT comes out on the ice with the FNOB: J.T MILLER!

Now we only need to win 70% of our games the rest of the way to have the honor of playing Washington/Carolina in the first round!

 

[RangerBoy]

less than half the roster is 30+, and no-one on defence is...

The top 5 forwards are all over 30.

 

[CommaSynapse]

Management thinks the right side is set with Fox, Borgen, Schneider. Mancini became expendable

Or Drury thinks he's selling high on Mancini.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Weaker shot with accuracy is better. There's a reason PP percentage have been rising as the point blast has gone away

You are moving the goal posts. No shot hard or weak is good if it misses the net.

 

[DialUp]

Relax. Rangers will be much better next year.

What how? It is going to be the team you are looking at but MAYBE without Zib. This team isn't very good at all.

 

[SA16]

Based on what exactly? Old core gets another year older, now they have no cap flexibility and moved on from a 1st and a young prospect. There’s a good likelihood they won’t be any better.

How do they have no cap flexibility when they only added 3.5M in cap space and the cap is expected to go up 7M next year and 16M over the next two? The impact on the cap is very minimal here. I think people treat this like Chytil is on an ELC type contract and Miller makes 10M. Their cap hits aren't that far apart.

 

[bobbop]

That's a good cutoff for the Rangers. That's about where the real talent ends and the diamonds in the rough part begins. But I doubt the Rangers will sink that far anyway, struggles aside they are too deep a team.

This.

The draft this year is about 12 players deep. One of the weaker drafts in recent years.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

What the is the protection on the first? Isn’t next years draft supposed to be good lol and this one weak?

Top 13 protected.