Speculation: Roster Building Thread : Part XVIII ( TDL is March 7th)

[Overcast]

If we're looking for guys who score goals at 5v5..

Keller
Kempe
Tuch
Toffoli
Hagel
Foegele
DeBrincat

Are names that have consistently been around the top ~60 5v5 goals the last 2-3 seasons.

 

[CasusBelli]

So we’re no better and no worse than we were for this year or for next year as of EOD today. Cool. Shit or get off the pot.

 

[will1066]

If he was in the city he’d be at the Spaniard this evening slamming back beers in celebration

Getting rimouskied

 

[Pawnee Rangers]

Condolences to all the freaks and weridos that wanted Kreider gone. Choke on your tears.

 

[McRanger92]

No one should be surprised when its Rangers/Panthers part deux in the ECF in a few months. The Metro is absolute ass and we are ascending at the right time.

 

[McRanger92]

Condolences to all the freaks and weridos that wanted Kreider gone. Choke on your tears.

Can I have a truce with the Kreider Mafia until the summer? Im rooting for him to make me look like a fool and carry us to and through the playoffs... @Mike in Houston you know it comes from a place of love!

 

[Pawnee Rangers]

Can I have a truce with the Kreider Mafia until the summer? Im rooting for him to make me look like a fool and carry us to and through the playoffs... @Mike in Houston you know it comes from a place of love!

There's only like five of us, but speak to our consigliere @bernmeister about the truce.

 

[LeetchisGod]

No one should be surprised when its Rangers/Panthers part deux in the ECF in a few months. The Metro is absolute ass and we are ascending at the right time.

I don't think we beat the Caps.

 

[mike14]

Looks like 2nd (can become conditional 1st) for Marchand. If accurate, I think people should calm down about Drury not trading Kreider.

Now is not the time for calm and rational. Now is the time for swearing and rage (and coffee)

 

[noncents]

No one should be surprised when its Rangers/Panthers part deux in the ECF in a few months. The Metro is absolute ass and we are ascending at the right time.

ascending? we can't lose a game or we'll miss the playoffs.

 

[mike14]

Nice little raise for Vaak.
That cap hike is going to keep players very happy

 

[Profet]

ascending? we can't lose a game or we'll miss the playoffs.

Obvious typo.

What he meant to type was that we're "ass-ending" into the playoffs.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Obvious typo.

What he meant to type was that we're "ass-ending" into the playoffs.

We have to win a bunch of games to reach the playoffs, so we`re probably going in on a high note.

 

[McRanger92]

ascending? we can't lose a game or we'll miss the playoffs.

I keep hearing this but our competition hasnt won a game in a week.

 

[DanielBrassard]

At least the rangers know what they need going into next season now. A top pair defenseman to play with Fox, and another high end scorer.

 

[McRanger92]

Obvious typo.

What he meant to type was that we're "ass-ending" into the playoffs.

5th most points in the NHL since January 1. 2 Behind washington over that span.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

one that this is interesting, all the teams that took on the burden to make these tremendous trades have left us underdogs for the first time in a while, I wonder if that will be better for us

 

[McRanger92]

 

[Gordon Bombay]

After getting the scare of his professional life, Laf goes on a heater. Amirite?

I guess we'll have to tune into "Do Something, Laf!" to find out!

 

[kovazub94]

Kubel plays with an edge but he's a replacement level 4th liner. Jason Ward, basically.

Vesey basically?

 

[Ruggs225]

Condolences to all the freaks and weridos that wanted Kreider gone. Choke on your tears.

I root for the name on the front of the jersey not the back.

So i will continue to root for the rangers. Kreider is a ranger i root for him to be good while playing for us. I still cant stand him and want him gone. It is not mutually exclusive.

But i do find it weird how people care more for the player than the team.

 

[McRanger92]

Hahahaha

 

[kovazub94]

I feel like I finally found the words to articulate my goalie value rationale.

If the team can get to the playoffs with an average goalie, the goalie is NHL caliber at minimum and can get hot behind a healthy team playing well. If the team needs a goalie whose going to steal them 20+ points to make the post season in the first place, it doesn’t likely matter - the goalie likely can’t elevate their game much higher than it already is, and it’s way harder for an 18 man roster to get hot and suddenly play Cup winning hockey all the way to a championship.

In other words, a top 10 roster with a #25 goalie can reasonably believe in themselves to play their ass off supporting that goalie and the goalie to get hot and have a good chance at winning. A #25 roster with a top 10 goalie is only making rhe playoffs because the goalie masked the fact that they’re the 25th team in the league. The goalie doesn’t have much room to go up and it’s a lot less likely a #25 roster is going to elevate him to get a Cup.

You’re counting on the average goalie getting or staying hot. The consideration vs top goalie is that there is a much higher likelihood that average goalie ruins good team chances by playing average or worse.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Hahahaha

I could swear I remember hearing the same thing from our front office re the McDonagh trade - that there was more they wanted to get done but Tampa kept dicking around all day.

 

[noncents]

i'm very unhappy at what seems like top-4 Soucy next year.

i'm not saying he's a bum, just that he's not a real puck moving D that deserves to play with fox. that's what we lack.