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

[Filip Chytil]

 

[GAGLine]

Seems like Rangers over the last few years literally can't get young players. Other teams won't trade with them. We have to trade with teams that have guys with NMCs already so they can say NY or nowhere. Thats my conspiracy of the day.

Which young players have we tried to trade for?

 

[Fitzy]

he has but the team hasn't really improved much if at all.

General consensus seems to be that the goal is to regroup next year and come back with something better. Just about ever NYR writer said th same thing after JT Miller- this wasn't a win today move, it was a restructure the core for the next 3 years move.

Kreider, Panarin, K Miller, ZIbanejad are all huge decisions yet to be made.

You could see something around Laf+ for Tkachuk
You could see Panarin dealt in a decontrustive Gaborik-style deal for depth

There's a lot on the table. There's only two things I'm 100% on.

1) Fox is staying (Time wasting hfNYR Jackasses)
2) Shesterkin is staying (It would be a NHL history scandal to trade a guy before his new record setting contract kicked in)

Beyond that, it's shaping up to be a big offseason.

Also- pretty reasonable for Vaak. Still think he's a #7 on a top team, but that's a fine price for a #6/#7

 

[17futurecap]

Nice and cheap, no issue there.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Drury loves timing trades with extensions, here we go boys

 

[McRanger92]

The only dumb move is holding onto Kreider when trade prices are ridiculous.

This is a sellers market. We arent winning a cup.

Trade him and his crap attitude.

Hard to trade a guy when other teams dont like the medicals. And trust me I've been banging the "trade Kreider" drum like Bonham for months.

 

[TGWL]

The big move of the day

He's been pissing me off lately. I view him as that 6/7th, but ideally would prefer a better 6th. Can't argue with the price, though.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

No issue at all with this.

Good type of boring.

 

[bl02]

I like this Finn

Is he better than Jones? I guess the coach feels that way.

 

[TominNC]

Surprised Dallas decided to ruin all their future flexibility by giving Rantanen a full NMC

It’s not just the Rangers. That’s how you lock up big names

 

[The Crypto Guy]

1.55, dirt cheap. Can always bury that if we need.

 

[Ruggs225]

Hard to trade a guy when other teams dont like the medicals. And trust me I've been banging the "trade Kreider" drum like Bonham for months.

thats true.

But our other alternative is lav trying to play him with Zib. We are stuck between a rock and a dumb coach

 

[DanielBrassard]

Is he better than Jones? I guess the coach feels that way.

Nope but he’s less volatile defensively so coahces prefer to play him instead.

 

[RangersFan1994]

he's gonna trade Jones for a 3rd now

Hell be dealt in a surprise Marchand trade to NYR lmfao

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

No they dont. Sure it goves some teams a marginal advantsge, but we have an advantwge of being in Ny. Toronto always gets good players.

Really on a few teams get really screwed by this, and those are teams that have high tax and is not a good city to play in.

Also, if u really think about it, it could end up saving those teams from bad contracts sometimes.

Its a non issue in the name of “fairness” which can never be achieved

It's more than a marginal advantage.

Those contracts add up.

 

[JimmyG89]

Good work by Drury getting a bottom pairing guy locked in for cheap. Here is your 3LD for the next two seasons.

 

[tlk]

That's it isn't it

 

[McRanger92]

thats true.

But our other alternative is lav trying to play him with Zib. We are stuck between a rock and a dumb coach

If kreider is willing to play the cycle game he's been effective at in the past, I dont mind him playing with parssinen and othmann/berard 5v5

 

[Fitzy]

Is he better than Jones? I guess the coach feels that way.

He is twice the player Jones is without the puck, and half the player Jones is when he does

 

[LOFIN]

Rangers having a quiet deadline is fine by me. Use the rest of the season for more evaluating, do more surgery in the summer if needed.

 

[NYR Viper]

That's a good deal because it's 2 years locked in. My guess is that Drury offered this to Vaak and said if you won't take a 2 year deal, we will look to trade you. With him signing, that signals Jones is gone to me.

Vaak has been good for this team

 

[Clark Kellogg]

yea already made that joke bub move aside

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[UnparalledPark]

Drury farted, then denied it.

And blamed it on Kreider.

 

[nyr2k2]

I said it a day or two ago, I thought we were down with big moves until the summer unless some Kreider deal materialized (which seems unlikely given his health).