Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XXII

[Edge]

Remember the Nash stuff, was always silly. Was the top winger on the market and everyone who is anyone mentioned that he’d get a 1st+

Vaguely remember the doubts that JG would make any trades but most of those were from people who ignored the letter and didn’t want to sell.

Most of the hysterics I remember came after the McDonagh Miller trade.

I feel like its silliness in hindsight is only dwarfed by the passion some people have when initially proclaiming it.

For the past 20 years you see people come and go, and it remains just as interesting to witness as ever.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

I thought Grabner would yield a bigger return than Nash last season.. Funny how things sometimes unfolds.

 

[SML2]

Hearing stuff about Quinn thinking this team needs to be more physical.

Careful. The last time we headed into an offseason thinking we were too soft, we passed on Tarasenko and took McIlrath...

 

[Ghost of jas]

Wait, why are we disappointed with the 2018 draft again?

Gordie Clark blew it or something.

 

[Thirty One]

Was there when hysteria last year?

We clearly had the best pieces on the market which was crazy shallow.

That isn’t the case this year. Hayes will return some good stuff, the other ufas? Meh.

There is hysteria about everything ever.

 

[Edge]

Gordie Clark blew it or something.

Ah, I was wondering when that episode would air again.

 

[mike14]

I’m curious as to the current opinion on Yamamoto now vs. the fawning I saw during the 2017 preseason? Like along the lines he was a better pick than Chytil, now not so much. What happened?

If nothing else, about 18 months of development and observation; which seems a reasonable amount of time for people to change their evaluations....

 

[Ghost of jas]

Ah, I was wondering when that episode would air again.

Don’t you know that even if the Rangers win 1OA, they’ll go off the board?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Was there when hysteria last year?

We clearly had the best pieces on the market which was crazy shallow.

That isn’t the case this year. Hayes will return some good stuff, the other ufas? Meh.

There was a whole bunch of hysteria about holding onto McDonagh too long because Karlsson was sort of available

 

[Edge]

Don’t you know that even if the Rangers win 1OA, they’ll go off the board?

Well, the doubts on Hughes are already floating around, and I’m sure they’ll be some reason we love or hate some kid we took in the 6th round.

I’m sure a miserable time will be had by all.

 

[NYRKING30]

I personally just hope Clark is gone sooner then later. I'm just not really a fan of the guy. I think we have had more then a large enough sample size of him. He's the change I would make IMO.

 

[Machinehead]

Don’t you know that even if the Rangers win 1OA, they’ll go off the board?

I feel like Kakko is more of a Rangers guy than Hughes, so they just might.

But I'd be completely fine with that.

 

[McRanger]

I feel like Kakko is more of a Rangers guy than Hughes, so they just might.

But I'd be completely fine with that.

I look forward to hearing how we’ll never win without franchise centers.

 

[Machinehead]

I look forward to hearing how we’ll never win without franchise centers.

Kakko can play center.

Then again, so can Chytil and Kravtsov, and that doesn't seem to be gaining any legs.

 

[Machinehead]

Hearing stuff about Quinn thinking this team needs to be more physical.

Careful. The last time we headed into an offseason thinking we were too soft, we passed on Tarasenko and took McIlrath...

We're gonna pick like 4th or 5th, draft Lavoie, parade him around as "our Tom Wilson," and then find out what Tom Wilson looks like not surrounded by multiple Hall of Famers.

 

[Edge]

I personally just hope Clark is gone sooner then later. I'm just not really a fan of the guy. I think we have had more then a large enough sample size of him. He's the change I would make IMO.

Clearly.

The last 13 years have been horrid, dreadfully horrid. And those drafts have been absolutely brutal. No help there.

And don’t even get me started on the amateur free agent signings.

Simply. Dreadful.

 

[Edge]

We're gonna pick like 4th or 5th, draft Lavoie, parade him around as "our Tom Wilson," and then find out what Tom Wilson looks like not surrounded by multiple Hall of Famers.

I know it will be like passing on Wahlstrom all over again and not taking that Schroeder kid everyone loved back in 2009.

I just don’t think we can survive that again.

 

[Machinehead]

I know it will be like passing on Wahlstrom all over again and not taking that Schroeder kid everyone loved back in 2009.

I just don’t think we can survive that again.

Or it might be taking Jessiman all over again. I guess we'll find out.

 

[NYRKING30]

Clearly.

The last 13 years have been horrid, dreadfully horrid. And those drafts have been absolutely brutal. No help there.

And don’t even get me started on the amateur free agent signings.

Simply. Dreadful.

If theres anywhere in management that people would lose faith in without a doubt it is him. No-one could even argue otherwise. Guy is a disaster for the reasons above you have listed and more that i'm probably forgetting. Its past due time for some new blood in that capacity.

 

[Edge]

Or it might be taking Jessiman all over again. I guess we'll find out.

Or even worse!

What if it’s Murray Duval?

 

[Machinehead]

Or even worse!

What if it’s Murray Duval?

Alright, you overshot me by a few years on that one!

 

[Ghost of jas]

I feel like Kakko is more of a Rangers guy than Hughes, so they just might.

But I'd be completely fine with that.

I don’t see that as really off the board.

 

[Machinehead]

I don’t see that as really off the board.

It's not off my board.

 

[Edge]

If theres anywhere in management that people would lose faith in without a doubt it is him. No-one could even argue otherwise. Guy is a disaster for the reasons above you have listed and more that i'm probably forgetting. Its past due time for some new blood in that capacity.

Can’t get him soon enough.

#GoodbyeGordie

 

[RGY]

Clearly.

The last 13 years have been horrid, dreadfully horrid. And those drafts have been absolutely brutal. No help there.

And don’t even get me started on the amateur free agent signings.

Simply. Dreadful.

Really cant tell if youre are being serious or sarcastic here Edge