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Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XXVII

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Georgiev and Kravtsov to Arizona for Ryan Dzingel (UFA, cheap contract and center) and RW prospect Jan Jenik?

Would this be fair value?
 
Savant said:
Seattle is the same as the Rangers. They have defenders coming out of their ears but unbalanced forward ‘depth’. Don’t think that is a good trade partner.
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Yeah but this year could turn out to be pretty ugly for them. Not sure how much they will build to “win now”.

And as far as I know, they only have one RHS D in the organization. These older hockey guys are saying that it doesn’t matter. It does.
 
TheBloodyNine said:
How much are we paying Strome on a long term deal? Is he taking a discount?
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I feel like this is getting more and more likely by the hour. He and the Rangers just fit well. Like it or not. Personally, I think he’s fine and if he takes a “discount” it’s fine. He has developed into a solid 2C. He’s durable. He fits in. He gets the job done.
 
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Saw a lot of chatter on Twitter today about the Rangers possibly acquiring Kessel and I am very confused. Seems to be the exact opposite kind of player Drury wants
 
pld459666 said:
Seems like a solid foundation.

Goalie is set for the next 10 years.

Defence stocked top to bottom

Two cornerstones (at forward) to continue building around and a center that will top out as a 2nd liner.

All this in 3 years?

Not sure what you expected, but I consider that a HUGE win.
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Gorton has an excellent eye for talent.
 
Chalfdiggity3 said:
Lol then what is he getting? Because he already getting 5m per. so even a raise of 1.5 brings him to over 6. Still doesnt take away from my point that there are better fits at center for us in that price range
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If he wants to stay, I think $5m per is right. Give or take.
 
If he stays, it'd be at 5ish, similar to RNH. EVEN THEN, the cap would be real, real tight. Fox, Kakko and Blais is around $15M. With Strome around $5M, we're already at the limit ( assuming it bumps up to 82.5 ) Still need a 4C/13F and Backup goalie.

I like Strome but it financially just doesn't work. 2 out of Chytil, Goodrow and Barron will be our middle 6 centers... or another prospect traded for
 
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Did I miss something with who is starting today? I feel like there's constantly never a word about it until the last second if our clearly #1 goalie is playing...
 
Avery16 said:
Strome will want term and a NMC. That’s where a contract extension will be won or lost. I have zero confidence in Drury to accomplish much here.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Drury and the rest of upper management will determine the level of interest in keeping Strome, discuss how much they can afford with the bean counters, and present that to Strome’s people. And Strome will then decide. Maybe they’ll negotiate a bit - Strome will get his NMC - but I don’t think this is going to be a protracted saga. Value is pretty cut and dried around the league. This will be a pretty vanilla negotiation. These guys have danced this dance before. In fact, I suspect the Rangers will string this out until the trade deadline in case they decide to liquidate.
 
egelband said:
I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Drury and the rest of upper management will determine the level of interest in keeping Strome, discuss how much they can afford with the bean counters, and present that to Strome’s people. And Strome will then decide. Maybe they’ll negotiate a bit - Strome will get his NMC - but I don’t think this is going to be a protracted saga. Value is pretty cut and dried around the league. This will be a pretty vanilla negotiation. These guys have danced this dance before. In fact, I suspect the Rangers will string this out until the trade deadline in case they decide to liquidate.
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This is the same team that gave us the wondrous Goodrow contract, so you'll have to excuse my skepticism that they can handle Strome in a way that won't cost us someone better.
 
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Uninstaaled said:
Buch can't skate either and you love him.
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Why do you always say that lol, he was considered a speedy guy in scouting reports as a prospect and no one knocked his skating as a weakness. Hayton is knocked for his skating, either way even if Buch is a subpar skater I wouldn’t want to add more subpar skaters who aren’t as skilled to the team. Our teams biggest weakness is probably skating as it is so I think we should be looking to add someone who skating would be a strength
 
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EdJovanovski said:
Why do you always say that lol, he was considered a speedy guy in scouting reports as a prospect and no one knocked his skating as a weakness. Hayton is knocked for his skating, either way even if Buch is a subpar skater I wouldn’t want to add more subpar skaters who aren’t as skilled to the team. Our teams biggest weakness is probably skating as it is so I think we should be looking to add someone who skating would be a strength
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He's not speedy. Scouting reports are wrong he was our slowest top 6 forward by a pretty significant margin.

Our biggest team weakness is breaking out of our own end. No amount of speed is going to fix that.
 
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bobbop said:
No GM who has watched his whole career is giving him $7MM. C'mon man!
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LOL we gave Krieder 6.5m, nothing would surprise me. Also i guess we will see, but lets also not forget that i dont want him on this team at his current cap hit.
 
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