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Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XXXI

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I think there was some reluctance on the part of the pundits to think that the Rangers were actually going to enter a multi-year rebuild. Hence the rumors flying around about Tavares, JvR, Karlsson, etc. Even after a full year of doing so people still seem to have trouble believing that it's a real thing. The Rangers are going to be perennially linked to every free agent just because they're the Rangers and for a long time that's how they tried to build teams.
 
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Rangers743 said:
People were also talking about Taveras iirc, might have been Friedman on his podcast
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Here's what Brooks said about it on April 4. Not saying you are wrong, but this is the most concrete thing I have found.

"Signing with the Rangers is the last thing anyone would expect from Tavares, who might have played his final home game as an Islander in Thursday’s 2-1 victory over the Blueshirts in Brooklyn.
And that includes the Rangers. There is no plan in place to seduce the Islanders’ splendid 27-year-old captain into becoming the Blueshirts’ 28-year-old captain (birthday during training camp) anymore than there was ever a plan to entice Zach Parise into switching sides when the then-Devils captain became available in 2012."

But Jim Dolan, Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton sure would listen if Tavares invited them to the party, sure would be willing to adjust their rebuild to accommodate this stud, the likes of whom the Rangers haven’t had since Jaromir Jagr in 2005-06. Sure would be willing to send a different type of letter to the season-ticket holders."
 
Irishguy42 said:
I'm all for this.

The UFA classes after this offseason are absolute crap outside of Hall and Skinner. You want an elite young-ish UFA, go get them this summer.

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this will make many here lose their minds

the rebuild will be over and the team will be average again for a long time. blah blah blah.

until they start winning then it will be all good.
 
I think the Rangers will stay the course this summer unless a trade materializes they're just too good to pass up. Their assets haven't quite matured to the point that they could cash them in at high enough value, IMO.

Make a strong play to get two picks in the top ten of the draft. That's the move to go hard on.
 
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DanielBrassard said:
Here's what Brooks said about it on April 4. Not saying you are wrong, but this is the most concrete thing I have found.

"Signing with the Rangers is the last thing anyone would expect from Tavares, who might have played his final home game as an Islander in Thursday’s 2-1 victory over the Blueshirts in Brooklyn.
And that includes the Rangers. There is no plan in place to seduce the Islanders’ splendid 27-year-old captain into becoming the Blueshirts’ 28-year-old captain (birthday during training camp) anymore than there was ever a plan to entice Zach Parise into switching sides when the then-Devils captain became available in 2012."

But Jim Dolan, Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton sure would listen if Tavares invited them to the party, sure would be willing to adjust their rebuild to accommodate this stud, the likes of whom the Rangers haven’t had since Jaromir Jagr in 2005-06. Sure would be willing to send a different type of letter to the season-ticket holders."
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Yea you might be right with Jt but i also remeber all the talk we would resign the guys we traded at the deadline, Kovalchuk, and Jvr. All of which didnt happen.
 
Rangers743 said:
Yea you might be right with Jt but i also remeber all the talk we would resign the guys we traded at the deadline, Kovalchuk, and Jvr. All of which didnt happen.
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JT stuff was really just generated on here. There was no way that was happening.

Like @Trxjw said, I think a lot of the connections to high profile players has to do with their history more than what they're actually thinking. I'm sure they'll check in on Panarin and EK (if he makes it to UFA), but once the bidding war starts, that will likely be the end of it.
 
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Irishguy42 said:
I'm all for this.

The UFA classes after this offseason are absolute crap outside of Hall and Skinner. You want an elite young-ish UFA, go get them this summer.

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i'm sure last year he said we were gonna trade for karlsson and try to sign tavares
 
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NYR Viper said:
That only makes sense if the team can trade Shattenkirk
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Kevin has a 10 team no trade list so it`s possible indeed, but Erik is not that strong defensive so not sure if it will help a lot on our blueline. Erik is much better offensive defender compare to Kevin though - can`t really compare those two.
 
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NYR Viper said:
That only makes sense if the team can trade Shattenkirk
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No its doesn't. You dont pass up Karlsson (if you can get him) because of Shattenkirk. You get Karlsson and figure out what to do with Shattenkirk later. The Rangers don't have prohibitive cap problems where this would be an issue
 
NHL Rental Players Who Could Re-Sign With Their New Clubs - MyNHLTradeRumors.com
Mats Zuccarello, Dallas Stars
Zuccarello’s debut with the Stars was short-lived, suffering a broken arm in his first game. Still, the 32-year-old winger made a positive first impression, scoring a goal and collecting an assist. The Stars will be parting ways with free-agent Jason Spezza this summer and could attempt to keep Zuccarello in the fold if he plays well following his return in late-March. Given the absence of a state income tax in Texas, perhaps a two-year contract with the same annual average value ($4.5 million) as his current deal might be tempting.
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Dallas wanted Zucc for a long time. I think there is a reasonably good chance he resigns there if nothing else happens. BTW - Where did Webster go?
 
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I like Pierre LeBrun but he doesn't know what is talking about. He had the Wayne Simmonds infatuation before the trade deadline. Simmonds sucks and everyone except Pierre knows it.

Erik Karlsson is a broken down 29 year old defenseman. He can still play at a high level at times but his best days are behind him. Gorton didn't want to give a 27 year old Hayes a 6-7 year deal but he is giving a 29 year old Karlsson a 7 year contract. There is always something wrong with Karlsson physically.

It's bad enough the Rangers have so many bad money on D right now. Good luck getting out of those contracts so easily. Let's add an even bigger albatross on our cap.

The Rangers need to keep adding young players to the organization. They don't have enough quality young players. Gorton has already said they want more picks for the 2020 draft.

It's the same shit as last year. The Rangers will be aggressive in the free market and in trades. They will re-sign Nash and Grabner. They will pursue a trade for Karlsson. They take the assets they acquired at the deadline and ship them to Ottawa for Lundqvist's buddy Karlsson to keep Hank happy.

Does anyone really think Gorton gives a rats f*** about keeping a 37 year old Lundqvist happy? No.

Happy Birthday Hank.

LeBrun keeps bringing up Karlsson being close to Hank as a reason to pursue him.

See Zuccarello.
 
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