Speculation: Roster Building Thread: (still) No Quinn In NY Edition

[IDvsEGO]

its so weird because I look at the Avs roster and they are top heavy but we know they are going to be great still

I mean when you have 4-5 absolutely fantastic players you can easily be great.
They are rolling the dice on goaltending though.
The mackinnon contract though is going to be the determination how far the av's can go after this year.
He gets 13m, theyre dead.

 

[Savant]

You want to be top heavy and improve your depth with rentals at the deadline if you are a cup contender. You don’t screw yourself over by overpaying for depth.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

 

[cheech70]

Future Captain

 

[savebyrichter94]

So I guess this is who I’ll be seeing in action on Friday night give or take a few, excited to see a lot of these kids play!

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

You want to be top heavy and improve your depth with rentals at the deadline if you are a cup contender. You don’t screw yourself over by overpaying for depth.

Too late

 

[leetch99]

I do like Boyle but he's regressed and he's too slow for what we need

Hire Boyle for the farm team ......the kids will love the guy . Brian Boyle is the perfect TEAM guy . I'm not sure what kind of coach he would become....but he is worth giving a chance I think at some level below the NHL to start .

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Nice. Though a little odd to see Jones there. He should dominate in those 2 games.

edit - Oh crap, starts in 2 days! Hockey's back!

 

[duhmetreE]

Future Captain

wait... did they actually skate today?

 

[GENESISPuck94]

I mean when you have 4-5 absolutely fantastic players you can easily be great.
They are rolling the dice on goaltending though.
The mackinnon contract though is going to be the determination how far the av's can go after this year.
He gets 13m, theyre dead.

I personally feel the Rangers rival the Avs in nearly every category and have more potential moving forward. If the Rangers play their cards right and make sure they develop Lafreniere, Kakko, and Miller correctly. The Rangers could be stacked. Shesterkin, Fox, Panarin, Zibanejad, Kreider, Trouba. If Lafreniere, Kakko, and Miller reach their potential...

 

[GAGLine]

wait... did they actually skate today?

Probably. Training camp is only 9 days away, so not unusual for players to be skating together in preparation.

 

[BBKers]

Zac Jones (positive surprise) - but No Nils Lundkvist on the roster. Hmmmmm

 

[Irishguy42]

Zac Jones (positive surprise) - but No Nils Lundkvist on the roster. Hmmmmm

Nils isn't a rookie anymore...




















...he's a bust.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

its so weird because I look at the Avs roster and they are top heavy but we know they are going to be great still

Meh, they made a pretty risky gamble bringing in Georgie to replace Kuemper. People like to talk crap about Kuemper but he’s been a very solid and consistent regular season goalie the last few years.

Georgiev is a headcase who can’t put three solid starts in a row together. Maybe okaying behind the Avs will take some of the presssure off of him and he’ll have it a bit easier but I can’t say I’m confident in him being as good for them as Kuemper (and Grubauer before him) was in the regular season. Then again, Kuemper was like .900 in the playoffs and they still win the cup. Still, you have to get there first and I’m pretty sure Kuemper had like the second best sv % in the league in the second half of the season or something like that.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Based on just pure joy and entertainment value for a Ranger fan, no one was better.
FU Dave Brown …and the P you Flyered in on.
This many days till opening night:

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I mean when you have 4-5 absolutely fantastic players you can easily be great.
They are rolling the dice on goaltending though.
The mackinnon contract though is going to be the determination how far the av's can go after this year.
He gets 13m, theyre dead.

He's getting that and more. They will go all in for a cup this year again

 

[Ola]

You want to be top heavy and improve your depth with rentals at the deadline if you are a cup contender. You don’t screw yourself over by overpaying for depth.

I think it’s the opposite.

All shifts count the same. The ability you put on the ice for the full 60 minutes will be summed at the bottom line. Teams like Toronto that can fill up 40 of those but constantly are struggling with the remaining 20 are not having much success. 4 of the last 6 Cup winners had the best 3rd line in the NHL hands down.

With that said, I think we pretty much agree in reality. From my POV, you should not overpay for something that you can get cheap. Most of the time, the true drivers of a line cannot be had cheap, but the size, grit and character can.

 

[Tob]

Waiting at passport office at 3:30 in the morning in a 3rd world country. I'll have a summary of all the hottest gossip the Devils and islanders boards have been saying about us in a few hours.

 

[duhmetreE]

Waiting at passport office at 3:30 in the morning in a 3rd world country. I'll have a summary of all the hottest gossip the Devils and islanders boards have been saying about us in a few hours.

I can't tell if you're talking about Canada or Europe

 

[Tob]

I can't tell if you're talking about Canada or Europe

Canada

 

[cwede]

Nice. Though a little odd to see Jones there. He should dominate in those 2 games.

edit - Oh crap, starts in 2 days! Hockey's back!

No AHL or tryout Fs is atypical for NYR, speaks to the influx of guys from recent drafts

Khodo the vet in the group,
(I believe he, Martin only guys w 2 full pro seasons)

Khodo and Jones likely wear Letters for the Flyers games, maybe Robertson too

 

[Machinehead]

Getting stupid Rodrigues in the West is a win

 

[Fitzy]

At his age Trivigno better dominate this rookie camp.