Speculation: Roster Building Thread VI (2019/2020)

[TheBloodyNine]

so what do we do from here

Buch-Zib-Panarin
Kreider-Strome(puke)-Kakko
Names-Lias-Lemieux
Fast-Howden-Haley/McKegg

that forward line-up is uggggggglyyyyyyy.

I mean, the Rangers are still a rebuilding team, so I don't know what you expected.

 

[Kovalev27]

Kind of odd to not keep Boo as a scratch.

It honestly makes no sense to me as we will allow him to be stolen for no real reason.

It will be a relief to stop hearing about him though and it will be even more hilarious if he goes unclaimed

Is it really stealing if u really want someone to take him?

 

[Tawnos]

I see Panarin, Kreider, Lemieux, Names down the left and Buchnevich, Kakko, Fast, McKegg down the right.

Presumably you could shift Names to play RW on the third but he hasn't been on that side recently.

Lemieux can play either wing too (and is playing RW on the 4th line in the lineup Cyrgalis tweeted).

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Howden really made the team over Chytil?

 

[SA16]

Howden doesn't even belong in the NHL let alone the 3C.

 

[haveandare]

See this is what annoys me:

what the absolute **** has Howden done to be the 3c over Lias? Quinn has a serious blind spot for this kid.

And why not keep Lemieux - Andersson - Vlad together? That seemed to be a great line.

 

[Tawnos]

Kind of odd to not keep Boo as a scratch.

It honestly makes no sense to me as we will allow him to be stolen for no real reason.

It will be a relief to stop hearing about him though and it will be even more hilarious if he goes unclaimed

Every team in the NHL is going to waive a Nieves caliber player over the next few days, or already has. It could happen, but I'd be pretty surprised if he was claimed.

 

[Gardner McKay]

I would like to claim that Josh Ho-Sang is different from just about any other head-case in the category he is put in. Why? The kid — has — hockey-sense. He sees the ice well, passes the puck well.

So often the headcases just aren’t good players. Almost always. You become a head case when you suck and can’t get by as a grinder. Ho-Sang’s speed and skating is really good and and he can move the puck. That is a very valuable combination in today’s game.

I think NYI has done an awful job developing him. Cutting him for oversleeping is just bad. It just haven’t been right for him, that approach.

With that said — no matter how hard I try — it’s really hard to fit him in. But I would certainly be thrilled if Gorton gave it a go.

Maybe. But this is a guy that multiple teams had on a do not draft list, a guy that the Islanders AHL coach called a baby and immature. Which is fine. Some players grow out of that. But I think Ho-Sang's issues run deeper than that. He fails to accept responsibility. Anytime there is an issue Ho-Sang blames someone else. This isn't a Tony DeAngelo situation where I think most (not all) of the headcase concerns were largely overblown.

The Rangers aren't going to undo all the work they have done to draft, develop and sign guys with outstanding character by putting in a claimer for a guy that, based on what I have read, is the very definition of locker room cancer.

 

[BringBackLibertys]

I'm just pissed because Hajak took 25 instead of a single digit.

Agree, should have took 5, Barry Beck would approve.

 

[Ghost of jas]

See this is what annoys me:

what the absolute **** has Howden done to be the 3c over Lias? Quinn has a serious blind spot for this kid.

Those bottom two lines are almost interchangeable.

 

[Tawnos]

Those bottom two lines are almost interchangeable.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see some games with the Andersson line getting more ice-time than the Howden line.

 

[17futurecap]

Kind of odd to not keep Boo as a scratch.

It honestly makes no sense to me as we will allow him to be stolen for no real reason.

It will be a relief to stop hearing about him though and it will be even more hilarious if he goes unclaimed

I would be stunned if someone claims him, he's basically Marek Hrivik at this point.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Kind of odd to not keep Boo as a scratch.

It honestly makes no sense to me as we will allow him to be stolen for no real reason.

It will be a relief to stop hearing about him though and it will be even more hilarious if he goes unclaimed

McKegg is a better player than him, and it's probably a better idea for him to play in Hartford and help them, then to sit scratched for the NHL team.

I also don't think the team is losing sleep over losing Nieves either tbh

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

Imagine this forward group without Panarin and Kakko? Yikes. We will be thanking our lucky stars for the summer of 2019 for years and years to come.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

I really hope we’re not the team acquiring jack Johnson. Have a bad feeling

 

[Fitzy]

Well if we're being cynical that's two 4th lines that were fielding there, and Andersson will be one of the top picks for PK.

Who joins Kakko and Strome on PP2?

 

[Gardner McKay]

Those bottom two lines are almost interchangeable.

Agreed and if those lineups hold for at least 8-10 games, I would be surprised if the ice time differential between the two is anything significant.

 

[Ghost of jas]

I really hope we’re not the team acquiring jack Johnson. Have a bad feeling

With what cap space?

 

[UnSandvich]

Agreed and if those lineups hold for at least 8-10 games, I would be surprised if the ice time differential between the two is anything significant.

It will be. And I guarantee Howden's line will always have more.

 

[Tawnos]

Well if we're being cynical that's two 4th lines that were fielding there, and Andersson will be one of the top picks for PK.

Who joins Kakko and Strome on PP2?

Panarin will just stay out there the whole 2 minutes.

 

[Gardner McKay]

I really hope we’re not the team acquiring jack Johnson. Have a bad feeling

I'm not sure why you would concern yourself that is a ridiculously remote chance at worst. Given our cap situation, it would require some major financial gymnastics unless we sent Smith or Staal the other way and even then, it still makes little sense for us.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

See this is what annoys me:

what the absolute **** has Howden done to be the 3c over Lias? Quinn has a serious blind spot for this kid.

Eh... Let's see where the TOI falls when Thursday night rolls around. I mean, look at it as follows, and it's not so bad:

Panarin-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
McKegg-Andersson-Lemieux
Namestnikov-Howden-Fast

My one (super-minor) gripe is that I'd switch Namestnikov and McKegg, but I'm not gonna get hung up on it.

Especially since we all know the lines will likely change before we're 5 games into the season...

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

And why not keep Lemieux - Andersson - Vlad together? That seemed to be a great line.

Agreed, this makes no sense.

Eh... Let's see where the TOI falls when Thursday night rolls around. I mean, look at it as follows, and it's not so bad:

Panarin-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
McKegg-Andersson-Lemieux
Namestnikov-Howden-Fast

My one (super-minor) gripe is that I'd switch Namestnikov and McKegg, but I'm not gonna get hung up on it.

Especially since we all know the lines will likely change before we're 5 games into the season...

I'm just talking a combination standpoint. Lemieux-Lias-Namestnikov was great together, why are they separated now?

 

[Raspewtin]

I mean, the Rangers are still a rebuilding team, so I don't know what you expected.

What does this have to do with what I said

 

[Fugazy]

Panarin-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
Namestnikov-Andersson-Lemieux
McKegg-Howden-Fast

That's what I'd roll with on opening night.