Roster Building Thread VI (2022-23): Offseason edition

[RangersFan1994]

I don’t think this is the route Drury takes but Dubois is the kind of big body center who plays with an edge that it would be worthwhile to trade Lafreniere for. Still only 24. They can always play him or Chytil on the wing, you can never have enough guys who can play C. He’s had a history with Panarin(if that matters to anyone) but will also outlast him and he a part of the young core going forward. It’s at least worth exploring imo.

Trade Lafy for a guy that they can't sign after his 1 year here and is ufa. Yea thet will work out so well

 

[McRanger92]

Don't want Jesper back. Gotta move on.

Shesterkin has 2 years left and people are running him out of town. We don't have to sign him yet. When it's time to pay him, let's see where he is in his career. Cap should be up to about $92M that offseason. Garand will be an RFA and hopefully have developed. A lot of variables to start worrying about that now.


Or we can just develop our own Frederic.

Shesterkin is a priority re-sign when the time comes. What does this team look like without him? It won’t be pretty.

I also think Cuylle can do anything Frederic can. And if Frederic stays in Boston, the 2 will become very familiar with each other imo.

Trade Lafy for a guy that they can't sign after his 1 year here and is ufa. Yea thet will work out so well

Cap going up, they can move Goodrow or Lindgren as well. It’s doable if it’s what they want to do. Just saying the idea of that type of move makes sense

 

[Boris Zubov]

Shesterkin is a priority re-sign when the time comes. What does this team look like without him? It won’t be pretty.

I also think Cuylle can do anything Frederic can. And if Frederic stays in Boston, the 2 will become very familiar with each other imo.

If Igor is the only thing keeping us from becoming a total tire fire, then why re-sign him? I'd rather hit rock bottom & start from scratch.

 

[NYR Viper]

I’m intrigued by Frederic if he isn’t qualified for sure.

 

[McRanger92]

If Igor is the only thing keeping us from becoming a total tire fire, then why re-sign him? I'd rather hit rock bottom & start from scratch.

Because this team has shown us loudly and clearly that they will never allow themselves to hit rock bottom anyway. 2 straight seasons as a cakewalk non-wild card playoff team doesn’t mean we should be blowing it up after 1 disappointing exit. Look no further than the team about to win the Cup. Vegas was the prototypical “not good enough” team until this year

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Trent Frederic is a hateable SOB with a punchable face. Exactly the kind of player this team needs in the bottom 6. He and Cuylle can cause all kinds of havoc together.

Because of all the sense this makes, Drury won't do it and will instead waste cap space and time by signing some useless piece of garbage like Carpenter. Or trade a perfectly useful player for some scrub late 20s that some idiot blogger will call the "best kept secret" even tho he has like 5 career goals.

 

[McRanger92]

Good for the Wolfpack and also hasn’t been a complete zero last time I saw him in the NHL with Boston

 

[Boris Zubov]

Because this team has shown us loudly and clearly that they will never allow themselves to hit rock bottom anyway. 2 straight seasons as a cakewalk non-wild card playoff team doesn’t mean we should be blowing it up after 1 disappointing exit. Look no further than the team about to win the Cup. Vegas was the prototypical “not good enough” team until this year

Igor has 2 years left. If the kids haven't turned the corner by then & the core has plateaued, that's not exactly blowing it up after one disappointing exit. That's more like the window has slammed shut.

Vegas didn't have a true 1C for a full season until this year....plus they've never really locked themselves into one core. Kudos to them for not standing pat when they could've easily made minimal changes & played it safe.

 

[17futurecap]

Good giving him a nice AHL guarantee to stay, he was a key contributor in helping Hartford get to the playoffs. Also a fine 14th-15th NHL forward.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

Shesterkin is a priority re-sign when the time comes. What does this team look like without him? It won’t be pretty.

I also think Cuylle can do anything Frederic can. And if Frederic stays in Boston, the 2 will become very familiar with each other imo.



Cap going up, they can move Goodrow or Lindgren as well. It’s doable if it’s what they want to do. Just saying the idea of that type of move makes sense

Nobody is a priority 2 seasons from now. We have no idea what will happen.

Also I like most of your posts, but Laf for Dubois is a disaster move. He’s going to montreal

 

[bernmeister]

Well played, wisenheimer! Lol!!

I will be more generous with you, awarding a like, than you were with me,

 

[bernmeister]

I don’t think this is the route Drury takes but Dubois is the kind of big body center who plays with an edge that it would be worthwhile to trade Lafreniere for. Still only 24. They can always play him or Chytil on the wing, you can never have enough guys who can play C. He’s had a history with Panarin(if that matters to anyone) but will also outlast him and he a part of the young core going forward. It’s at least worth exploring imo.

The prob there is PLD likely to bolt after one season. LaF = too expensive a loss for that.
Also, enuf coddling bread.
He can play 3rd line in bern's setup, and if he doesn't like it, just say the word -- waive.

And even if he were receptive, we can't give this guy a 9ish M contract

 

[McRanger92]

Igor has 2 years left. If the kids haven't turned the corner by then & the core has plateaued, that's not exactly blowing it up after one disappointing exit. That's more like the window has slammed shut.

Vegas didn't have a true 1C for a full season until this year....plus they've never really locked themselves into one core. Kudos to them for not standing pat when they could've easily made minimal changes & played it safe.

The Rangers will be out from under Panarin/Trouba/Kreider in 3 years with a team full of 25 year olds. That ~26 mil will be reinvested, not sat on for another rebuild. We’ll be in on whatever stars are on the market at that time

Nobody is a priority 2 seasons from now. We have no idea what will happen.

Also I like most of your posts, but Laf for Dubois is a disaster move. He’s going to montreal

I wouldn’t call it a disaster, but in a perfect world Lafreniere and Dubois would be great on a line together

 

[LokiDog]

I don’t want to get your hopes up too far in advance, but Henrik Son-qvist (aka my son) just took his first steps and it was legitimately like a 10 foot confident walk across the room, then he walked another 5 feet a few minutes later and now he’s just confident and sassy so… that’s future Matt Tkachuk swagger just oozing from the 2040 1OA pick.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

If Igor is the only thing keeping us from becoming a total tire fire, then why re-sign him? I'd rather hit rock bottom & start from scratch.

We wouldnt be rock bottom. We would be around 18-24. So it wouldnt make sense.

 

[MrAlmost]

Don't want Jesper back. Gotta move on.

Shesterkin has 2 years left and people are running him out of town. We don't have to sign him yet. When it's time to pay him, let's see where he is in his career. Cap should be up to about $92M that offseason. Garand will be an RFA and hopefully have developed. A lot of variables to start worrying about that now.


Or we can just develop our own Frederic.

Oh I think we have 2 personally. I think Cuylle could be real close to Frédéric and I think Othmann can be even better. Don't mention that on this board though, cause Drury is the worst GM ever and they can't skate.

Great news. Just like I said above, Drury knows the type of players that work. Whether we win it all will be if he learns how to negotiate the Dolan problem and the New York fanbase patience and penchant for shitty past their prime stars.

I don’t want to get your hopes up too early, but Henrik Son-qvist (aka my son) just took his first steps and it was legitimately like a 10 foot confident walk across the room, then he walked another 5 feet a few minutes later and now he’s just confident and sassy so… that’s future Matt Tkachuk swagger just oozing from the 2040 1OA pick.

For the sake of his career, if we have the 1 overall, tell him to pull a Lindros.

 

[LokiDog]

For the sake of his career, if we have the 1 overall, tell him to pull a Lindros.

He’s going to be the one to finally pan out as a top 10 homegrown forward. Then he’s going to take an offer sheet as soon as his ELC is over and tell the franchise it’s pay back for years of cardiac stress his father paid to this team.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Because of all the sense this makes, Drury won't do it and will instead waste cap space and time by signing some useless piece of garbage like Carpenter. Or trade a perfectly useful player for some scrub late 20s that some idiot blogger will call the "best kept secret" even tho he has like 5 career goals.

Jake Leswhathisname will take someone’s spot more deserving

 

[RangersFan1994]

Good for the Wolfpack and also hasn’t been a complete zero last time I saw him in the NHL with Boston

Their is a reason some players are tweeners and AHL regulars and some are just NHL depth as a 15th forward. He is not that good. Rather sign an UDFA instead of some AHL vet that is not an NHL player.

 

[NYR Viper]

Good move RW-signing Blidh. Lockwood and Gettinger next please

 

[LaffyTaffy13]

Because of all the sense this makes, Drury won't do it and will instead waste cap space and time by signing some useless piece of garbage like Carpenter. Or trade a perfectly useful player for some scrub late 20s that some idiot blogger will call the "best kept secret" even tho he has like 5 career goals.

What would frederic cost anyway? Arent trying to move away from overpaid 4C’s?

 

[jerseyjinx94]

Oh I think we have 2 personally. I think Cuylle could be real close to Frédéric and I think Othmann can be even better. Don't mention that on this board though, cause Drury is the worst GM ever and they can't skate.

I’m hoping Othmann is wayyyy better than Frederic.

Between Cuylle, Berard, Sykora, and Edstrom, I’m hoping they have at least 2 bottom 6ers in that group and Othmann a top 6er.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

I wouldn’t call it a disaster, but in a perfect world Lafreniere and Dubois would be great on a line together

On face value, in a vacuum, it’s not a disaster. It’s a disaster bc Laf re-signs for 6+ years in WPG and Dubois leaves for Montreal after 1 season. So you just gave away the team’s only 1st overall selection for 1 year of Dubois.

 

[TominNC]

Shit, sorry, autocorreclt "how many." No. I think it's going to be pretty similar to St. Louis career ending wise... I will take of 50 point Hall of fame player at 1 million any day. If possible, of which there is a good chance.

No problem that shit gets me all the time. I'm just going to disagree. I don't know if Kane will play enough for 50 pts and I don't want the disruption of needing to fit him those times he's healthy.