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

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IDvsEGO said:
Zadina proved nothing on a line with less talent than our 3rd line.
Dude has always had a shot, and he can hustle and has some speed. Add him to Chytil and Panarin and I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a 30 goal scorer at under 2m.
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Panarin needs to play with a grinder to get him the puck. This line almost certainly would be terrible.
 
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NYR Viper said:
I am significantly surprised that teams who find a good 4th or 3rd line player that they absolutely love haven't begun offering 'retirement' contracts to some of these guys. By this I mean:

Say the Rangers LOVE Acciari and have for a while. Other teams are offering 2 years x $1.5m. What is to stop Drury from offering 7 years @ $900k. Acciari gets a guaranteed $6.3m, of which, he may not be in the NHL for some of it based on his style of play but, at that point, the Rangers waive him therefore there is no penalty on the cap.

I said similarly for someone like Reaves last year. Drury should have given him a 3 year extension, not 1, but at $1m. If his play drops off, waive him. Then his cap hit is either gone or someone claims him.
Extending the cap hits out isn't a problem when they are below the minimum threshold that can be buried.

Of course the team would need to be cognizant of the 50 contract rule but let's be honest, that's not exactly hard. The Rangers have guys like Lindbom signed to NHL deals...
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I am not sure it is an easy sell to the owner to give a a guy that much additional money to play for the minor league team for several years. The player may also not want a contract that likely guarantees he will be playing in the AHL in a few years.
 
I don't know if I can get on board with Lafreniere-Zibanejad-Kakko now that I think about it.

That's a lot of weight on Kakko's back 5v5.
 
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Machinehead said:
I don't know if I can get on board with Lafreniere-Zibanejad-Kakko now that I think about it.

That's a lot of weight on Kakko's back 5v5.
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Kreider Zibs Kakko should be an analytic darling.

They should dominate the boards and possession. Even to a greater degree if we can learn to move the puck as a team
 
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Guyute said:
Panarin needs to play with a grinder to get him the puck. This line almost certainly would be terrible.
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And yet Panarin didn’t play with a grinder last year and still put up 90 pts.
Zadina has speed, Chytil has speed.
Those two guys can chase the puck and aren’t shy in the corners.
We don’t need a 1m plug to play with panarin but a guy who can actually get him the puck and then get open.
 
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RangersFan1994 said:
Let his play dictate that he'll make the team
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And I'm good with that, but going in to a season the team should have a legitimate backup plan. IMO, Othmann should be considered that backup plan unless he really pushes. Go find a veteran who can come in and play good, solid minutes, on a short term deal for not much money. I like Craig Smith, but there are others.

Injuries and opportunities will come as the season progresses. Othmann playing 40 games in the AHL won't be bad for his development.
 
duhmetreE said:
Kreider Zibs Kakko should be an analytic darling.

They should dominate the boards and possession. Even to a greater degree if we can learn to move the puck as a team
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Sure. But I want Kreider split from Mika.
Ck needs to be on the third line, because Panarin won’t be.
Laf needs to develop. It’s our only shot at true contending status.
If they move Laf to rw then fine, I can see
Panarin -Chytil - Laf working, but I’m not sure how long lavi will get Laf on the right side to grow.

Machinehead said:
I don't know if I can get on board with Lafreniere-Zibanejad-Kakko now that I think about it.

That's a lot of weight on Kakko's back 5v5.
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They were fantastic to start the year last year, but gallant had a quick hook because the other lines weren’t clicking
 
duhmetreE said:
Kreider Zibs Kakko should be an analytic darling.

They should dominate the boards and possession. Even to a greater degree if we can learn to move the puck as a team
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Kakko will dominate the boards and possession. Mika and Kreider will float around in the o-zone.
 
Kreider and Kaako are the teams best players in terms of possession and gaining possession. I think they need to be broken up. I would lean towards a line with Kreider-Trochek probably for the simple fact that they both play a game that is predicated by getting around the net. Find a guy who can thrive a bit with the open space they should create, say Zadina for arguments sake here and let them grow together.

Panarin thrives on the rush so get him someone who can shoot and add some speed, which is Chytil. And then plug in the vet Smith who is a good 2-way forward who does a little bit of everything.

Then you have Lafreniere and Kaako, who has good chemistry centered by Zibanejad who needs to up his 5v5 game.
 
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One can dream ....I think a T Wilson would put the T in our TEAM ! Imagine him and Kreider and Tro in the middle ? They could do some damage . It certainly would solve some of our vanilla and RW probs in a hurry . I can't believe I read earlier that Wilson would not make us better....the cost to obtain would be steep from a division rival which likely nixes it all .
 
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leetch99 said:
One can dream ....I think a T Wilson would put the T in our TEAM ! Imagine him and Kreider and Tro in the middle ? They could do some damage . It certainly would solve some of our vanilla and RW probs in a hurry . I can't believe I read earlier that Wilson would not make us better....the cost to obtain would be steep from a division rival which likely nixes it all .
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I don't think he doesn't make us better, I just think I'm not supporting a team with him on it.
 
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leetch99 said:
One can dream ....I think a T Wilson would put the T in our TEAM ! Imagine him and Kreider and Tro in the middle ? They could do some damage . It certainly would solve some of our vanilla and RW probs in a hurry . I can't believe I read earlier that Wilson would not make us better....the cost to obtain would be steep from a division rival which likely nixes it all .
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Wilson would not make us better. He’s gonna command a huge salary increase, Washington would ask for a huge haul, and he’s never topped 55 points, for a guy who’s probably gonna look for 7+ million.
 
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