Speculation: Roster Building Thread XXXVII - 5 weeks until TDL

[GAGLine]

What if the Canucks moved him? Could he be a fit for the Rangers?

No. Boeser is a pending RFA and already makes 5.875. If we wanted to spend that kind of money on a RW, we would have just kept Buch.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Why wouldn't he want to deal with Buffalo?

I only want Tuch and Cozens from Buffalo that is all.

 

[McRanger92]

What if the Canucks moved him? Could he be a fit for the Rangers?

Hes a shooter and a top6 guy but im not interested in paying him 7.5 mil on a QO next year. If you can get him for a rental price, sure. If not, look elsewhere.

 

[CLW]

Eww. If we're trading Krav, I would hope it would be for a player with some upside. Lehkonen is nice, but it would be a major mistake to move a top 6 talent, who is younger and cost controlled for longer, for a bottom 6 guy who's due for a raise this off season.

This is why I agree with @Chalfdiggity3 that Caulfield would be the perfect piece to bring in for Kravstov.

Caufield in the Jesper Fast role? What makes people think it would work (besides fantasies about Panarin feeding him the puck)? The role of the RW on that line is to be the running dog that ties up the D in front of goal and backchecks like a madman. Not Caufield's strengths exactly. Maybe play him on the Zib line, but Laf is already there. Perhaps you want to drop Laf back to the 3rd line again, but that's just shuffling chairs again isn't it.

Caufield, and I like the kid a lot, is not a fit for this team.

 

[McRanger92]

Caufield in the Jesper Fast role? What makes people think it would work (besides fantasies about Panarin feeding him the puck)? The role of the RW on that line is to be the running dog that ties up the D in front of goal and backchecks like a madman. Not Caufield's strengths exactly. Maybe play him on the Zib line, but Laf is already there. Perhaps you want to drop Laf back to the 3rd line again, but that's just shuffling chairs again isn't it.

Caufield, and I like the kid a lot, is not a fit for this team.

Shiny new toy syndrome. Im sure the Rangers are dying to add another 20 year old winger who needs top 6 minutes. Also it makes 0 sense why MTL would trade Caufield when they just hired the best undersized scorer of the last 20 years as head coach

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

If the Rangers add someone like JT Miller & add someone like Giordano. The Rangers could be a top-4 contending team easily…

Kreider—Zibanejad—Miller
Panarin—Strome—Kakko
Lafreniere—Goodrow—Gauthier
Reaves—Rooney—Hunt

Fox—Lindgren
Trouba—Miller
Schneider—Giordano
Jones

Shesterkin
who ever

Bottoms 6 could be an issue, but that’s a solid balance of forecheckers, toughness and skill. But the top 6 has insane skill. The defense becomes MUCCCH stable, and would make it EXTREMELY difficult to score against Shesty…

If we can improve our 5 on 5 by the playoffs. The Rangers can definitely surprise. Lets not get too caught up of what happened during Lundqvist regime. Those teams struggled scoring goals, didn’t have the skill. While this team isn’t great 5 on 5, the skill is undeniable. Once they click, they’ll be unstoppable, offensively…

Especially with our special teams being what makes us solid asides from Shesty…

The Rangers won’t be a push over come playoffs. They’ll slow down and tire the teams, and Shesty will take over.

Thats if our 5 on 5 improves. We can definitely win a cup in the next 3 years… Just don’t trade future players, asides from Chytil, Kravy and Lundkvist for Miller cause we can afford to deal them.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Boeser is a very one-dimensional right-shot sniper. If he's not getting meaningful PP mins there's no point. Where do you put him when you already have a right shot Zibanejad, Panarin & Fox?
Hard pass

 

[zlev]

I dont really want any of these guys. If I were Drury I would use our glut of prospects to simply drive up the price of all of these available players to get our Eastern conference rivals to pay out the ass and deplete their farm systems and send all of their prospects to cesspool organizations like Vancouver and Montreal and then dominate the East for the next 10 years.

 

[DialUp]

Boeser is a very one-dimensional right-shot sniper. If he's not getting meaningful PP mins there's no point. Where do you put him when you already have a right shot Zibanejad, Panarin & Fox?
Hard pass

All barbers in Minnesota knows that Brock Beats Scissors

 

[NYR Viper]

And then I asked you which one was more important to fill first - 2C or 3rd line winger. So which of those is more important

What does it matter? There isn’t a good solution at 2C right now.

You’re basically saying that since we can’t get a 2C we should just not doing anything else.

 

[Boris Zubov]

All barbers in Minnesota knows that Brock Beats Scissors

Don't quit your day job.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

What does it matter? There isn’t a good solution at 2C right now.

You’re basically saying that since we can’t get a 2C we should just not doing anything else.

Yes, nothing that is going to jeopardize being able to get a competent 2C on this team. That’s way more important than paying assets you could use for that 2C that you then have to give a raise to this off-season that will also hamper your ability to fill that spot competently.

 

[DialUp]

Don't quit your day job.

One step ahead of you

 

[rangers1314]

Don't quit your day job.

BUT FOLKS!

 

[IDvsEGO]

If the Rangers add someone like JT Miller & add someone like Giordano. The Rangers could be a top-4 contending team easily…

Kreider—Zibanejad—Miller
Panarin—Strome—Kakko
Lafreniere—Goodrow—Gauthier
Reaves—Rooney—Hunt

Fox—Lindgren
Trouba—Miller
Schneider—Giordano
Jones

Shesterkin
who ever

Bottoms 6 could be an issue, but that’s a solid balance of forecheckers, toughness and skill. But the top 6 has insane skill. The defense becomes MUCCCH stable, and would make it EXTREMELY difficult to score against Shesty…

If we can improve our 5 on 5 by the playoffs. The Rangers can definitely surprise. Lets not get too caught up of what happened during Lundqvist regime. Those teams struggled scoring goals, didn’t have the skill. While this team isn’t great 5 on 5, the skill is undeniable. Once they click, they’ll be unstoppable, offensively…

Especially with our special teams being what makes us solid asides from Shesty…

The Rangers won’t be a push over come playoffs. They’ll slow down and tire the teams, and Shesty will take over.

Thats if our 5 on 5 improves. We can definitely win a cup in the next 3 years… Just don’t trade future players, asides from Chytil, Kravy and Lundkvist for Miller cause we can afford to deal them.

We just watched Jones-schneider do really well. Why waste an asset on giordano?

 

[duhmetreE]

 

[LokiDog]

I only want Tuch and Cozens from Buffalo that is all.

Tage Thompson. I highly doubt they’d move him with the breakout he’s having, especially since they’ve successfully converted him to center (what??!!) but Tage Thompson would be THE target. Shit, for Tage + Tuch, I’d probably consider one of the lottery kids.

 

[Fireonk]

I really don't understand the reluctance to rest players dealing with nagging injuries. It's one thing if you are talking about the end of the year and you are on the bubble or in the playoffs, but early in the season? If it's effecting their performance enough that they aren't going to be too hard to replace, like Chytil and Kakko, for a little bit of time just pull the trigger and let them heal up.

 

[IDvsEGO]

I really don't understand the reluctance to rest players dealing with nagging injuries. It's one thing if you are talking about the end of the year and you are on the bubble or in the playoffs, but early in the season? If it's effecting their performance enough that they aren't going to be too hard to replace, like Chytil and Kakko, for a little bit of time just pull the trigger and let them heal up.

The answer is Wally pipp

 

[Fireonk]

The answer is Wally pipp

Lol, I know why players don't want to sit. I don't understand why teams don't shut them down. Oh no, now we have Wally Pipp AND Lou Gherig. The horror!

 

[Rangers in 7]

Rangers and Predators have history

I would what it would take for Tanner Jeannot and if Nils Lundkvist would be enough. Another big winger for the playoffs wouldn’t hurt. Has some grit and physical style built for the playoffs.

Is this a joke?

 

[Greg02]

Why wouldn't he want to deal with Buffalo?

He's bitter about that 2007 series where their captain scored with 7 seconds left to tie up game 5 and swing the series.

 

[Daves a mess]

If the Rangers add someone like JT Miller & add someone like Giordano. The Rangers could be a top-4 contending team easily…

Kreider—Zibanejad—Miller
Panarin—Strome—Kakko
Lafreniere—Goodrow—Gauthier
Reaves—Rooney—Hunt

Fox—Lindgren
Trouba—Miller
Schneider—Giordano
Jones

Shesterkin
who ever

Bottoms 6 could be an issue, but that’s a solid balance of forecheckers, toughness and skill. But the top 6 has insane skill. The defense becomes MUCCCH stable, and would make it EXTREMELY difficult to score against Shesty…

If we can improve our 5 on 5 by the playoffs. The Rangers can definitely surprise. Lets not get too caught up of what happened during Lundqvist regime. Those teams struggled scoring goals, didn’t have the skill. While this team isn’t great 5 on 5, the skill is undeniable. Once they click, they’ll be unstoppable, offensively…

Especially with our special teams being what makes us solid asides from Shesty…

The Rangers won’t be a push over come playoffs. They’ll slow down and tire the teams, and Shesty will take over.

Thats if our 5 on 5 improves. We can definitely win a cup in the next 3 years… Just don’t trade future players, asides from Chytil, Kravy and Lundkvist for Miller cause we can afford to deal them.

Who are we giving up for this?

 

[bhamill]

He was assistant GM here during that time, no?

And? He was responsible for scouting, drafting AND trading him? Come on dude. Just hate Drury for the shit he is actually responsible for. Hahaha.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Kind of wish we got eichel