I suggest reading the last month on the Rangers board to realize we have no idea what is going to happen. All we know right now is this Rangers team is good. A case can be made for a full sell, soft selling this season and next, or soft buying. There is no full on buy (but that may not be necessary anyways).
I don't think they would need to go full buy. 2 of their needs came back for free over the past couple weeks (Mesar and Schmidt). If they didn't, different story.
I don't know about the depth of Kitchener long term. Two lines can carry you til christmas but by the time you get to late Feb/Mar you better have 3 absolutely solid lines.
I agree. Maybe that could be accomplished with a soft buy. Either way, it's fun to speculate on this bananas of a season.
I would suspect the powers that be in Kitchener are probably looking at how far they can keep this success going. It's early in the season and teams will make decisions at after the Christmas break on what direction is appropriate. Right at this moment Mike McKenzie is keeping his cards close to his chest. They are as surprised as anyone on the way the Rangers started out. A lot of the talk about Saggy and Kitchener doing deals was on these boards. Doesn't amount to a hill of beans unless the GMs get involved. I hope Saginaw does a great job hosting and has a great run into the play offs and the Mem Cup. Hell of an exciting tourney to witness as a fan of your team when they are hosting. Once in a life time for some people.
Sarnia had an open OA spot already for Schwindt. Would seem like low% but to be fair he's been healthy scratched a fair bit this season despite his production. Seems like they r a bit logjammed at F in Cleveland.
Low chance. I wouldn’t say zero though. I’m guessing those conditions are going to tie up a bit of your draft capital though.
True.
i would bet that the conditions would be null and void the day before the trade deadline, the oa dealine ist he day before so they probably will be freed up 24 hours before the final deadline.
I don't understand why though. He does have a US passport and was born in Newark NJ. Why does he still count as an import?
But Jordan Forget (player OP mentioned) did the same thing and was not an import.
Exactly. Both of them drafted out of Switzerland. I don't think Forget ever lived or played in North America before. Was born in Switzerland and played all of his hockey there. He's got Canadian citizenship only because his father is Canadian. Dionicio grew up in Switzerland as well and played all of his hockey there, too. However, as mentioned already, he was born in the US. So I still don't get why Forget isn't an import but Dionicio is. There must be a reason but I'm confused.
Maybe because neither of Dionicio’s parents were Canadian/US citizens and Forget’s were?
I think you automatically get US citizenship just for being born in the US? So it would be possible. However, his father didn't move over to Switzerland and still lives in Newark. I think he should have US citizenship by now but I don't know for sure.
So Forget was just smarter than Dionicio? Forget never actually lived in Canada. He played all of his hockey in Switzerland, just like his father did since Jordan's birth (except for one year in Japan). You can't live in Canada if you're a hockey pro playing in Switzerland. It's possible they have some kind of summer home in Canada if that counts as an address. In that case, Dionicio could have just pretended to live with his father in Newark. That wouldn't have been any more wrong than Forget actually having residence in Canada
So Forget was just smarter than Dionicio? Forget never actually lived in Canada. He played all of his hockey in Switzerland, just like his father did since Jordan's birth (except for one year in Japan). You can't live in Canada if you're a hockey pro playing in Switzerland. It's possible they have some kind of summer home in Canada if that counts as an address. In that case, Dionicio could have just pretended to live with his father in Newark. That wouldn't have been any more wrong than Forget actually having residence in Canada
Ding ding ding.
Ah, now we got it. Thanks for the explanation. Can Europeans take advantage of this rule as well or do you still need US or Canadian citizenship?
