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Say we land Lafreniere, does he play in the top 6 or do we start him on line 3? Panarin and Kreider are our top 6 LWs, unless they move Laf to RW but at RW we have Kakko, Buch and hopefully VK coming in and i'm not sure if Laf plays RW?
 
Kupo said:
And Trouba had a good series, but I don’t see you throwing any praise his way.
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I don’t know, I see a lot of neutral fans saying he had a horrible series. I think all our dmen were bad. DeAngelo was obviously hurt and was not making smart decisions, Fox just looked like a fish out of water, Trouba was physical as we all expected he’d be, but you can get that for an awful lot less than his monster contract, and he literally handed the nail in the coffin to Aho. Second season in a row that Troubas season was ended by his awful giveaway. I would say Smith was the best overall dman, but even he had some brutal moments too. Smith had higher highs, but Lindgren was all around not terrible.
 
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I don’t know, I see a lot of neutral fans saying he had a horrible series. I think all our dmen were bad. DeAngelo was obviously hurt and was not making smart decisions, Fox just looked like a fish out of water, Trouba was physical as we all expected he’d be, but you can get that for an awful lot less than his monster contract, and he literally handed the nail in the coffin to Aho. Second season in a row that Troubas season was ended by his awful giveaway. I would say Smith was the best overall dman, but even he had some brutal moments too. Smith had higher highs, but Lindgren was all around not terrible.
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The nail was in the coffin when we got stoned by Reimer all game. The missed chances did us in.
 
Rangers394 said:
Say we land Lafreniere, does he play in the top 6 or do we start him on line 3? Panarin and Kreider are our top 6 LWs, unless they move Laf to RW but at RW we have Kakko, Buch and hopefully VK coming in and i'm not sure if Laf plays RW?
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He can play RW and i would guess Buchnevich trade rumours will pop up
 
EdJovanovski said:
I don’t know, I see a lot of neutral fans saying he had a horrible series. I think all our dmen were bad. DeAngelo was obviously hurt and was not making smart decisions, Fox just looked like a fish out of water, Trouba was physical as we all expected he’d be, but you can get that for an awful lot less than his monster contract, and he literally handed the nail in the coffin to Aho. Second season in a row that Troubas season was ended by his awful giveaway. I would say Smith was the best overall dman, but even he had some brutal moments too. Smith had higher highs, but Lindgren was all around not terrible.
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Those neutral fans are idiots.

He was the best D on this team for the 3 games they played. That isn't saying much as the group all together was not good but he and Smith were the only 2 I would say played well.

If you want to see a player who had a horrible series, look at Staal. Now that guy was f***ing flat out brutal and was directly responsible for the game winning goals against in both games 1 and 3.
 
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aufheben said:
Sweet, another forward prospect that will utterly fail to meet expectations. I can’t wait.
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gee, “we didn’t know he had a big city phobia . . . Rangers now have a shrink traveling with the team, etc”
 
Riche16 said:
Ummm it’s 2020... are people REALLY counting on some unprecedented LUCK to win the lottery?!?!

12.5%

LOL

I will get an “I was wrong” tattoo if this happens

(Author note: I have zero tattoos and am 46 yrs old for context)
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Unprecedented? Your memory is short lol.
 
EdJovanovski said:
I don’t know, I see a lot of neutral fans saying he had a horrible series. I think all our dmen were bad. DeAngelo was obviously hurt and was not making smart decisions, Fox just looked like a fish out of water, Trouba was physical as we all expected he’d be, but you can get that for an awful lot less than his monster contract, and he literally handed the nail in the coffin to Aho. Second season in a row that Troubas season was ended by his awful giveaway. I would say Smith was the best overall dman, but even he had some brutal moments too. Smith had higher highs, but Lindgren was all around not terrible.
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Alarming that giving someone a 1-on-1 with DeAngelo is considered a nail in the coffin, but ok.
 
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Rangers394 said:
Say we land Lafreniere, does he play in the top 6 or do we start him on line 3? Panarin and Kreider are our top 6 LWs, unless they move Laf to RW but at RW we have Kakko, Buch and hopefully VK coming in and i'm not sure if Laf plays RW?
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He could step in next year and play in the top-six. He's not quite MacKinnon level but he's pretty darn close.

However, there'd be nothing wrong with putting him on the 3rd line to start. Gives him time to adjust and if he doesn't need the adjustment period then he solves one of our biggest needs: scoring depth up front.

The really exceptional part about Lafreniere is his attitude. He has that "I'll do whatever makes the team better" attitude. So as far as LW or RW, I'm sure they could try him on his off-wing and he'd give it his best effort. He has, however, played pretty much exclusively on the left. The biggest question there though is this: Can he play center? Usually guys come in as centers from junior and move to wing, but a few guys have gone the other way. I don't think a team would mess with that in his first couple seasons but I could see them trying it down the line.

Also, if by some miracle the Rangers win the lottery, I wouldn't expect Kravtsov to be in the organization too much longer. He'd immediately become a major trade chip to start addressing other needs. Same could possibly be said for Buchnevich.
 
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Trxjw said:
He could step in next year and play in the top-six. He's not quite MacKinnon level but he's pretty darn close.

However, there'd be nothing wrong with putting him on the 3rd line to start. Gives him time to adjust and if he doesn't need the adjustment period then he solves one of our biggest needs: scoring depth up front.

The really exceptional part about Lafreniere is his attitude. He has that "I'll do whatever makes the team better" attitude. So as far as LW or RW, I'm sure they could try him on his off-wing and he'd give it his best effort. He has, however, played pretty much exclusively on the left. The biggest question there though is this: Can he play center? Usually guys come in as centers from junior and move to wing, but a few guys have gone the other way. I don't think a team would mess with that in his first couple seasons but I could see them trying it down the line.

Also, if by some miracle the Rangers win the lottery, I wouldn't expect Kravtsov to be in the organization too much longer. He'd immediately become a major trade chip to start addressing other needs. Same could possibly be said for Buchnevich.
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I mean, I can see one or the other, but not both. You still need a second top 6 RW besides Kakko.
 
bubba5 said:
Trouba was terrible. Worst defenseman by far.
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I mean, I can see one or the other, but not both. You still need a second top 6 RW besides Kakko.
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Their other top-six RW would be a re-signed Fast. As much as people expect a top-six full of high-skill players, sometimes you just need a guy like Fast there to stir the drink. Plus if you can get a good center for Panarin then you can easily have a "passenger type" with Kreider/Zib and Panarin/C-TBD.

Kravtsov still hasn't proven he can be a high quality AHLer, let alone NHLer, so you can't put him in the mix as as roster option barring some serious luck. I also don't think it's a guarantee that he's a RW in the NHL. He's had most of his success on the left.

As far as Buch goes, the Rangers would have Kreider, Panarin, Kakko, and Lafreniere on the wings. That's a pretty darn high-end group while you're looking at Brendan Smith as their top LD and Ryan Strome as their #2C. I would expect they'd be more than willing to see if they can parlay Buch into addressing one of those needs.
 
Our chances of getting Lanfreniere after being down 2-0 to CAR were roughly the same as our chances of coming back to win the series. So if you didn't think we had any chance to win the series at that point it's a bit weird to be discussing Lafreniere hypotheticals.
 
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Our chances of getting Lanfreniere after being down 2-0 to CAR were roughly the same as our chances of coming back to win the series. So if you didn't think we had any chance to win the series at that point it's a bit weird to be discussing Lafreniere hypotheticals.
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Down 0-2 there was a 12.5% chance of coming back if you thought each game was 50/50. Reading the pulse of the board, I don't think many thought each game was 50/50. And most Ranger fans seem to think there's a 3% or less chance of hitting on our 12.5% so you seem to be preaching to the choir?
 
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