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Speculation: Who Will the Rangers Target At the Center Position this Summer?

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bobbop said:
Stastny would be a perfect fit...good skater, good defensively, great faceoff man and much more. Anyone who thinks he's not capable wasn't watching him enough this year.

Unfortunately the dollars just don't add up.
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And probably the length of the contract.
 
bobbop said:
Stastny would be a perfect fit...good skater, good defensively, great faceoff man and much more. Anyone who thinks he's not capable wasn't watching him enough this year.

Unfortunately the dollars just don't add up.
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good skater?

i just dont get that. i dont see how anyone could call his skating good.

To me his skating is just a bit better than Richards' skating. which means when he gets slower...its REALLY going to show.
 
I find it funny when people say Stastny is a #1 center but then fight to the death on why Stepan isn't.
 
I may be in the minority here but I don't want them getting any big name centers this off season. I'd rather run with Stepan, Brass, Miller and Lindberg(if Boyle or D. Moore don't return) to start the season down the middle. Work on getting the core guys signed and having enough for next off season as well (Stepan, Hags, J. Moore and Staal). See what these young guys can do and then maybe grab a rental at the deadline to improve on the 1C or 2C area for the playoffs. Signing a big FA this off season will just put the core of this team in trouble.
 
For what it's worth: It's either we give Miller the 2C/3C role or we put Miller in a deal and go get Ryan O'Reilly, who would excel and form an incredible two-punch C combo with Stepan for the next 6-8 years.

Kreider-O'Reilly-Nash
Hagelin-Stepan-St.Louis
UFA/Kristo-Brassard-Zuccarello

That's a good forward group.

I'd also like to shop Nash's contract for whatever we can get to cure our cap issues, but that's another discussion.
 
Kristo is A) a RW and B) absolutely clueless when he's doing anything other than attacking the net.

Perhaps he'll grow up tons and tons over the summer, but as of the end of last year, he's firmly lodged behind Miller, Fast, Lindberg, potentially Haggerty and maybe even Duclair on the depth chart. Heck, for a bottom 6 role, Hrivik and Bourque may be ahead of him too.
 
Raspewtin said:
I find it funny when people say Stastny is a #1 center but then fight to the death on why Stepan isn't.
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I don't think either is. Even when they play 19+ minutes, if you're not getting like 65+ points in a full season, you're really not a 1C. Stepan was in the second half of '12-13.
 
BrooklynRangersFan said:
Kristo is A) a RW and B) absolutely clueless when he's doing anything other than attacking the net.

Perhaps he'll grow up tons and tons over the summer, but as of the end of last year, he's firmly lodged behind Miller, Fast, Lindberg, potentially Haggerty and maybe even Duclair on the depth chart. Heck, for a bottom 6 role, Hrivik and Bourque may be ahead of him too.
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Legit interested to know.

This opinion of Kristo, what is it based on?
 
BobMarleyNYR said:
I don't think either is. Even when they play 19+ minutes, if you're not getting like 65+ points in a full season, you're really not a 1C. Stepan was in the second half of '12-13.
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So based on the number u posted there's not to many number 1 centers in the NHL nowadays

Because by my count only 16 centers reached that number.

Actually. Only 31 players in the whole league hit that number.

I think u need to rethink what a 1st line center and isnt.
 
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BobMarleyNYR said:
Seriously, why Kristo? I want to know.
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I'm not in love with him, but he's the closest thing we have to a potential replacement for Pouliot. Fast is a RW too. Lindberg seems like he'd be much better suited in a C role, which may mean fourth line duties to start. It doesn't matter what happens, but I think there will be one available job open in the top nine for one of our prospects to try and earn in camp, and if AV has shown us anything, he'd be willing to take a gamble on a player in that spot, regardless of who takes it -- that doesn't matter. It's now or never for a few guys, primarily Kristo.

FITW: I love what Fast brings and when push comes to shove, I'd rather play Fast than a Dorsett IMO. Feel like a fourth line of Boyle-Moore-Fast would give us the same amount of juice it gave us in the postseason with a little more oomph due to Fast's age and younger legs.

I wouldn't trade for a C. If the organization signs Stastny, hopefully it's a six-year deal, but he's definitely going to want nothing less than seven. Moving forward our core (to me, anyway) is: Stepan, Kreider, Hagelin, Zuccarello, McDonagh, Girardi, one of Staal/Stralman and Lundqvist. They'd still be missing a top-six center (pray for Miller). The only player in the NHL with the skillset/ability, playing style, age and fit for this team is Ryan O'Reilly. He's the only player you make Miller available for because you HOPE Miller develops into what he is at the moment.
 
I think they look hard at Legwand honestly. Shorter contract. I wouldn't be surprised to see them express interest in Ott either as a winger who can take face offs as well.
 
BrooklynRangersFan said:
Kristo is A) a RW and B) absolutely clueless when he's doing anything other than attacking the net.

Perhaps he'll grow up tons and tons over the summer, but as of the end of last year, he's firmly lodged behind Miller, Fast, Lindberg, potentially Haggerty and maybe even Duclair on the depth chart. Heck, for a bottom 6 role, Hrivik and Bourque may be ahead of him too.
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Kristo doesn't even have his photo in NHL14 :sarcasm:
 
Cake or Death said:
The injuries bug me, but different strokes. On sheer eye test, he is about as good a 3C as you'll find, so I can buy into your rationale. Frankly, I don't have a better solution than you (or anyone in here) since I believe we only have one active center signed. Without knowing what the team's intentions are or what they have working right now, there are way too many holes for me to guess at.
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To me, you're transitioning J.T. Miller into that spot anyways, so if he gets 15ish games this year in that spot, it's not a big deal.
 
pld459666 said:
Legit interested to know.

This opinion of Kristo, what is it based on?
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The fact that I watched more than half of Hartford's games last year.

There's no question he's got a scorer's touch when he's got the puck on his stick within 30' of the net. But he is a nightmare in his own zone, a puck hog in transition and makes Richards-at-his-worst type passes at the blueline.

Hopefully he grows up, because the scoring touch off a right-handed shot would be a nice addition.
 
BrooklynRangersFan said:
The fact that I watched more than half of Hartford's games last year.

There's no question he's got a scorer's touch when he's got the puck on his stick within 30' of the net. But he is a nightmare in his own zone, a puck hog in transition and makes Richards-at-his-worst type passes at the blueline.

Hopefully he grows up, because the scoring touch off a right-handed shot would be a nice addition.
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Sometimes a team needs a couple of those guys on the team though. Michael Ryder is God awful defensively. He has made a nice career. PAP is another one. Feast on the PP. There's value there especially on a 3rd line playing sheltered 5v5 minutes
 
BobMarleyNYR said:
I don't think either is. Even when they play 19+ minutes, if you're not getting like 65+ points in a full season, you're really not a 1C. Stepan was in the second half of '12-13.
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So there's like 13 #1C's in the league and the rest are just 2Cs.

Okay.
 
BrooklynRangersFan said:
The fact that I watched more than half of Hartford's games last year.

There's no question he's got a scorer's touch when he's got the puck on his stick within 30' of the net. But he is a nightmare in his own zone, a puck hog in transition and makes Richards-at-his-worst type passes at the blueline.

Hopefully he grows up, because the scoring touch off a right-handed shot would be a nice addition.
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How did Chris McCarthy look? He's a big, right-handed center we signed out of Vermont
 
I think they play Miller at center. See what he can do. Look at moving Staal during the season if they can't sign him and focus on Stamkos next year.
 
Roll with Miller.

I wouldn't be scared to pair Miller with MSL if the Rangers had to. Why? MSL was on a line with two rookies this past season in Palat and Johnson when Stamkos went down. Look how they developed. They played well when St. Louis left, but I believe MSL kick started them.
 
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