Kassian is a maybe. Slepyshev is huge long shot.
Is McDonagh scoring goals too?
Using a 2 time championships team as example is not a good choice. Teams win championships because of great defense with the exception of last year Pitts. Chicago won 3 cups without a #2C. Pitts won cups without any wingers. Boston won a cup with a lack of forward depth. LA won cups with tight offense
I haven't figure that out either, which is why I haven't been suggesting it. 2 guys I would like out of the Rangers (besides the obvious guys) are Grabner and Holden, as veteran depth.
Grabner would be a real good pickup, add some much needed speed to our middle 6, and I believe he's really good on the PK
It's not out of the realm of possibility to suggest that McDonagh could be on his way out if NYR decides to rebuild. What exactly do they have use for him? With him, NYR is not finishing in the bottom 5 but probably won't be good enough to make the playoffs. Just an endless cycle of mediocrity. We seen that before. By the time NYR is competitive again he would already be on the decline. Trading him and getting assets back for a rebuilding team makes more sense
Listed as RD on CapFriendly, I have no reason to think otherwise, it's why I see him as a fit as well. The Rangers have Shattenkirk, Smith, Deangelo and Kampfer as their other RD.
I think a D core of
Nobody is going to be giving us a top 4 D this early in the year. Said it time and time again the opportunity to upgrade was in the offseason.
I don't know. Other than the ones that were moved I really don't know. Only Chia knows that. Doing nothing was not the answer and it's evident now more than ever.
Not directly but I think it was naïve to believe some regression would not occur. Is anyone playing at the same level they were last year? I also still don't like the Gryba/Auvitu pairing.
I thought the Vancouver loss was Benning/Russell's fault but whatever.
Again, they are struggling and might want a change, and that assumption of both "you can't make trades now" and "you should have fixed this largely unexpected result in the offseason" holds back any meaningful discussion.
I mean it's possible, it's just that it was a better idea before because then you're bringing in a player who gets a TC and pre-season with his new teammates. And I don't know what you mean by "unexpected result". Maybe yes the team wasn't expected to completely fall off the map but the Sekera injury was known for months and he would be missed.
