Ghost of jas
Unsatisfied
Trade Zucc for a mid 1st.
Attach pick(s) to that pick and hope a team bites.
I think a more likely scenario is to move Zuccarello and the Rangers 1st to move up and get a prospect back, also.
Trade Zucc for a mid 1st.
Attach pick(s) to that pick and hope a team bites.
Is Zadina really that good? I know I would certainly not do that for Boqvist. There will still be top flight D men left at our position
OverpaymentRyan (50% retained) + Ottawa 1st (2018)
for
Spooner
We discussed this after the Rangers got eliminated against TB. You thought they needed to make the team not so chummy. Maybe some new younger voices needed to emerge, and by moving out Stepan, Girardi, Nash and McDonagh, it opened up space for Kreider, Hayes, Zibanejad and Fast to start leading.
There is definitely a culture here that has been way too relaxed and to me that starts w/ AV more so than even the players. I was not Torts' biggest fans, but he did get a lot out of his talent, even if he was over the top with his yelling. AV seems to be stuck in his ways, let's the inmates run the asylum, and a culture of acceptance. I feel like the only one who really is animated after a loss and really cares is Hank, and it's kind of ironic that he's the focal point of AV's logic why the team is so bad this year.I never could quite shake the feeling that the group was a little too friendly.
Interestingly enough, Brooks has intimated as such a few times in the years since the TB series --- when discussing the acquisition and banishment of Smith, and several others times as the Rangers have moved certain core pieces from that team.
So it's at least possible that I wasn't alone in that feeling.
I never could quite shake the feeling that the group was a little too friendly.
Interestingly enough, Brooks has intimated as such a few times in the years since the TB series --- when discussing the acquisition and banishment of Smith, and several others times as the Rangers have moved certain core pieces from that team.
So it's at least possible that I wasn't alone in that feeling.
I wonder what impact the play of the players you described as wanting to remain Rangers has on the approach of management this off-season, most notably Kreider and Zibanejad. No one was supposedly untouchable except Henke. Gorton has said he knows how other teams value his players. I have repeatedly wondered if this is the new norm for both players, and how, if it is, that impacts how Gorton moves forward.
The further down we go in the draft order, the more I want to pick defense with our early pick. The BPA will likely be a defenseman in that area unless a guy like Wahlstrom inexplicably falls.
Bouchard, Bokk/Kravtsov, and Samuelsson/Miller is a home run of a first round haul.
Another riser, IMO, is Johnny Gruden. Plays with Wise and Farabee. Think he'd be a steal in the 3rd round or later.
Don't disagree. I happen to think that one of Lundkvist, Sandin, or Woo will be there with our first second rounder. Lundkvist is going to be a riser in many draft boards, we'll see about him. Samuelsson may even go earlier than Tampa's 1st; I can see a team swing for the fences on him between 15 and 25. A lot van happen between now and then.Change Samuelsson to Lundkvist/Sandin and i'm with you.
Ottawa was willing to give away Karlsson to give away Ryan. Dealing Ryan is literally the most important thing they do moving fwd. They are so financially tight that anything they can do to breathe is a good thing. Point is this, maybe we say "hey take this third rounder and a prospect as well" so they can sell it to their fan base.
Dylan McIlrath had a high ceiling too.No way am I taking Samuelsson with our first round pick, that has Dylan McIlrath written all over it. Can we go for a guy with a high ceiling please?
I'd rather go for Bokk.Dylan McIlrath had a high ceiling too.
Samuelsson, like McIlrath, is the definition of a swing for the fences pick. I'd have no problem taking him if the Rangers took another "safer" player like Bouchard or Smith earlier on.
Ryan at 50% cap hit is 3.625M. Now that probably means we would have to trade one of our RFA's, but if that gets us a top 5 pick is it worth it?