Hunter Gathers
The Crown
Yes, that's basically Ryan Getzlaf lite at that point
That's not the worst comparison. Minimum wage Getzlaf minus some of the nastiness.
Yes, that's basically Ryan Getzlaf lite at that point
This team needs to make a trade for a head of hair to be Hank’s eventual replacement if they want to go anywhereAlso, a much better head of hair than either Step or Getz.
I still don't see them getting past Pittsburgh, as long as Pittsburgh can get past the Flyers.YES!! this board will explode (and not in a good way) if they lift the Cup together (with Cally and JT)
OMG Jack Hughes is practically a fetus. He's my younger son's age.This is exactly what I was talking about! Clowns are going to come out and want to just perpetually tank.
in terms of goaltending..I think they have Hank's successor- Shestyorkin
HFNYR is a punch line!Guy walks into a thread and a "who watches more prospects" fight breaks out
We now need to find another humble, soft spoken, lead-by-example-not-voice type of player to give the C to to replace McD. Zucc has a ton of energy, doesn’t back down from anyone, is a top point producer on the ice for us, has the respect from his peers, and worst of all is vocal and leads in the locker room. He’ll get the A if he’s lucky. Kreider is pretty quiet, humble, is a point leader on the ice for us and most importantly speaks multiple languages so he will definitely will be the RangersTown choice of C irrespective of actual leadership skills of course.
I can picture 'ol Glen walking up to JT smiling with his unlit cigar in a corner of his mouth doing exactly what he did to Miller.
Can you imagine the feeling with another few hours left in your flight? What a ****ty way to find that out.
Best of luck to Namestnikov.
Also, I was really high on Howden and Hajek. Hajek especially has been trending upwards a lot. When I heard your GM specifically asked for Hajek, it made me think he also suspects he has a lot of growth potential and supported my hunch that he's going to be a really good player.
In a couple of years the Lightning will feel the true cost of this trade when they see Howden' s and Hajek's development. Best of luck to them.
What's the downside on Tkachuk?
Sooo we will probably draft him.Not elite offensive skill, not a big goal-scorer, not a great skater.
I think he's a nice pick at 7-10. I will flip if we got a top 5 pick and picked him. Actually I'm hoping that if we pick in the 4-7 range some team ahead of us will pick him to hopefully free up one of the talented dmen for us.Not elite offensive skill, not a big goal-scorer, not a great skater.
I guess my biggest concern is that you NEED star power. You need that big 1-2 punch. You have to have guys that scare the other team. I feel like as 'good' as any of these prospects turn out to be, whether that be the picks from TB or the Anderssons or Chytils, where are the Rangers going to get the true stars from? Are they banking on who they draft? They're not going to land a McDavid, Matthews, etc. Chances are they are going to have to acquire them. Is that possible? Do they even have anything left to give? Because as someone else mentioned, we'll just end up where we were without the big bombers.
The teams that win the Cup acquire their best players through the draft.
Welcome to the club :/I used to watch a lot of college hockey...then life happened...now I'm barely able to watch all the nyr games.
Every Cup winning team is different. The 1994 team was built with some home grown talent in Leetch, Richter, Kovalev and Zubov but the rest was acquired through trades and free agency.
The teams that win the Cup acquire their best players through the draft.