Confirmed Trade: [NYR/CHI/ARI] Kane (@25%) and Zech to NYR; Welinski, Saarijarvi, ‘23 2nd (top 10 prot ‘24 1st if NYR make ECF), ‘25 4th to CHI; c. ‘25 3rd to ARI

[JayDog16]

Can the Rags get a refund on both Kane and Tarasenko? Asking for a friend.

 

[BusQuets]

oof

 

[notbias]

Jealous of what?

I'm assuming recent cups would be a good one, but I'm a Leafs fan, what do I know...

 

[BrockLobster]

For the greatest team ever constructed they certainly struggle w non playoff teams

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

playoff gdt gonna be fun for the mods this year lol

 

[Jauffre]

For the greatest team ever constructed they certainly struggle w non playoff teams

Bad hockey from the Rangers lately no doubt. But still, Kane's first game. No Lindgren, no Miller, 11F 5D vs. a young, hungry, actually pretty decent Senators team.

Who btw are 4 pts in back of you, with 3 games in hand.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

88 looks dumb on kane

 

[Canucks LB]

Here is what I don't get
Rangers clearly needed Two way high impact players to compliment the team.
Instead they go for 2 pure offensive guys
Seems like pretty bad construction
So they will probably win the cup lmao

 

[BrockLobster]

Bad hockey from the Rangers lately no doubt. But still, Kane's first game. No Lindgren, no Miller, 11F 5D vs. a young, hungry, actually pretty decent Senators team.

Who btw are 4 pts in back of you, with 3 games in hand.

Im well aware. I check the rear view mirror often

 

[bernmeister]

Can the Rags get a refund on both Kane and Tarasenko? Asking for a friend.

While neither move should have been made in the first place b'c it works vs team going forward beyond this season, given what is, and not what should be, these 2 move will not hurt during the balance of the regular campaign. Howev, when we get into playoffs, remember, that while neither Kane nor bread are creampuffs, we had to import Goodrow to have a skilled guy protect him post season. If he is on a line w/Kreider, and K has to take out the fists and breaks his hand, it will not be good. So PP or regular season, no big whoop, no worries. But playoffs it remains to be seen if these guys can do enough razzle dazzle at lightning speed to get ahead of the Wilson types there to rough them up.

Bad hockey from the Rangers lately no doubt. But still, Kane's first game. No Lindgren, no Miller, 11F 5D vs. a young, hungry, actually pretty decent Senators team.

Who btw are 4 pts in back of you, with 3 games in hand.

Sens have largely turned the corner and are more than decent, actually good -- not yet great, but really good.

Rs as noted, w/o 2 of 3 top LD.
Clearly on 2nd game in 2 nites, incl travel, they were out of gas 3rd per.

Only beef/? I have is why not willing to do essentially Shesterkin for Sanderson.
Rs need cap relief to extend NOT BRIDGE chytil + KAM.
No moves until Trouba/bread deals have no nmc applicable.
Rs have Garand + Halak + ufa Talbot taking less for a yr gives cap room and churns netminder position to be younger = more cap for rest of the team.

 

[HFBS]

Can the Rags get a refund on both Kane and Tarasenko? Asking for a friend.

Obviously not too many friends because 90% of hockey fans in NY area are Ranger fans. Be interesting to see if you or the shmevils have 5.1% of the rest.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Say what you want, Kane sells tickets and puts butts into seats.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Man... Kaner has sucked in his first 2 games as a Ranger...

Game 2 worse what game 1.

 

[ForsbergForever]

Rangers are a mess since the trade... they better pray that the chemistry comes together or it's going to be a waste of 8 days come April.

 

[loosemoose]

Kane looks like he's cooked.

 

[Sdevils42]

Say what you want, Kane sells tickets and puts butts into seats.

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That’s what this trade was about

 

[Machinehead]

Here is what I don't get
Rangers clearly needed Two way high impact players to compliment the team.
Instead they go for 2 pure offensive guys
Seems like pretty bad construction
So they will probably win the cup lmao

Adding offense was absolutely the right call. The Rangers don't score enough. I think people just read the names in the lineup and assume they do.

The problem is, the Rangers keep throwing forwards at it, and their offense sucks because Fox is the only defenseman they have that moves the puck at an NHL level.

Miller, Lindgren, Trouba, Schneider, and Mikkola are all "heave it off the boards" guys, four of them are playing together even if the team is healthy.

And then we're gonna sit here and wonder why Panarin, Kane, and Tarasenko aren't tearing teams up off the rush. What rush?

 

[BrockLobster]

Say what you want, Kane sells tickets and puts butts into seats.

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People are spending $150 on a jersey for a player here for 8 weeks?

 

[smoneil]

Rangers are a mess since the trade... they better pray that the chemistry comes together or it's going to be a waste of 8 days come April.

Partly about figuring out the chemistry. Mostly about having to manage two men short AND working around GG's idiocy. He's already down a forward, so what does he do? He shortens his bench even further, only playing 5 guys with any kind of regularity (the line that scored both goals was getting ~12 minutes today). The players missing from the blueline are also throwing everything out of whack. At full strength, not only would the Rangers have 6 defensemen instead of 5, but one of their current 5 guys would be the #6 d-man (Mikkola), and another would be scratched (Harpur). Right now, I think the team is just trying to get through this mess (to be fair, a mess largely of their own creation due to cap finagling and K'AM's spitting incident), and then worry about finding the chemistry later.

I HOPE that GG over-played the 5 guys at the top to help them start finding that chemistry (since he knows the kid line already have it), but knowing him, the new shiny toys are just his latest excuse to use one of his more effective lines as a 4th line.

 

[DVision44]

Adding offense was absolutely the right call. The Rangers don't score enough. I think people just read the names in the lineup and assume they do.

The problem is, the Rangers keep throwing forwards at it, and their offense sucks because Fox is the only defenseman they have that moves the puck at an NHL level.

Miller, Lindgren, Trouba, Schneider, and Mikkola are all "heave it off the boards" guys, four of them are playing together even if the team is healthy.

And then we're gonna sit here and wonder why Panarin, Kane, and Tarasenko aren't tearing teams up off the rush. What rush?

The fact that those 3 look pretty slow and lazy could be a problem too

 

[Barry Tallackson]

Kane looks cooked

 

[Machinehead]

The fact that they all look pretty slow and lazy could be a problem too

Hard to look fast and energetic when getting through the neutral zone is like navigating a minefield.

Not to mention how useless PP2 is because Trouba has as much skill as I do.

The Rangers need a PMD. That's issues 1 through 100 with the team right now.

 

[Breakers]

Im guessing it’s Kane, Panarin trocheck is a line?

Becuase from an underlying standpoint they were worst 3 players on the ice for either team.

 

[megajake]

Everyone knew Kane was dust, only Rags fans lying to themselves

 

[Nakawick]

Sounds like the Rangers are prime candidates to implode down the stretch.