Confirmed with Link: Rangers Agree to Terms with Matt Puempel

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Exactly. With first, second line, and power play ice-time, Puempel is probably a 20 goal/35 point scorer.

Doesn't mean the Rangers should be using him that way.

Fast and Lindberg are what they are, but do not have the same offensive upside.

Depends what LV is looking for when they draft a Ranger.

I think Lindberg has a higher ceiling than Puempel. He won the Swedish equivalent of the Conn Smythe. He has the tools to be a solid middle-6 center with PP minutes

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Encites rage.

*Angerz intensifies*

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

How does Puempel have a higher offensively ceiling than Lindberg or Fast? The guy can't even crack lineups as an NHL regular. He barely has any upside. He's 23/24 now.

Lindberg had 28 pts, 13 goals in his first season in only 68 games. This season he had 20 pts after having an absolutely garbage first half. Fast had a 30 pt year last year.

I don't see any tools from Puempel that make him particularly better offensively. Puckhandling? I'd say Lindberg is better. Shooting? Sure, better than Fast at it, but probably not Lindberg. Playmaking? He sucks at passing. IQ? He's not some super smart player.

Puempel is a very limited player offensively, and really won't have any impact defensively. Tldr; He's the definition of a useless player.

 

[True Blue]

Exactly. With first, second line, and power play ice-time, Puempel is probably a 20 goal/35 point scorer.

Wow. Puempel in his career has 10 goals in 79 games. This year he managed 6 iin 40. And now he is going to net 20?

He has size, he has speed and yet he cannot actually do anything on the ice. And pretty sure he has no idea of where the defensive zone is.

Doesn't mean the Rangers should be using him that way.

He belongs as a top 9 forward only slightly more than I do.

Fast and Lindberg are what they are, but do not have the same offensive upside.

What they are are legit NHL players. What he is, he is. A waiver wire level player.

 

[NCRanger]

Wow. Puempel in his career has 10 goals in 79 games. This year he managed 6 iin 40. And now he is going to net 20?

He has size, he has speed and yet he cannot actually do anything on the ice. And pretty sure he has no idea of where the defensive zone is.

He belongs as a top 9 forward only slightly more than I do.

What they are are legit NHL players. What he is, he is. A waiver wire level player.

And when has Puempel played with top line players consistently?

Just because he probably could net 20 if he played 20 minutes a night on a top line doesn't mean he wouldn't be a -35.

Fast or Lindberg would not be in the Top 6 anywhere they would play -- even on an expansion team. They are QUALITY 3rd line players that could chip in occasionally on a second line. They aren't solely offensive minded players that get limited ice time in limited appearances.

Puempel is a waste playing on a 4th line. He's an offensive minded player. He's not good. I'm not implying that. I'm merely stating that on what would most likely be a bad team, he could be somewhat of a point producer. There are plenty of cases throughout history that a first year expansion team has a guy or two that are generally bad players that led the team in scoring just because they had some experience and then got double the ice time.

 

[True Blue]

And when has Puempel played with top line players consistently?

And when has he ever shown that he needs to be inserted on top?

Fast or Lindberg would not be in the Top 6 anywhere they would play -- even on an expansion team. They are QUALITY 3rd line players that could chip in occasionally on a second line. They aren't solely offensive minded players that get limited ice time in limited appearances.

No one is saying that they are top 6.

Puempel is a waste playing on a 4th line. He's an offensive minded player.

He is a waste on any line.

He's not good. I'm not implying that. I'm merely stating that on what would most likely be a bad team, he could be somewhat of a point producer.

If he is not good, then why would he be on the top-6?

 

[Inferno]

puempel is awful. id rather dress 7 defenseman than put him out there.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

puempel is awful. id rather dress 7 defenseman than put him out there.

I would go as far as to say we would not have re-signed him, if we didn't have the expansion draft

 

[cwede]

I would go as far as to say we would not have re-signed him, if we didn't have the expansion draft

we wouldnt have resigned him early, for sure

i'd have QO'd him with an eye towards a swap for another team's young top 50 pick who similarly hadn't 'put it all together yet' - as with Werek/Lindberg or Etem/Jensen

 

[Vitto79]

I would go as far as to say we would not have re-signed him, if we didn't have the expansion draft

Jeesh give the kid a chance lol . I'm sure the rangers are ok w paying him to play in Hartford if he doesn't perform for a year . No cap hit

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Jeesh give the kid a chance lol . I'm sure the rangers are ok w paying him to play in Hartford if he doesn't perform for a year . No cap hit

I have nothing against Puempel, but he's a dime-a-dozen player. Waiver fodder. They signed him to be expansion draft compliant, nothing more.