Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXVI

[UAGoalieGuy]

huge for Avs. Now they have MacKinnon, Rantanen, Landeskog and Kuznetsov.

Did you mean Burakovsky?

 

[kovazub94]

Did you mean Burakovsky?

Kadri is my guess

 

[Tob]

Did I miss something?

Did you mean Burakovsky?

The Caps scored 5 in the last ~20 minutes in a come back win after Toews did the Kuzy and pissed off the Caps

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Why couldn't we sign Brad Richardson instead of f***ing Rooney and Jack Johnson?? He's what we need more of.

 

[Rangeri]

How will the Rangers afford him?

Dunn hasn't done anything yet. Cap hit should be relatively cheap still. Its like 2 - 3,5m or something like that. Surely we can afford that.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Why couldn't we sign Brad Richardson instead of f***ing Rooney and Jack Johnson?? He's what we need more of.

Are we going to see this after every halfway mediocre player signs

 

[kovazub94]

Are we going to see this after every halfway mediocre player signs

Anything less and it wouldn't be HFNYR. We have to maintain the high standard on bitching and moaning.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Interesting to see what JD said about the JJ signing in Vince's writeup of the presser today:

Davidson pointing to the short length of the contract brought the focus back to the prevailing theme of keeping roster spots open for the Rangers' deep pool of prospects.

"The biggest thing is, let’s think about the future here," he said. "When we think about Matthew Robertson, Braden Schneider, Zac Jones — they’re all 19 years of age. All defensemen. Nils Lundkvist and K’Andre Miller, they’re 20 years of age. So, our future, in realistic terms, is ahead of us. We have to continue to keep that as a goal."

5 takeaways from NY Rangers on Alexis Lafrenière and NHL free agency

Interesting that he mentions Jones with the others. (But not Reunanen or Hajek.)

 

[Tob]

Lock this thread.

 

[Edge]

Interesting to see what JD said about the JJ signing in Vince's writeup of the presser today:



5 takeaways from NY Rangers on Alexis Lafrenière and NHL free agency

Interesting that he mentions Jones with the others. (But not Reunanen or Hajek.)

In fairness, we all do that to some extent. I think he was mainly pointing to guys who haven't even yet played a pro game and probably just forgot Reunanen.

 

[Crease]

Lock this thread.

Why couldn’t the Rangers offer him $951K?

 

[Tob]

Why couldn’t the Rangers offer him $951K?

because they signed JJ for $1.15, duh

 

[DutchShamrock]

What the f***, that's a steal for Colorado.

It's almost like you can weaponize cap space and find steals if you show restraint in free agency.

 

[LokiDog]

Chicago with an interesting summer so far. Not bringing back Crawford, adding Janmark and Walmark on cheap short term deals and picking up Zadorov.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

In fairness, we all do that to some extent. I think he was mainly pointing to guys who haven't even yet played a pro game and probably just forgot Reunanen.

Damn it, @Edge, I'm trying to stir controversy here.

In all seriousness, I do think it's also because those are the guys they're focused on longer term – which has no bearing on whether Reunanen has a future in the lineup this year, or in the league for years to come. (Hajek, however, I'm thinking gets a new start elsewhere sooner rather than later.)

 

[Thirty One]

Lock this thread.

 

[Machinehead]

Another serviceable player signing for nothing.

Cool beans.

 

[Tob]

New York Rangers 2020 off season, Erik Haula for $1M or bust.

 

[DutchShamrock]

Chicago with an interesting summer so far. Not bringing back Crawford, adding Janmark and Walmark on cheap short term deals and picking up Zadorov.

Chicago.

Edit: your ghost edit is making me look like a parrot

 

[Edge]

Damn it, @Edge, I'm trying to stir controversy here.

In all seriousness, I do think it's also because those are the guys they're focused on longer term – which has no bearing on whether Reunanen has a future in the lineup this year, or in the league for years to come. (Hajek, however, I'm thinking gets a new start elsewhere sooner rather than later.)

Guys like Hajek, Howden, Lemieux are heading into big years. Whether it's expanded roles with the Rangers, reduced roles, larger contracts down the line, being exposed for expansion purposes, or being packaged to solve a need, all of them are quickly approaching a crossroads with the Rangers.

 

[bl02]

wallmark for under a million Peeps really hurting for cash and in the Rangers case they love Howden

 

[bl02]

Chicago picking up some players that they intend to trade at the tdl

 

[Thirty One]

for the sake of the servers, I hope it's for more than 1.15

 

[Edge]

wallmark for under a million Peeps really hurting for cash and in the Rangers case they love Howden

Zibanejad, Howden, and Chytil, and possibly Strome and Barron at center.

Panarin, Kreider, Lafreniere, Lemieux and possibly Barron at LW.

Kakko, Buchnevich, Gauthier and possibly Kreider at RW.

I don't know if the Rangers and Wallmark are an enticing fit for either side.

 

[rangers1314]

Interesting quote from Gorton below RE: the number of D in the system:

"The other thing to consider is that… eventually, if you have too much of something in one area, that creates a situation where maybe you’re able to trade and go address those needs," Gorton added. "That’s how we think."