Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XXXVI

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[Lion Hound]

Curious to see what transpires with Blais. Being an RFA, what are the Rangers going to do? Coming off a major season ending injury. What will his next contract look like? I know he accompanied the team on a road trip recently. Other then that there isn’t much news on him at all.

 

[LoveGoons]

Motte might be down not for the year but career ending.. neck injuries are no joke..

 

[bl02]

Motte might be down not for the year but career ending.. neck injuries are no joke..

where did you hear it was a neck injury??? Looked like a shoulder injury.

 

[bl02]

Curious to see what transpires with Blais. Being an RFA, what are the Rangers going to do? Coming off a major season ending injury. What will his next contract look like? I know he accompanied the team on a road trip recently. Other then that there isn’t much news on him at all.

with a torn ACL there probably won't be much news at this point. He's only 4 months post surgery.

 

[cwede]

Curious to see what transpires with Blais. Being an RFA, what are the Rangers going to do? Coming off a major season ending injury. What will his next contract look like? I know he accompanied the team on a road trip recently. Other then that there isn’t much news on him at all.

I expect he signs for ~2x$1.7-2M
Some folks may try to argue he's redundant, but next season it'll be other guys who will miss chunks of season

 

[NYR Viper]

I expect he signs for ~2x$1.7-2M
Some folks may try to argue he's redundant, but next season it'll be other guys who will miss chunks of season

I think that if he gets a raise, the team will want term. And based on the fact that he’s going to be coming back from major knee surgery, he may prefer some term. My guess is that next year Blais starts slow and then turns a corner around middle of the year.

I’d offer him:
2 years at $1.6m
3 years at $1.85m

 

[I Eat Crow]

@Richard Banger

Wait what? Who the f*** said Mika came into camp out of shape?

I mean, no one said he was out of shape, but did you watch him the first 10 or 15 games this year and the first half of last year? Last year was long haul COVID, so I give him a pass for that. This year though? Night and day difference from the end of November onwards.

 

[LoveGoons]

where did you hear it was a neck injury??? Looked like a shoulder injury.

I heard this info on a Twitter feed..if it is true it would a dam shame..

 

[IDvsEGO]

I heard this info on a Twitter feed..if it is true it would a dam shame..

i think the initial view looked neck/head, then on replays it was clear it was all shoulder contact.

 

[Doctyl]

Fat lazy out of shape and undedicated Zibanejad and quadriplegic Motte. You guys are off to a great start to this thread lmao

 

[egelband]

Listening to Jeff Marek’s show. It’s clear the Rangers are ‘hot goaliez’. According to the rest of the league. That’s good news. Think that.

 

[haohmaru]

Listening to Jeff Marek’s show. It’s clear the Rangers are ‘hot goaliez’. According to the rest of the league. That’s good news. Think that.

The funny thing about that is that Shesterkin has been fairly pedestrian the last month or so. Good thing, though, if the goalie is already in their head(s).

 

[RangerBoy]

Zibanejad is always a slow starter. In 19-20. Zibanejad would have scored 50 goals if the season wasn't stopped because of Covid. He had 4 goals in October and he got injured in November. He had 6 goals entering December. Mika gets better as the season progresses. The numbers don't lie.

 

[Chytilmania]

Zibanejad is always a slow starter. In 19-20. Zibanejad would have scored 50 goals if the season wasn't stopped because of Covid. He had 4 goals in October and he got injured in November. He had 6 goals entering December. Mika gets better as the season progresses. The numbers don't lie.

And once the stats get wiped clean in the playoffs I think he puts up huge numbers instead of overpassing to Kreider.

 

[ThirdEye]

Listening to Jeff Marek’s show. It’s clear the Rangers are ‘hot goaliez’. According to the rest of the league. That’s good news. Think that.

Since the deadline we’ve been averaging nearly 3.5 goals per game so this is just patently false.

 

[duhmetreE]

This is no where near the same team post-deadline

It's real easy to watch this team pre-deadline, see the additions, and still think we suck 5v5 IF you actually haven't watched us play. We're night and day different.

 

[McRanger92]

Listening to Jeff Marek’s show. It’s clear the Rangers are ‘hot goaliez’. According to the rest of the league. That’s good news. Think that.

This has been my stance all year. I want the league to underestimate the Rangers, its a competitive advantage

 

[Beer League Sniper]

I think we're just a cut below the top contenders of the league (CGY, COL, CAR, FLA, TOR), but we could definitely catch fire and make a deep run. We have a presumptive Vezina finalist, an elite PP, top-10 PK, and very good post-TDL possession numbers. We're going to be a tough out for anyone.

 

[Machinehead]

Listening to Jeff Marek’s show. It’s clear the Rangers are ‘hot goaliez’. According to the rest of the league. That’s good news. Think that.

I like how this is being said the only time this year it hasn't been true.

This is why I don't take people's "eye test" seriously.

 

[GAGLine]

I like how this is being said the only time this year it hasn't been true.

This is why I don't take people's "eye test" seriously.

It's probably not even the eye test, just people regurgitating advanced stats from 4 months ago.

 

[Machinehead]

It's probably not even the eye test, just people regurgitating advanced stats from 4 months ago.

That's what the eye test always is. Regurgitating something you heard.

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Fat lazy out of shape and undedicated Zibanejad and quadriplegic Motte. You guys are off to a great start to this thread lmao

Now we just need to add in Fox played too much golf and wasn't doing 2-a-days in the gym and we have the cliff notes foe the last 100 pages.

 

[WojtekWolski86]

This has been my stance all year. I want the league to underestimate the Rangers, its a competitive advantage

Also easier for a younger team to not have the pressure of expectations. Just watching Toronto crumble over and over again or the huge hurdle Washington needed to overcome mentally.

 

[duhmetreE]

That's what the eye test always is. Regurgitating something you heard.