When Patrick Kane joins the Rangers, they will be a top __ team in the league

[tfwnogf]

Don't see how they get much better with him, Devils in 5 regardless

 

[Machinehead]

The Rangers are better than some of the numbers people are throwing out without Kane lol

 

[Love]

He’ll help obviously but I think another top line centre to go with Zibanejad would be more ideal

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

On paper? Top 3. But actually on the ice? Who knows

 

[QJL]

Zibanejad - top 10 center
Panarin - top 10 winger
Kane - top 20 winger
Kreider - 1st line winger
Tarasenko - low end 1st line winger
Chytil - high end 2nd line center
Trocheck - 2nd line center
Kakko - 2nd line winger
Lafreniere - middle 6 winger
Goodrow - multiple cup winning bottom 6er
Vesey - versatile defensive bottom 6er
Motte - solid 4th liner

Fox - top 5 defender
Miller - low-end #1D
Trouba - physical 2nd pairing defender
Lindgren - solid 2nd pairing defender
Schneider - physical bottom 6 defender
Mikkola - stay at home bottom pairing defender

Shesterkin - shaky season but still top 6-7 goalie in the league
Halak - hot streak backup

The Rangers have all the pieces to win. Nobody is batting in the lineup above their level. Solid top to bottom.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Zibanejad - top 10 center
Panarin - top 10 winger
Kane - top 20 winger
Kreider - 1st line winger
Tarasenko - low end 1st line winger
Chytil - high end 2nd line center
Trocheck - 2nd line center
Kakko - 2nd line winger
Lafreniere - middle 6 winger
Goodrow - multiple cup winning bottom 6er
Vesey - versatile defensive bottom 6er
Motte - solid 4th liner

Fox - top 5 defender
Miller - low-end #1D
Trouba - physical 2nd pairing defender
Lindgren - solid 2nd pairing defender
Schneider - physical bottom 6 defender
Mikkola - stay at home bottom pairing defender

Shesterkin - shaky season but still top 6-7 goalie in the league
Halak - hot streak backup

The Rangers have all the pieces to win. Nobody is batting in the lineup above their level. Solid top to bottom.

Except a good coach , which is pretty important

 

[SUX2BU]

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[Lateralous]

Zibanejad - top 10 center
Panarin - top 10 winger
Kane - top 20 winger
Kreider - 1st line winger
Tarasenko - low end 1st line winger
Chytil - high end 2nd line center
Trocheck - 2nd line center
Kakko - 2nd line winger
Lafreniere - middle 6 winger
Goodrow - multiple cup winning bottom 6er
Vesey - versatile defensive bottom 6er
Motte - solid 4th liner

Fox - top 5 defender
Miller - low-end #1D
Trouba - physical 2nd pairing defender
Lindgren - solid 2nd pairing defender
Schneider - physical bottom 6 defender
Mikkola - stay at home bottom pairing defender

Shesterkin - shaky season but still top 6-7 goalie in the league
Halak - hot streak backup

The Rangers have all the pieces to win. Nobody is batting in the lineup above their level. Solid top to bottom.

You might even say "The New York Rangers are a perfectly built team this year!"

 

[SquidNasty]

And there it is.

Teams I'd least want to run into in a playoff series right now:
1. Boston
2. Tampa
3. Rangers
4. Avs
5. Canes
6. Leafs
7. Devils
8. Dallas
9. Oilers
10. Islanders

 

[blundluntman]

Call me crazy but I say best in the league. Their top 6 is insane and they have Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin in the back end. That's tough to beat.

 

[SimpleJack]

I'd still rank BOS, CAR, TB, COL ahead of them quite handily. So I'll say top 5. Barely.

Quite handily my ass

Call me crazy but I say best in the league. Their top 6 is insane and they have Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin in the back end. That's tough to beat.

That’s also how I view it. Plus their young core also has some experience from last year which should help.

 

[um]

Boston
Colorado
Tampa

Leafs
Rangers
Canes

Devils
Golden Knights
Oilers
Dallas

 

[AfroThunder396]

2023 Pat Kane doesn't move the needle.

 

[983 others]

personally i think they’re #2 behind boston but theres a big group of rangers, leafs, canes, lightning, and maybe avs that are all really close

 

[Deas]

You're adding Patrick Kane while taking really nothing away from the roster. On paper, I'd call them the best team in the league, but in hockey the best team on paper doesn't win all that often still, all things considered.

Myth or just a cliché people like to use. The best team on paper wins now and then.

This makes me think of a comment on a NHL.com FB-post the other day where someone said something about the President Trophy winner only (“only”) getting the cup about 8 out the 30ish last years. If that’s true it’s an argument for the President team being a lot more representated as the cup winning team than others, not an argument for some some kind of President trophy-curse.

Edit: Saw now you wrote “all that often all things considered” and not something like “best team on paper almost never win” so maybe I shouldn’t have directed this to you specifically. The general point is still a good one though in my opinion.

 

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Zibanejad - top 10 center
Panarin - top 10 winger
Kane - top 20 winger
Kreider - 1st line winger
Tarasenko - low end 1st line winger
Chytil - high end 2nd line center
Trocheck - 2nd line center
Kakko - 2nd line winger
Lafreniere - middle 6 winger
Goodrow - multiple cup winning bottom 6er
Vesey - versatile defensive bottom 6er
Motte - solid 4th liner

Fox - top 5 defender
Miller - low-end #1D
Trouba - physical 2nd pairing defender
Lindgren - solid 2nd pairing defender
Schneider - physical bottom 6 defender
Mikkola - stay at home bottom pairing defender

Shesterkin - shaky season but still top 6-7 goalie in the league
Halak - hot streak backup

The Rangers have all the pieces to win. Nobody is batting in the lineup above their level. Solid top to bottom.

This is a very rosy and optimistic evaluation on some of these players.

Kane, Tank, Chytil, Miller are definitely not what you describe them as. Kane maaaaybe can turn it on and get back to that level. Tank isn't a 1st liner this year. Chytil is a decent 2C but certainly not a high end one. He's a player you want as your 3C, which is where the Rangers have him. Miller is not a 1D, full stop. He's just not there yet. Most would have him as a decent 2 or high end 3.

Laf is a 3rd line winger, not middle 6. He doesn't play at a 2nd line level right now.

 

[wintersej]

they already score a lot of goals I don’t think he’ll move that needle as much as people think. His terrible defense won’t help. I’d still say top 10 team and a decent chance the Devils make them 1 and done and make those wasted assets in the Tank/Kane trades

Why does everyone assume that NYR/NJD is the first round matchup? Carolina only up by three points and have another game against NJD in Jersey.

 

[Crede777]

They're going to load up and then get ousted by New Jersey in the first round.

But hopefully it'll help foster a rivalry? Or something? Idk the NHL playoff seeding is stupid.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Im just curious how Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko get on.... since week ago he said Tarasenko moving to Rangers was dissapointing. So now they are team mates will there be bad blood

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Im just curious how Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko get on.... since week ago he said Tarasenko moving to Rangers was dissapointing. So now they are team mates will there be bad blood

Locker Boxing confirmed already for the pre-game practice tomorrow.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’d have them top five.
Behind Boston, Tampa, Carolina and the Avalanche.

 

[TropicOfNoReturn]

Quite handily my ass

 

[Xirik]

Rangers are hard to gauge. They are either a speedy top performance bike or a bike that barely moves forward as the chain is rusty and grinds away.

 

[Bounces R Way]

On paper? Top 3. But actually on the ice? Who knows

This is the correct answer. I think they could use another vet bottom pairing dman. Only an injury away from playing Harpur or Hajek, those players can lose you tight playoff series.

Just ffs make him better than Nemeth.

 

[gump116]

And there it is.

Teams I'd least want to run into in a playoff series right now:
1. Boston
2. Tampa
3. Rangers
4. Avs
5. Canes
6. Leafs
7. Devils
8. Dallas
9. Oilers
10. Islanders

This seems about right to me. I'd swap Tampa and Colorado, but still have Rangers 3rd, and the tier of 2-6 behind Boston is pretty close (think there's a dropoff to the Devils).