Kitchener Rangers 2023-24 Off-Season Thread (Part 1)

[Coaches Coroner]

Rehkopf signed by Seattle.

 

[bobber]

Bruz added to the Calgary Wranglers roster. AHL

 

[robertmac43]

Bruz added to the Calgary Wranglers roster. AHL

Awesome news, congrats to him!

 

[bobber]

Razor signed a 2.8 mil. Contract. Heading for AHL Coachella

 

[robertmac43]

Razor signed a 2.8 mil. Contract. Heading for AHL Coachella

I hope he does well but after he gets us a return next year.

 

[Buttsy]

Mario Lemieux and his team mate sat behind us at the Mem Cup. Didn't do much in that tourney if my old memory is correct but what player he was in the NHL.

He was very quiet but on occasion would wind up behind his net and go end to end. You could see what everyone was screaming about when it came to him BUT young Mario sometimes had “focus” issues!!

 

[rangersblues]

Hey Tim Wallach. Really enjoyed your OHL Podcast all season. I particularly liked your take on officiating in the last one. Too often blaming officiating for the outcome of a game is just low hanging fruit. There's times when the job they do is questionable but it's gotten to the point where fans (from all teams) are squawking about who's being assigned before the game even starts

Your insight and knowledge about the game is impeccable. Just curious if you've ever considered running for the board of directors and getting on the executive. We could really use a voice like yours.

 

[EvenSteven]

Hey Tim Wallach. Really enjoyed your OHL Podcast all season. I particularly liked your take on officiating in the last one. Too often blaming officiating for the outcome of a game is just low hanging fruit. There's times when the job they do is questionable but it's gotten to the point where fans (from all teams) are squawking about who's being assigned before the game even starts

Your insight and knowledge about the game is impeccable. Just curious if you've ever considered running for the board of directors and getting on the executive. We could really use a voice like yours.

I’ll go on to add that Tim’s addition to the podcast, and Paul Fixter’s addition to the game night broadcast are huge improvements. Both are much more listenable than they used to be.

Hats off all around!!!

 

[Rangers True Blue]

Development camp is THIS WEEKEND?........

 

[robertmac43]

Development camp is THIS WEEKEND?........

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That is a wildly quick turn around.

 

[Tim Wallach]

Hey Tim Wallach. Really enjoyed your OHL Podcast all season. I particularly liked your take on officiating in the last one. Too often blaming officiating for the outcome of a game is just low hanging fruit. There's times when the job they do is questionable but it's gotten to the point where fans (from all teams) are squawking about who's being assigned before the game even starts

Your insight and knowledge about the game is impeccable. Just curious if you've ever considered running for the board of directors and getting on the executive. We could really use a voice like yours.

I’ll go on to add that Tim’s addition to the podcast, and Paul Fixter’s addition to the game night broadcast are huge improvements. Both are much more listenable than they used to be.

Hats off all around!!!

Thank you so much rangersblues and Even. Very much appreciate you both listening. And right back at you in terms of enjoying your comments and insights on this board.

As for the board, I haven't ever seriously considered it, no. Life seemed to have enough commitments these days, but I have to admit, I'd love to see some of the posters on here have a say on the board.

I really appreciate the kind words.

 

[Ward Cornell]

Thank you so much rangersblues and Even. Very much appreciate you both listening. And right back at you in terms of enjoying your comments and insights on this board.

As for the board, I haven't ever seriously considered it, no. Life seemed to have enough commitments these days, but I have to admit, I'd love to see some of the posters on here have a say on the board.

I really appreciate the kind words.

In other words you're holding out for the OHL Commissioners job!
I do agree

 

[Tim Wallach]

In other words you're holding out for the OHL Commissioners job!
I do agree

I’ll be introducing a whole set of new suspendable offences. Like “wearing green.”

 

[rve24]

Thank you so much rangersblues and Even. Very much appreciate you both listening. And right back at you in terms of enjoying your comments and insights on this board.

As for the board, I haven't ever seriously considered it, no. Life seemed to have enough commitments these days, but I have to admit, I'd love to see some of the posters on here have a say on the board.

I really appreciate the kind words.

I'll have to check it out. Always appreciate the thoughts here ( and on the NHL board where ya picked the right team to support )
Always good insight. And ref blaming is absolutely weak. Definitely need to check that one out.
If it's against rules to post podcast link publicly could someone here DM me?

 

[rangersblues]

In other words you're holding out for the OHL Commissioners job!
I do agree

That would be fine too

 

[rangersblues]

That is a wildly quick turn around.

Actually if memory serves me rookie camp is usually very close to the end of the season after the draft.

It should be an interesting camp to see how the new faces stack up against, Reid, Romano, Lam and Stark.

 

[EvenSteven]

Development camp is THIS WEEKEND?........

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Hopefully we get a schedule soon.

 

[All the Answers]

I'll have to check it out. Always appreciate the thoughts here ( and on the NHL board where ya picked the right team to support )
Always good insight. And ref blaming is absolutely weak. Definitely need to check that one out.
If it's against rules to post podcast link publicly could someone here DM me?

If you could DM me too it would be much appreciated, Tim

 

[robertmac43]

I would also add my name to the list of people wanting a DM with the podcast link.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Coaches Coroner]

As far as self promotion, once 1 of you knows the link, I believe you can post it freely as you would be posting it as a fan and not at the direction of any of the creators.

 

[rve24]

The OHL Podcast

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Ran across this online, might interest hockey, OHL, and Ranger fans

 

[Rangers True Blue]

Camp has been announced and XU will be there.......

https://media.chl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2024/04/24145738/Kitchener-Rangers-2024-Dev-Camp-Rosters.pdf

Saturday, April 27th:
10:00am – Game 1: Team Blue vs. Team White
6:00pm – Game 2: Team Blue vs. Team White

Sunday, April 28th:
10:00am – Game 3: Team Blue vs. Team White

 

[robertmac43]

Xu being there gives me some hope!

 

[EvenSteven]

Camp has been announced and XU will be there.......

https://media.chl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2024/04/24145738/Kitchener-Rangers-2024-Dev-Camp-Rosters.pdf

Saturday, April 27th:
10:00am – Game 1: Team Blue vs. Team White
6:00pm – Game 2: Team Blue vs. Team White

Sunday, April 28th:
10:00am – Game 3: Team Blue vs. Team White

Just wondering, is FA invite Micheal Modopolous any relation to former Ranger Jason Modopolous?

If so, this guy may be a tough one based on bloodlines and his pims this year.

Georgina Ice Junior Hockey Club

www.georginaice.ca

 

[EvenSteven]

Xu being there gives me some hope!

Jude Bray is BCHL commit and he’ll be there as well.

Of course it doesn’t mean they’re signing, but it is encouraging.