League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) - 2021-2 Regular Season Edition, Vol. 2

[Peeri]

I wonder if there is any way Rask would be available. Any interest for him here?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

McDrai gonna be wasted in Edmonton.

 

[Calicaps]

McDrai gonna be wasted in Edmonton.

#notsorry

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

I tore my ACL once before, I don't need to tear another one again :/

 

[um]

I wonder if there is any way Rask would be available. Any interest for him here?

seems like he's Boston or bust.

 

[shtorm2005]

I tore my ACL once before, I don't need to tear another one again :/

There are games for everyone, don't look for excuses

 

[kicksavedave]

There are games for everyone, don't look for excuses

That looks dangerous as f***, and hilarious too!

Where do you find this stuff, the internet?

 

[traparatus]

McDrai gonna be wasted in Edmonton.

I wonder if he has tried working through some things in the room. That seems like a solid strategy.

 

[shtorm2005]

Where do you find this stuff, the internet?

Yep, I watch internet instead of tv =)

 

[Ridley Simon]

I wonder if there is any way Rask would be available. Any interest for him here?

He just signed in Boston. 1yr 1.1m

 

[Ridley Simon]

Malkin is making his season debut on Thursday.

here we go…..

 

[Peeri]

He just signed in Boston. 1yr 1.1m

Must be nice having a goalie of that stature at that price.

 

[shtorm2005]

McDrai gonna be wasted in Edmonton.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

 

[shtorm2005]

 

[hb12xchamps]

Congrats to Aaron Ness I guess

 

[Ridley Simon]

Congrats to Aaron Ness I guess

What a horrible team. I’d far rather the best in college go

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Congrats to Aaron Ness I guess

Jesus, Ness is the only guy whose name I recognize in this list. Who TF are all the other guys?

 

[SoulessGingerCapsFan]

I could be delusional… but wasn’t Miele a rookie camp invite like ten years ago?

 

[crab]

Malkin is making his season debut on Thursday.

here we go…..

It’s going to be funny to watch them start to play worse with him back.

 

[Hivemind]

Jesus, Ness is the only guy whose name I recognize in this list. Who TF are all the other guys?

A few NCAA guys (Jake Sanderson was picked 5th OA in 2020), and then a bunch of NHL/AHL tweener-types basically (similar to Aaron Ness), some of which had ventured to play in Europe by this stage in their career.

 

[Hivemind]

I could be delusional… but wasn’t Miele a rookie camp invite like ten years ago?

Development camp. Eventually signed as an UDFA with Arizona, but only played 15 games in the NHL.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Vitek is fine but we picked the wrong goalie in 2014. Ilya Sorokin and Igor Shesterkin were both taken after Vanny and this team would look a lot different with either one of those guys, especially Shesterkin who is single-handedly accelerating the Rangers rebuild and likely takes home the Vezina this year. The Rangers going from Lundqvist to Shesterkin is like the Packers going from Favre to Rodgers.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I’ll give him a few seasons before I proclaim him a future HOFer…

 

[Langway]

Vitek is fine but we picked the wrong goalie in 2014. Ilya Sorokin and Igor Shesterkin were both taken after Vanny and this team would look a lot different with either one of those guys, especially Shesterkin who is single-handedly accelerating the Rangers rebuild and likely takes home the Vezina this year. The Rangers going from Lundqvist to Shesterkin is like the Packers going from Favre to Rodgers.

They also traded up for Vanecek, which always suggested to me that they were interested in Demko & Nedeljkovic who went a few picks earlier and scrambled to that run rather than coveting Vanecek. Another goaltender in McDonald went before those two so a run had started and they didn't want to come away empty-handed. Vanecek seemed more like the best option in that tier/range at best. It seemed to hinge on his U18 performance alongside Vrana but he was never considered on the level of Demko or Ned. Interestingly the Rangers did take another goaltender in the second round in Halverson who never amounted to much.

I think Scott Murray deserves the scrutiny he gets mostly because he lacks the track record compared to his predecessors. It's on the goalies to be consistent but on a technical level it's hard to be convinced he's maximizing them.