Confirmed with Link: Rangers Expected to Sign Patrick Nemeth: Brooks

[GoAwayPanarin]

Avs fans are gonna roast him because they had a mess of it outside of Makar in the playoffs. He's just fine for a depth d-man and a potential partner for Nils.

Makar was every bit a mess defensively as the rest of the group.

He was a gong show in game 6 in particular.

 

[Bluto]

like all of this is wrong lol.

I used to watch him a lot when he played for Dallas. All of what I said is how I evaluate his game. I hope he proves me wrong lol.

 

[RangerBoy]

Nemeth was NOT good this season. Especially in the playoffs…

The entire Avs team was bad against Vegas.

 

[Trxjw]

Really exactly the kind of player we needed. Good pick up by Drury.

Wonder if this means Ottawa and a futures package is the leading contender for Strome.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

A lot of these guys kind of profile the same way. Maybe Smith could have stayed around if he was a lefty.

 

[LOFIN]

He was atrocious for Colorado after they acquired him.

That said, if it's for 1 or 2 years whatever. Maybe he can bounce back. We have the short term cap. Wished it was a better veteran D but at least you are not spending assets when you get him.

 

[LokiDog]

Nemeth is generally fine. He’ll do this though.

 

[Cyclones21]

A lot of these guys kind of profile the same way. Maybe Smith could have stayed around if he was a lefty.

Brendan Smith?

 

[Levitate]

Seems OK for a 3rd pairing guy

 

[tlk]

Avs fan coming in peace.

I'm so sorry...

For the Avs or...?

 

[JayMan82]

Makar was every bit a mess defensively as the rest of the group.

He was a gong show in game 6 in particular.

Makar's problem (like MacKinnon), he was trying to do too much on his own. I am still trying to figure out what the heck happened to Girard in that series. Maybe Vegas wasn't a good match for Colorado stylistically.

 

[charliemurphy]

Seems OK for a 3rd pairing guy

Placeholder for Robertson

 

[mas0764]

Really exactly the kind of player we needed. Good pick up by Drury.

Wonder if this means Ottawa and a futures package is the leading contender for Strome.

It at least means we don't have to be fixated on trading Strome just to acquire a 3D.

This is what free agency is for, filling your holes with serviceable but replaceable short term veteran contracts.

Now go get BPAs in the trade and drafts.

Though side note, we do kinda need to draft or trade for a young center.

 

[cheech70]

Looks like we are filling in the cracks. Let Laf,K2,Filip and Krav...the young guns help out The Vets...Mika and Bread...in the top 6...and use the bottom 6 as artillery ...hitting the enemy deep, hard and often.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I'd rather have Kermit McDermit at least he can kill ppl

 

[Crease]

So is he Jack Johnson or Kevin Klein? Opinions seem all over the place.

 

[Raspewtin]

good news, he's a very good player. though he had some uglyyy moments against VGK in the playoffs.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

EXACTLY the right sort of player to sign as an interim 3LD. Big, defensive oriented, plays a hard game.

Sure he had some wooftastic plays in a series in which his entire friggin' team fell apart. They fell apart, after all.

Some of you somehow expect to sign Victor Hedman on a 2 year, $2.5MM deal to serve as the transition piece to Jones/Robertson, and I just don't get it.

 

[mas0764]

The Buch for a grinder trade is really tainting everything.

If we had been able to get like Gabe Vilardi and a second for Buch, which we then used on Pinelli, I basically would have nothing left to say.

To very good center prospects in the pipe.

Then go f***ing pay Coleman, wgas?

Why is this in the Nemeth thread? Cause I'm saying I'd feel decent about things - Nemeth signing included - if they had just done that Buch trade differently.

 

[Levitate]

Placeholder for Robertson

Yep, though I wonder if they'd try Schneider on his off side if he looks further along than Robertson

 

[cheech70]

Yep, though I wonder if they'd try Schneider on his off side if he looks further along than Robertson

Is Gallant the type of evaluator who looks at his 6 best defense men whoever they are and play them??

 

[charliemurphy]

Yep, though I wonder if they'd try Schneider on his off side if he looks further along than Robertson

Now you're talking about the placeholder for Schneider... that would be Trouba, lol

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Brendan Smith?

Yep, I managed to forget he was left-handed already. Big brain stuff

 

[EdJovanovski]

So is he Jack Johnson or Kevin Klein? Opinions seem all over the place.

A poor man’s Johnson

 

[EdJovanovski]

Seems OK for a 3rd pairing guy

The stats don’t back up the eye test