Confirmed with Link: Rangers Sign Jonny Brodzinski [2Y/.7625M AAV]

[Lays]

Because he's an offensive minded player. He isn't gonna do much for you with 8 ES minutes at this level.

That’s what I mean

 

[Charlie Conway]

Good AAAA player. He can skate and can surprise you with the occasional shot or play.

He'll play in Hartford without complaint and not hurt you in the occasional call-up. Nothing wrong with this, and you need quality AHL vets. Greco fills a similar role and looks like he could even add to a 4th line with his work ethic.

Obviously, we don't know much about these guys in the locker room and off the ice, but if they're patient guys who understand the game well, those are the guys you want around your prospects, encouraging them and getting through tough times. Brodz seems like a decent guy from the interviews I've seen of him over the years.

 

[MrAlmost]

This is one of the ways the Rangers need to flex their financial muscles. Creating a stable and competitive environment from the minors up to the NHL is hugely important. It will help develop young players better and giving great AHL vets these deals for good money helps draw interest from others.

Too much turnover through the Gorton years. It made for a bad team in Hartford feeding a bad team in the NHL. Not a good combo.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Thats it, we are ready for the cup run!

 

[Mac n Gs]

Happy for Brodzinski. He's seemingly a good captain in HFD and is the exact type of vet smart organizations keep around their AHL affiliate.

 

[Daves a mess]

Move the decimal point one over and you see Stromes demands per year.

 

[Brief Candle]

This generation's Ken Gernander

I always hoped Kenny would crack the lineup.

 

[LoveGoons]

Replacement for Kevin Rooney next year

 

[will1066]

Is Gallant able to mold this guy into a top 6 player? A diamond in the rough that can use some spit polish?

 

[LokiDog]

Johnny B bad.

 

[Idlerlee]

Brodzinski is the most "Cop drama detective/partner" name I have ever heard

 

[egelband]

Small point but it’s “$762.5x2” not “$762.5K/2”

 

[Cmox]

76% Johnny Bro is coming!

Man, I guess the battery % has some power?

 

[will1066]

Brodzinski is the most "Cop drama detective/partner" name I have ever heard

Beat Cop: Rooney, your partner's here!

Brodzinski: Whadda we got?

Rooney: Lacerations here. Here. And here. Looks professional.

Brodzinski: You thinking what I'm thinking?

Rooney: Yeah. Same guy. Let's go talk to Gettinger down at the DA's office. Think we got enough now for a warrant.

Dum dum.

I'll show myself out.

 

[2014nyr]

This is one of the ways the Rangers need to flex their financial muscles. Creating a stable and competitive environment from the minors up to the NHL is hugely important. It will help develop young players better and giving great AHL vets these deals for good money helps draw interest from others.

Too much turnover through the Gorton years. It made for a bad team in Hartford feeding a bad team in the NHL. Not a good combo.

agree in principal but this seems like threading a needle to field a consistently winning org while prioritizing development and keeping roster spots open for kids / being able to fill holes year over year. i dont follow the ahl close enough to know if there are any orgs that are a model for this. do think we should absolutely be flexing our muscles in terms of any and all player resources. just find you definitely need to have a core group of vets to win in the ahl - tough to balance vets vs kids when your draft picks feeding in are gonna ebb and flow over nhl teams cycle of acquiring picks and rebuilding and then typically moving quite a few in the ensuing years. add in the roster disruption with covid / practice squad and its gotta be a nightmare to manage an ahl roster. long story short i agree but i have no idea what a model template would even look like that could achieve that consistently from a roster perspective - im tits on a bull with ideas here. but all in on throwing dolans money at anything and everything that can benefit individual players.

 

[bobbop]

Brodzinski was dressed for the warmup last night. May be some lingering injuries somewhere.

 

[LokiDog]

Beat Cop: Rooney, your partner's here!

Brodzinski: Whadda we got?

Rooney: Lacerations here. Here. And here. Looks professional.

Brodzinski: You thinking what I'm thinking?

Rooney: Yeah. Same guy. Let's go talk to Gettinger down at the DA's office. Think we got enough now for a warrant.

Dum dum.

I'll show myself out.

Gotta swing by Greco in evidence real quick, but I think this is enough to go to police chief Gerard Gallant with. Might even get Detective McKegg on the case.

 

[NYR Viper]