Now that Barron signed what is the depth chart on F in thwcpipe line w no contract yet ? Slim pickings? I’d draft 2 F in the 1st this year
Now that Barron signed, what is the depth chart on F in the pipeline w no contract yet? Slim pickings? ...
Pajuniemi, Henriksson, Aaltonen, Edstrom, Ciccolini, Hughes,
maybe i am forgetting other(s)?
Pajuniemi, Henriksson, Aaltonen, Edstrom, Ciccolini, Hughes,
maybe i am forgetting other(s)?
Eh, but we have really young guys that have graduated like Chytil, Kakko, even potentially a Howden if puts it together, Kravtsov working on his game and hopefully maturing into form, and some of the good middle-six potential guys I listed like Gauthier, Barron, and Khodorenko. Plus I think Gettinger and Rueschhoff present intriguing bottom-six options. I think the forward core is in a decent shape, actually, given we have high-end talent on the roster and established.Damn are we weak up front
Damn are we weak up front
Not really. Half of our NHL forwards are 25 or younger and 4 of them are 22 or younger. And that doesn’t include Kravtsov, and hopefully Gettinger and Barron. And the UDFAs we signed this year.
We’ve got 4 picks in the top 90 (and maybe more depending on what happens with Georgiev and others). I’d expect that at least one of our first rounders will be a forward, if not both. I think we’re fine.
Who will be Trouba's partner next year on the first pair? Not that Trouba is a 1D or 2D, but yeah, please don't say Smith or Staal.
Ok. It will be no 18 or no 42
We’re going to get 2 more first round talents very shortly. I’d be very surprised if they weren’t both forwards
Who will be Trouba's partner next year on the first pair? Not that Trouba is a 1D or 2D, but yeah, please don't say Smith or Staal.
We’re going to get 2 more first round talents very shortly. I’d be very surprised if they weren’t both forwards
Who will be Trouba's partner next year on the first pair? Not that Trouba is a 1D or 2D, but yeah, please don't say Smith or Staal.
inb4 they trade one of them for a player everyone hates a week into next seasonWe’re going to get 2 more first round talents very shortly. I’d be very surprised if they weren’t both forwards
I mean, it's certainly looking like it'll be Smith unless the Rangers find someone to bring in from the outside. None of the kids who played pro seasons this year look ready for that spot and it's unrealistic to expect guys like Miller or Robertson to step into that next season. They don't seem terribly inclined to move Fox to the right and despite TDA allegedly being comfortable on both sides I don't think they want him matched up against top lines night after night.
Barring any other roster moves, the Rangers aren't going to have money to go after a guy who can realistically play the top pairing on the FA market. Not that there's really anyone available anyway. Thankfully they have a lot of chips they could trade. Just depends if someone is actually available.
I'd still want to attach Smith with Georgiev in a trade to get some breathing room
For what purpose though? You expend a good trade asset to generate cap space that you don't even need next season and Smith only has a year left on his deal.
Well, we're pressed up against the cap and we need to re-sign DeAngelo, Fast, etc. This gives us breathing room to do that and to potentially add other players.
We should have enough space to sign our players.