Speculation: Roster Building Thread V (2019/2020)

[duhmetreE]

Is Filip Chytil another Wojtek Wolski? I'll hang up and listen.

Wolski was putting 50pt season at 20.

I dont see that from Chytil anytime soon but if you're referring to Wolski fading into obscurity.. I would hope not but those red flags are there. It's silly to ignore them

 

[Savant]

WOULD you deal for 3 yrs of Rask plus for 2 yrs Smith and 1 yr Namestnikov ?

Minnesota could make moves soon

Absolutely not. Rask is trash

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

There once was a grinda McKegg,
Who could kick the puck through his legs,
His cup not in place, his manhood escaped,
And now he is known as Meg

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Yo on right D was Tony,
Was a straight up Philly jablowny,
Missing his checks, he looks like a wreck
Or as some say a puck moving one trick Pony

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

There was an old man named Hank,
While between the pipes he never stank,
Alas he left his crease, gave the puck a release
And wound up again in the back of the net

 

[Machinehead]

Every team has 2 goalies.

So now we're being intentionally obtuse instead of showing the evidence that RHD are harder to find.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Panarin-Zibby-Buch
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
Krava-Nam-Smith
Lemieux-Howden-Fast
McKegg
Healey

Skjei-Trouba
Staal-ADA
Lindgren-Fox
Hajek

Hank
Georgie

$173,533 cap space

 

[Kupo]

So now we're being intentionally obtuse instead of showing the evidence that RHD are harder to find.

I was trying to be acute.

 

[Fugazy]

Panarin-Zibby-Buch
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
Krava-Nam-Smith
Lemieux-Howden-Fast
McKegg
Healey

Skjei-Trouba
Staal-ADA
Lindgren-Fox
Hajek

Hank
Georgie

$173,533 cap space

Where’s Andersson?

 

[Machinehead]

I was trying to be acute.

Ok, that was cute.

 

[Machinehead]

Panarin-Zibby-Buch
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
Krava-Nam-Smith
Lemieux-Howden-Fast
McKegg
Healey

Skjei-Trouba
Staal-ADA
Lindgren-Fox
Hajek

Hank
Georgie

$173,533 cap space

Smith ahead of Fast is peak HFNYR

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Where’s Andersson?

Has to wait for a deal to be made.

 

[Crease]

I'm not high on Howden at all, and I loved him at the beginning last year.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

It's Weight. Then Savard. Then Stepan. They draft one or two good centers a decade. Plus in general these guys score the majority of their points for other franchises, like Weight and Savard because the Rangers trade them. At least Stepan played here for many years.

oh and Dave Gagner too I forgot him, but again he barely played 80 games for the Rangers and didn't become a regular until he went to Minnesota and scored 40 goals twice.

Rangers over the last 30 years always seemed to be trading for or signing as free agents their scoring centers rather than drafting and developing them. Messier, Gretzky, Ferraro, LaFontaine, Nedved, Lindros, Nylander, Rucchin, Cullen, Richards, Brassard, Zibanejad, etc.

Did we draft Ratelle?

 

[Leetch3]

Did we draft Ratelle?

no that was before the draft was needed

 

[BBKers]

What would Minnesota need to add in a Namestnikov for Rask trade?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

What would Minnesota need to add in a Namestnikov for Rask trade?

Kaprizov or Boldy, otherwise there’s no reason to extend that $4m on the books for another 2 years

 

[Mikos87]

What would Minnesota need to add in a Namestnikov for Rask trade?

Wouldn't touch it. Cap crippling move.

Somebody needs to off-set the $6M dead space from the Shattenkirk buyout next year while adding necessary pieces. Rask comes in at a very high opportunity cost.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Panarin-Zibby-Buch
Kreider-Strome-Kakko
Krava-Nam-Smith
Lemieux-Howden-Fast
McKegg
Healey

Skjei-Trouba
Staal-ADA
Lindgren-Fox
Hajek

Hank
Georgie

$173,533 cap space

Has to wait for a deal to be made.

Ummm yea not a chance in hell, Lias has been wonderful so far in the preseason, he doesn’t have to wait for anything and putting Brendan smith on your third line is laughable

 

[NYR Viper]

What would Minnesota need to add in a Namestnikov for Rask trade?

They’d most likely need to eat part of his salary or take Smith at half cap

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Ummm yea not a chance in hell, Lias has been wonderful so far in the preseason, he doesn’t have to wait for anything and putting Brendan smith on your third line is laughable

Boohoo folks, so Smith is on the forth line and Fast is on the third, whatever. Lias has been better than Chytil. Watched yesterday, could be the training camp but Chytil looked weak on his legs and he was weak on the boards.

So one of McKegg or Haley will be sent down in favour of Andersson. We won't see all of the kids in the NHL immediately, they will continue to showcase the guys that should get dealt throughout the first half of the season.

 

[Charlie Conway]

Boohoo folks, so Smith is on the forth line and Fast is on the third, whatever. Lias has been better than Chytil. Watched yesterday, could be the training camp but Chytil looked weak on his legs and he was weak on the boards.

So one of McKegg or Haley will be sent down in favour of Andersson. We won't see all of the kids in the NHL immediately, they will continue to showcase the guys that should get dealt throughout the first half of the season.

However unlikely, Howden should be sent down. He needs a better all around game and more consistency. Same for Chytil. They need some time, and I’m high on both of them. I’m not so sure Kravtsov is ready yet. No need to rush him.

I’d like to see how Nams would do centering Kakko and Kreider. Or have him at RW with Lemmy and Lias.

No choice but to put our trust in Quinn.

 

[RGY]

Boohoo folks, so Smith is on the forth line and Fast is on the third, whatever. Lias has been better than Chytil. Watched yesterday, could be the training camp but Chytil looked weak on his legs and he was weak on the boards.

So one of McKegg or Haley will be sent down in favour of Andersson. We won't see all of the kids in the NHL immediately, they will continue to showcase the guys that should get dealt throughout the first half of the season.

You lose rights to post any lineup when you have Smith starting anywhere in the forward group. Forget what else you got wrong, that right there is egregious. And you follow it up with an arrogant “boohoo”....the last thing you should be is arrogant with that garbage you threw up

 

[haohmaru]

My opening night roster:

• Forwards (12): Lias Andersson, Pavel Buchnevich, Filip Chytil, Jesper Fast, Brett Howden, Kaapo Kakko, Chris Kreider, Brendan Lemieux, Vladislav Namestnikov, Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome, Mika Zibanejad.
• Defensemen (6): Tony DeAngelo, Adam Fox, Libor Hajek, Brady Skjel, Marc Staal, Jacob Trouba.
• Goaltenders (2): Alexandar Georgiev, Henrik Lundqvist

Spares: Brendan Smith, possibly Haley/Nieves

Lindgren played well enough to make the team, but he needs to play. He's too young, not to mention not the type (leader, for sure), to sit on the bench. Keep Smith around for that because he can play both F & D.

Kravstov also needs minutes in the A.

Andersson took a step forward in the pre-season. Let's see if he can take that step in the regular season and quiet down the second guessing.

Lines:

Panarin / Zib / Buch
Kreider / Strome / Kakko
Chytil / Andersson / Namestnikov
Lemieux / Howden / Fast

Trouba / Skjei
ADA / Staal
Fox / Hajek

*** just want to add that Strome/Andersson are neck and neck for 2C

 

[NYRFANMANI]

You lose rights to post any lineup when you have Smith starting anywhere in the forward group. Forget what else you got wrong, that right there is egregious. And you follow it up with an arrogant “boohoo”....the last thing you should be is arrogant with that garbage you threw up

lmao, calm down there, your post is quite arrogant in and of itself too. Smith looked infinitely better at fwd than defense.