Rumor: The Mike Reilly Sweepstakes - Rangers out.

[Raspewtin]

 

[Cygnus 2112]

Rangers will probably move Yandle for him.

Yandle for Lucic?? I read that somewhere….

 

[Ail]

Rodfull, yes yes, feel the pain in your buttocks.

Anyway, if they can steal this kid, they'd have to make a pretty egregious error the rest of the way to ruin the off-season.

 

[Ail]

Yandle for Lucic?? I read that somewhere….

Please kill me.

****ing Lucic is garbage!

 

[Thirty One]

Rodfull, yes yes, feel the pain in your buttocks.

Anyway, if they can steal this kid, they'd have to make a pretty egregious error the rest of the way to ruin the off-season.

Challenge accepted.

 

[NYR Viper]

Rodfull, yes yes, feel the pain in your buttocks.

Anyway, if they can steal this kid, they'd have to make a pretty egregious error the rest of the way to ruin the off-season.

Agreed, this would be an exceptional start to the off-season.

Did he play on the US WJC teams? I can't remember

 

[The Mouth]

good catch I will alert the troops !

 

[Ail]

Challenge accepted.

lel

Well, at least they cannot sign Tanner Glass a second time.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Agreed, this would be an exceptional start to the off-season.

Did he play on the US WJC teams? I can't remember

Yep, in 12-13.

 

[NYR Viper]

Yep, in 12-13.

Correct me if I'm wrong, that means he played with Miller on that team?

 

[Miamipuck]

So there's a JT Miller connection as well.

 

[Miamipuck]

Correct me if I'm wrong, that means he played with Miller on that team?

You're correct.

 

[NYR Viper]

So there's a JT Miller connection as well.

You're correct.

Great minds

Being from Minnesota he may know Stepan and McDonagh from summer training as well.

 

[MacTruck27]

lel

Well, at least they cannot sign Tanner Glass a second time.

dear god I hope you didn't just jinx us for two years from now

 

[RangerBoy]

Brady Skjei connection from three years at Minnesota

JT Miller connection from the 2013 WJC

Steven Fogarty connection from 2011-12 with the Penticton Vees

 

[TheTakedown]

So there's a JT Miller connection as well.

You're correct.

So in short:

- Gets a chance to play in the same organization with Skjei (Gophers teammate) and Miller (WJC Teammate)
- Gets to play with the greatest goalie in the world
- Gets to play in NYC
- On a team that has a very low average age

 

[Thirty One]

The Rangers have a pretty long list of players who they have developed as either college UFA's or undrafted players. Girardi. MZA. Hayes. Gilroy had a run for a bit. Ortmeyer. Stralman.

They give these guys chances to prove themselves.

Stralman was definitely buying low, but he wasn't undrafted

Ideally I would like us to move Girardi and/or Klein, but then our entire defense will shoot from the left side and AV would commit suicide.

During AV's time in Vancouver, 26 of 39 defensemen used were left-handed, representing 65.9% of all games played. Is it possible this board is making this a bigger issue for AV than it really is?

 

[Thirty One]

Brady Skjei connection from three years at Minnesota

JT Miller connection from the 2013 WJC

Steven Fogarty connection from 2011-12 with the Penticton Vees

Bolded will put them over the edge, IMO.

 

[MacTruck27]

So in short:

- Gets a chance to play in the same organization with Skjei (Gophers teammate) and Miller (WJC Teammate)
- Gets to play with the greatest goalie in the world
- Gets to play in NYC
- On a team that has a very low average age

Where does he play next year? I still don't get it. We'd have to move Klein and then he'd be competing with McIlrath and Skjei for that spot.

 

[NYR Viper]

Stralman was definitely buying low, but he wasn't undrafted


During AV's time in Vancouver, 26 of 39 defensemen used were left-handed, representing 65.9% of all games played. Is it possible this board is making this a bigger issue for AV than it really is?

Yes I think so. Go back and look at those defensemen. From what I remember, AV had a pretty significant offensive push from his back-end in the years he was successful.

 

[Miamipuck]

Where does he play next year? I still don't get it. We'd have to move Klein and then he'd be competing with McIlrath and Skjei for that spot.

Sarcastic: Hartford

Honest: Hartford

Great minds

Being from Minnesota he may know Stepan and McDonagh from summer training as well.

Oh yes. lol

 

[majesstik]

the wild are also in the mix. his father has a minority stake in that team. i'm sure that would play a big part. but, would still love to see him on broadway

 

[MacTruck27]

Sarcastic: Hartford

Honest: Hartford




Oh yes. lol

he apparently turned down a guaranteed NHL debut with Columbus. He isn't signing up to play in Hartford.

From the Columbis Dispatch article: "The Blue Jackets tried to sign Reilly last summer, but he opted to return to Minnesota for his junior season. They tried to sign him again after the Golden Gophers were bounced from the NCAA Tournament, even with the promise of making his NHL debut, but he declined."

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Had no idea we were in the sweep stakes here, I'm not expecting him to sign but if it does id be ecstatic. It means we move someone for a top 6 player or a draft pick. But at the same time I won't be devistated. Let's hope!

 

[Miamipuck]

he apparently turned down a guaranteed NHL debut with Columbus. He isn't signing up to play in Hartford.

From the Columbis Dispatch article: "The Blue Jackets tried to sign Reilly last summer, but he opted to return to Minnesota for his junior season. They tried to sign him again after the Golden Gophers were bounced from the NCAA Tournament, even with the promise of making his NHL debut, but he declined."

That doesn't state the specific reason for him declining to sign though. It could have been a number of other reasons, it just says he was offered the promise.