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Then the media will take away the Rangers win and make them forfeit the series.
Injury Report: Tyler Motte out with "significant" injury
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I think if we see him again this season it’ll mean that we are out a first round pick for Copp.
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Rangers' forward depth could be a problem this postseason
Trying to paper over their depth with second-line Dryden Hunt or bottom-six minutes from some of their former regulars won't cut it anymore.
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Rangers' forward depth could be a problem this postseason
Trying to paper over their depth with second-line Dryden Hunt or bottom-six minutes from some of their former regulars won't cut it anymore.theathletic.com
Pretty obvious he's done for the year. Considering you always need to extent +1 to whatever Gallant says. E.G. Igor is day-to-day (actually week-to-week), KK is week to week (actually month-to-month). He's been pretty clear Motte is severely injured and to me that's more telling in terms of anything.
Sucks, because he was really a solid piece. I'm hoping that maybe this brings his price down over the summer and we can give him a reasonable deal to hang around as a 4th line piece. Motte-Brod-Hunt should be affordable and effective imo.
Eh, I can see him coming back for like the ECF if the Rangers make it that far, but I would bet he's likely out for the 1st round and at least most of the 2nd round if they make it that far.
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I wonder if they would even play at that point anyway, unless we were icing McKegg or some shit.
Blais, maybe not due to the very long layoff, but I think Motte would for sure play.
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Blais/Motte would both be in the lineup over two of Hunt/Rooney/Reaves.
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Yet if we make it to the ECF or SCF with Hunt/Rooney/Reaves, we are doing something right, which means don't fix what ain't broke.
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ugh. Too BadRangers' forward depth could be a problem this postseason
Trying to paper over their depth with second-line Dryden Hunt or bottom-six minutes from some of their former regulars won't cut it anymore.
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And you also never know who is gonna go down with yet another injury.
You just hope it lines up such that McKegg never gets used.
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This is really the issue. There WILL be injuries in the playoffs. With Motte and Blais out, next up is McKegg and Gauthier, not Rooney and Hunt.
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I'm certainly not arguing that either of these guys isn't worlds better than the 3 they'd replace, but I can't really see an old school guy like Gallant inserting guys who haven't played in months into the most important game of their lives, replacing those who would have undoubtedly played a role in getting us there.
I think both these guys are done for the year regardless of what happens at this point. Maybe Motte has a very slim chance if we go far enough.
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Brod should honestly come ahead of both those guys and is a decent option. The Rangers have quite a bit of depth. I realize it would suck to have Gauthier or Brod play, considering it likely means injuries to players who are significantly better than them, but if you think of other teams who have extras they are likely worse than ours.
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Johnny Brods
Johnny Brods would get every second of ice I could give over Kegger and Julian. Don't believe GG necessarily agrees though.
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I don't think GG is enamored with Gauthier. I think he likes his speed and size, but man is Gauthier just not a bright hockey player. McKegg too has decent speed and a good motor. But the game is too fast for his brain. Same with Julian frankly. Rooney is better than both. but not by a particularly wide margin. Motte was far ahead of the rest. I think Goodrow, Chytil, Laf or Kakko will end up on the fourth line in the playoffs. I don't see anyway around it.
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That's fine with me. I'm not a Brods fan, but to me he's way better than McKegg and Gauthier. They both are horrible. Was so enamored when the Rangers landed Julian. Thought he was going to be a player.
I was way off.
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Thats a real brilliant article by the athletic. Who would have a thought that a team that is down 5 forwards in Blais, Motte, Kakko, Copp, and Chytil would be thin at forward.Rangers' forward depth could be a problem this postseason
Trying to paper over their depth with second-line Dryden Hunt or bottom-six minutes from some of their former regulars won't cut it anymore.
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Not revealing anything here but got some info on this.
Motte isn't back until at the earliest June. Potentially available during the ECF or SCF, but not certain. Team won't officially announce what it is, we can all guess pretty much what happened.
I was told what the injury is exactly, but can't share. All I'll say is no surgery is needed for it.
Motte isn't back until at the earliest June. Potentially available during the ECF or SCF, but not certain. Team won't officially announce what it is, we can all guess pretty much what happened.
I was told what the injury is exactly, but can't share. All I'll say is no surgery is needed for it.
Yup as expected Motte won't be available until at least the ECF. Sounds like a broken clavicle or separated shoulder which are both typically 6-8 weeks minimum.
