They needed center depth. I want nothing to do with any of the RWs. I don't see it as a need / hole worth filling.
Great deal and great fit for 3C. Apparently rangers are really in on Guentzel. Crazy if they get him
It would be horrible if they got Guentzel. That would likely be the 1st and Othmann headed the other way for a rental.
Wouldn't be horrible if it got them a cup. Rangers have this year and next to really go for it. Windows in the NHL are small, you need to capitalize when you have the chance.
I don’t see this as a window for them to actually win the whole thing.
Thats speculation about buch. He loved NY and didnt wanna be traded and hates drury for trading him. Hes come back in a nanosecond if he could
Yeah I don't see window either and want nothing to do with Geuntzel (or another RW who won't be capable of saving the crappiest 2nd line in the league).
The story I have heard a lot, which is unproven but fits the details of what happened, is-
If they were seriously considering going after Guentzel I would much rather they go even bigger and go after Tuch who was rumored to be available.
They got rid of buch because the eichel to nyr deal was supposedly done and then pegula pulled the plug last minute
Have heard similar. Part that's toughest for me to grasp is Dolan knowing wtf Pavel Buchnevich is/was.
That’s the story the Rangers have leaked to try and justify how bad the Buch trade was, but an Eichel trade that didn’t even end up happening until 4 months later in November doesn’t explain why the Rangers couldn’t wait 10 days and trade Buch AFTER the free agency period was open for a while.
I’m not trading Othmann, the 24 first rounder and a roster player to a division rival for a rental. Especially when adding that rental still doesn’t make us better than Florida or Vegas (who will be icing a loaded roster in the playoffs again when they are done with all of their LTIR stuff).
I think it is his job to build a Stanley Cup winner in general, not specifically this year. The problem is that the Rangers require some reworking to turn this team into one that can get all the way, and I don’t see them making the tough player decisions it would take.
There was brooks article few weeks ago that said something along lines of only 2 teams in last 15-20 years won cup that traded first round pick right before deadline. And IIRC one of them included an extension for player so wasn't a rental.
How can we get Kreids and Mika to score at even strength?
It might just be putting one of the best 5 on 5 offensive creators in hockey on their right wing in Laff. 2RW can be duclair and panarin will carry that line
I'm hopeful the addition of Wenberg will provide that line with some relief from always being tasked with difficult match-ups / defensive zone starts which would marginally help. More broadly though, it's as simple as them needing to up their intensity and willingness to battle for pucks / go to the front of the net. That's why I don't think there's some magic answer at RW that can turn their games around. It's also why I'm not optomistic about this team's post season chances and don't want to effectively dispose of the limited non-roster assets they have.
Point is we can get him and we if dont land guentzel, buch or vatrano then this should be our route
I’m think Laf could be good on the Mika line but I hate taking him from where is now. He is the best fit we have had on Panarin’s RW since we had Fast.
aka best fit ever. However, panarin has proven he can make non skill guys like colin blackwell and fast look dynamic playing with him. Laff, troch and panarin are our 3 best puck carriers when it comes to zone entries so maybe it makes sense to move laff to spark zib and kreider
It’s a pretty pathetic situation that we need to microanalyze what RWs our top 6 centers and LWs can succeed with. You would think that when you are paying 4 guys almost 40% of your cap they should be able to play with pretty much anybody.
Troch and panarin can play with anyone. Kreider and Mika just total suck 5v5. However, Wennberg will now draw other teams 1st lines as he's a pretty good defensive center and that will hopefully provide better matchups for mika and kreider but we'll see. Mika is too much of a euro pussy for my liking. I hate the sulking bullshit he does. Also, kreider needs to start playing like he's 6'3 230. He needs to stop pulling up on the forecheck. It's almost like he's afraid to hit guys
I don’t like that Mika plays soft, but I give him more of a pass for doing it because he had a pretty scary run of concussions similar to what Chytil is dealing with now. I didn’t want to extend him for that reason, though.
