Équipe: 2021-22 Rangers de New York

Date de création initiale: 15 déc. 2021

Publié: 15 déc. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Lineup shuffle idea, primary focus is moving Chytil to RW and moving Goodrow to 3C.

Frankly, Drury botched the RW situation dealing Buch while simultaneously losing Kravtsov for the year. Team is over-performing IMO and are not as good as their record shows. Still a playoff team but I expect them to come back to earth as Kreider cools his goalscoring pace. Additional lineup changes allow younger guys top 6 minutes to work on their game. Kakko makes sense with playmakers like Panarin and Strome as opposed to shooters like Kreids and Zib. Splitting Zib and Kreids at even strength is not ideal but putting playmakers like Laf and Chytil with Zib give him an opportunity to try to tap into his goalscoring again. Kreider still gets his PP1 time and joins Goodrow and Gauthier as a big 3rd line with some speed and scoring upside. Would love to add a piece by the deadline, but with a cap pinch coming as soon as next season the only way strome staying makes sense is if we can find the right wing to that line internally. One year rental doesn't really help solve the holes up front for this 3-4 year window.