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Forum: Armchair-GM24 oct. 2022 à 9 h 53
Sujet: If VAN is serious about rebuild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>These are the three guys most commonly offered to NJD. So I am guessing there is not consensus on this view?</div></div>

Most Vancouver fans on this site are idiots.. I didn't mean to write Garland btw, he's definitely tradable. I was mostly thinking about the young core, Petey, Boeser, Hughes, and Demko, as well as Podkolzin. Trading any of those players would be pretty idiotic for Vancouver, a bit like the Red Wings trading Larkin, Raymond, Seider, or Edvinsson, or the Devils trading Hughes, Hischier, Holtz, or Nemec.

The thing about Vancouver is they obviously have Horvat, who I'd personally re-sign, and a bunch of pretty solid wingers they have the possiblity of trading. Guys like Garland and Pearson who could be very useful for revamping the defensecore. Honestly, if I was Allvin, I wouldn't tear down the core because it's very good, I'd just find a way of revamping the defense and bottom 6.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 oct. 2022 à 15 h 48
Sujet: 2025 Dynasty is here with some wishful thinking
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RussianRangers9</b></div><div>the opportunity to acquire kane is something no one should pass up on especially for a cup run in 2023</div></div>

yes, we should pass up on it. sure, he'd be nice, I think most teams could use Patrick kane, but it's a waste. we don't need a top 6 caliber player for one cup run, just to either play in the bottom 6, or force one of our other forwards to play in the bottom 6. that would be awful asset management. we'd be much better off keeping most of our assets, instead trading for a 3rd line caliber winger, and a reliable 3rd pairing dman to ensure we won't have to run with Hajek and Tinordi as our 3rd pair in case of injuries.

after all, you don't see tampa or colorado trading for 10M dollar star forwards, their trade deadline acquisitions are a lot more lowkey and focus on bringing in players for depth roles. you know, guys like Barclay Goodrow, Blake Coleman, and Nick Paul for Tampa, and players like Lekhonen and Manson for Colorado. Those are the kinds of additions that win cups.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 oct. 2022 à 3 h 42
Sujet: TDL 23 ideas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aedoran</b></div><div>If Dallas makes the playoffs as soon as they clinch a playoff spot the pick is yours. If Dallas misses the playoffs and finish in the bottom 8 they keep the pick. If Dallas misses the playoffs and finishes between 17th and 24th the Rangers won't get that pick until after the draft lottery if at all. So that pick won't be the Rangers until after the TDL.</div></div>

They do have the pick, it's just that it might be transferred back to Dallas if it's in the top 10. We've seen conditional picks get traded so many times before, just earlier this season Calgary included the Fla pick (which is conditional) in the Monahan trade. We also saw Tampa do this, trading the 2020 Vancouver 1st they got in the J.T. Miller trade to the Devils for Coleman at the deadline.

All it does is complicate the trades a little, but it's absolutely allowed.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 oct. 2022 à 6 h 44
Sujet: some brief thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Skyraider112</b></div><div>Sheesh you must have been every English teacher's dream. They ask for a mere 2 page paper and you turn in a 10 page masterpiece haha. Great points though, I'm not a Detroit fan (clearly) but I am excited about the future of this team, so many great prospects!</div></div>

Heh, I wasn't really that fond of writing in school, unless I was writing about a topic I'm really interested in.

You're absolutely right about the prospect. I feel like the Sens, Wings, Sabres, and Devils are all in a similar position, with a ton of prospects at the brink of entering the lineups and they all have pretty exciting young cores. Overall, the East is packed with so many thrilling teams either in the middle of or at the tail end of their rebuilds. The Rangers have already broken out so they don't really count, but the Sens, Wings, Sabres, Devils, even the Habs and Blue Jackets all have so many exciting prospects/young players, and it'll be interesting to see how all those teams pan out. Plus the Leafs, Panthers, and Canes are all really young teams too, all lead by 1C's early in their primes, Aho and Matthews at 25 and Barkov at 27.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 oct. 2022 à 4 h 51
Sujet: some brief thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MoreHitzSeider</b></div><div>It'll be interesting to see what happens when (if) Fabbri comes back. Does he replace Zadina? Walman returning from injury will make the third D pair better. But I still don't like playing Maatta in the top 4. I'd love to put a guy like Sanheim in there.

But Stevie is playing the long game and he's buying time for Edvinsson, Johansson, Wallinder and Viro. I get it. Suter will be traded whether it's soon or at the trade deadline. If Zadina starts slow and is choking sawdust on his stick (again), he could be moved too. I'm excited to see what Soderblom can do. 😁</div></div>

I think as it stands, if Fabbri comes back he either takes the 3LW, or 4LW spot, depending on how Kubalik plays. They'd be the 3rd and 4th LW's, and Söderblom would shift over to the right. Either Sundqvist or Rasmussen would be the 4C at that point. That's what I'd do at least, but I'm not sure, it all depends on how everyone in the bottom 6 performs.

Stevie definitely wants to hold off on the young dmen. Seider and Raymond came in shockingly quick, most people (including me) were expecting Raymond and maybe even Seider to start in GR, but the way they performed in training camp, the lack of depth the Wings had at both positions, and that there was no pressure to chase a playoff spot yet meant there was no point not having them on opening night. I did expect Edvinsson to follow in Seiders footsteps, I thought he looked amazing in the World Juniors, but I can see why Stevie doesn't wanna rush him, or any of the others. It's not a hit at the players, just a smart move, and I expect him up towards the end of the season, especially if we somehow take a wild card slot.

Suter's time in Detroit is pretty much over, he was kind of a hail mary signing, a placeholder for the rebuild. I just hope he doesn't cost too much to get rid of. I think Zadina has potential, but if he doesn't perform (or maybe even if he does) he'll be gone at the trade deadline, maybe he just needs a change of scenery.

I honestly think Söderblom might become better than some people think. I watched him for a bit in the SHL last year and he's just dominating on the ice in so many ways. Not just his size, but his confidence. We've all seen the clips of him just dangling and crashing his way through piles of players right into the slot. He doesn't seem to care if he has to skate right through the entire opposing team, he just does it and scores. His shot is pretty great too, very accurate on both the fore- and backhand. His skating is surprisingly good, which along with his size should ease the transition to the NHL, I expect him to do wonders for the bottom 6, and maybe take a top 6 spot at some point, depending on what happens to Bertuzzi.
Forum: Armchair-GM11 oct. 2022 à 8 h 51
Sujet: 11 OCT 2022
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebi</b></div><div>Honestly last year was the year to win it which is such a pessimistic outlook especially since it feels like the rebuild literally finished last year. Let’s look, Fox’s massive extension didn’t kick in yet, A great playoff run from Vatrano, Strome, Copp followed by good depth from Motte, Braun, Rooney, Nemeth and Georgiev.. All Gone.. and most signing long term with their new teams. To follow that up, mostly all of the replacements are underwhelming albeit with much less cap space to work with. Halak is a downgrade at backup, Trocheck who preformed slightly worse than Strome and has to build up the chemistry that strome had, Carpenter had an abysmal year and a few others. All and all, I’m optimistic yet fearful. On top of all those things Nils looks to be really solid to finish off the stars Preseason.</div></div>

Did you just call Braun, Rooney, and Nemeth "good depth"... Nemeth was a liability, and Braun wasn't much better. Jones is suuuch a big upgrade, especially since he looks to be pretty decent defensively, a potential upgrade over Trouba on pp2, and has chemistry with Schneider. Sure, the depth is a bit iffy, our next dmen are Hajek and Robertson, but that can be fixed through a waiver claim or a Braun-like deadline trade.

I see a lot of Rangers fans making this mistake: we can't compare this seasons opening night roster to the post-deadline roster last year. Last years predeadline team saw a period of Goodrow playing on the 1st line, Hunt on the 2nd for over 40 games, Laffy and Kakko rarely got chances in the top 6, and when they did they didn't look amazing. Georgiev sucked for the majority of the season, finishing with a 0.898sv%, WHICH WAS WORSE THAN HALAK BTW, and we started the season with our 3rd pair being Nemeth-Tinordi, which is simply unplayable.

Now, let's compare the pre-deadline starting lineup last year, to this year:

Laf - Zibanejad - Kreider
Panarin - Strome - Kakko
Blais - Chytil - Goodrow
Hunt - Rooney Reaves

Lindgren - Fox
Miller - Trouba
Tinordi - Nemeth

Kreider - Zibanejad - Kakko
Panarin - Trocheck - Kravtsov
Lafreniere - Chytil - Goodrow
Hunt - Carpenter - Vesey

Lindgren - Fox
Miller - Trouba
Jones - Schneider

Now, immediately we have to take into account the improvement from guys like Laf, Chytil, Kakko, and Miller, they're all muuch better than they were at the start of last season. Lafreniere looked out of place on the first line, Chytil was mediocre throughout the whole regular season, and Kakko was injured for 39 games.

First line: Kakko on the 1st line looked pretty good last year, and with how bad Laffy played for his first games (to the point of being replaced by Goodrow) means this is most likely an upgrade. Now, Kreider might regress a bit, but Zibanejad had a bit of a downyear scoring wise, and if Kakko can live up to the hype, this is absolutely better than last year.

Second line: Trocheck hasn't yet played a game, yet I think he will turn out to be an upgrade. People forget this, but Strome did not have a good playoffs last year, and his regular season was pretty average. Sure, it was a career year goal scoring wise, and he put up more points than Trocheck, but considering he was playing with Panarin... I like Strome, but he was pretty streaky and never really drove that line, so I'll say this is an improvement. Kravtsov is still a bit of a question mark, but I think he has the tools and the work-ethic to provide a lot of offense to that line.

Third line: this is no question a better 3rd line. Laf and Chytil should both be worlds better than they were last year after how they looked during that playoff run. Goodrow was also solid last year, I'd say he's a bit underrated, even though his contract is questionable. This line will hopefully get a decent bit more icetime than they did last year.

Fourth line: I don't really care how much you trashed Carpenter, he had a solid season. He doesn't put up points, but he's a solid shutdown/pker, which is exactly what Rooney was for us. I don't see this as a downgrade at all. Vesey had a solid preseason, and I have a lot of hope for him. His skill set would probably be better utilized on the 3rd line, but he's not a liability, and is better overall than Reaves. Hunt is, of course, Hunt. People forget how good he is defensively, I think his time on the 2nd line last year distracts fans from the player he really is. His defensive numbers and PK have always been excellent, and he does provide a little bit of offense. Alongside Vesey, he should be pretty good as a 4th line forechecker. Overall, this might not be an upgrade, but it's certainly no downgrade.

Defense: The top 4 is the same, although I'd say it'll be better with a potential Miller breakout year. The 3rd pair is just unequivocally an improvement, Schneider and Jones working well defensively in the preseason while each also providing infinitely more offense than Nemeth and Tinordi combined.

Halak should be good for ~15 wins, Domingue might play a handful of games too, but when you have Igor, goaltending is not a worry at all.

Despite missing Blais, this is a very solid team, much better than the team that lost 5-1 to the Caps during the opener last year. With a few deadline tweaks, it'll be just as good, if not better than the team that took Tampa to 6 in the conference finals.
Forum: Armchair-GM8 oct. 2022 à 12 h 19
Sujet: What I would like to see tried
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>busters99</b></div><div>Good summation and in agreement. Laffy has earned the chance to get 1L minutes and has the quick playmaking skills to fit with KZ. Kakko is underrated as a playmaker and he does well with a finisher like Chytil when he is not overshadowed. CK could become like KZ. Definitely 2nd line concept is strong, stick with it. Give Blais a role on 3rd line and develop his offensive upside with CK and let Goodrow lead 4th line and be the floater. Reaves will be part-time and I am not sold on Vesey, he can be streaky, so I would like a better 13th forward option but there may not be a better alternative, maybe Rydahl and Carpenter eventually. Kostin hit the waiver wire, any thoughts?</div></div>

Rydahl is probably the guy I'd like to see in the lineup the most out of the current 13th/14th forward contenders, but he got sent down, which was expected given he's waiver exempt. I agree that claiming another depth forward would be nice, given the amount of young/unproven players we're relying on.

The kids should definitely get more time, but I agree that I like the CK combo. They've already shown some good chemistry, especially in last years playoffs when on multiple occasions Kakko dished very nice passes to Chytil (some linked below), which is great to see. That combo complimented with someone like Blais or even Vesey could form a veery competent 3rd line, which in this case should get at least 15 mins of TOI per game.

In my opinion tho, the largest problem that needs addressing is the fact that our 7th defenseman is currently Libor Hajek, and after that I guess the next option is either Jarred Tinordi or Matthew Robertson, one of whom sucks and one of whom is far from NHL ready.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 oct. 2022 à 9 h 19
Sujet: What I would like to see tried
Kravvy's main skill is scoring goals, that's what he's been working on with Panarin, so you're solution is to put him with Kreider, a goal scorer, and Zibanejad.. another goal scorer? I mean I know Zibanejad is an underrated passer and last year he was great as a playmaker, but he's still one of our top goal scorers, why would you put them all on the same line instead of keeping Kravtsov with Panarin? Yes, that line has struggled a bit, but you can't just completely throw a good concept out because it didn't work in a few pre-season games, especially not when Trocheck is still getting used to the Rangers system and Kravtsov just came from the KHL.

Blais is not a top 6 forward, I don't understand why we should keep trying to have him there. Sure he has a bit of offense, but he isn't top 6 caliber. We don't wanna be stuck in another Dryden Hunt situation

The 4th line is good, but I'd rather see Vesey as the 13th or 14th forward over Gauth or Hunt.

Ideally, the team would look like this:

Kreider/Laffy - Zibanejad - Kreider/Laffy
This line did work for parts of last season. I know in a few games their underlying numbers weren't great, but I feel like it just needs some time. I would probably try Kreider on the RW with Laffy on the left, as Kreider has played well on the right before. Laffy, especially on the left, would probably suit that line well. He is more of a playmaker than Kravtsov and has a ton of talent to help drive the line. Especially after seeing how he played in the playoffs last season, I could absolutely see that line doing very well

Panarin - Trocheck - Kravtsov
My mentality with this line is to just give it time. Trocheck and Kravtsov are both shoot-first players, Panarin is a pure playmaker. Panarin and Kravtsov seem to have a good friendship and could easily form a pretty good duo, Trocheck is more defensive and might stay back a little and let Panarin and Kravtsov do the work up front. Kakko might also be a good option for this line, and if we're breaking up the kid line anyway, seeing Kakko in the top 6 would be nice.

Vesey/Blais - Chytil - Kakko
Preferably, I do want to keep Chytil and Kakko together. They played great together in the playoffs, Kakko often played the net front and behind the net, he showed good playmaking too, while Chytil played like a true goal scorer. Vesey has been very good in the preseason, he's definitely earned a contract and probably a roster spot. I think he could complete that 3rd line. Blais is another option, Goodrow could also fill in, but towards the end of the season, I'd have Othmann take that LW spot.

Goodrow - Carpenter/Rydahl - Reaves/Blais
There are probably 6 or 7 forward that would fit on the 3rd line, but ideally this line would be Goodrow - Rydahl - Blais with either Hunt or Carpenter as the 13th forward