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January 16, 2026 at 4:31 pm #60263
nyrangers9479
ParticipantMy faith in Drury is 0. He’s the one that created this mess and I don’t trust him to be the one to fix it.
Trocheck at 50% retained (who cares about the cap if we’re rebuilding) could be a MONSTER return. (2) 1st round picks with a prospect or 2 wouldn’t be out of the question for him signed for multiple more years and at less than a $3 million cap hit.
I’d also look to retain on Mika if it drastically improved the return.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:20 pm #60335
ELew11
ParticipantHey guys
I agree with everything said. I wonder why Drury seems to have such job security. The fans certainly don’t have any confidence in him. No one is untouchable unless they have a clause and refuse a trade. It’s gonna hurt seeing some of these guys go, but what we have obviously isn’t working at all
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January 16, 2026 at 5:09 pm #60271
meltingplastic
ParticipantNo sir.. I don’t like it 🐴
I don’t trust Drury to do this properly. The use of retool shows Dolan wants his playoff money and fast. Yay.. we suck again!
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January 16, 2026 at 6:13 pm #60280
DatsDangle
ParticipantI thought Schnieder was a true 2nd pair guy. I guess I don’t watch the Rags enough to judge….
My only favs on you team are Shesty and Trocheck, though I certainly don’t see them being traded. -
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 pm #60283
Bean Dip
ParticipantI agree with everything you said, Jan. No player outside of Igor and Miller should be safe. The root issue, though, is Drury. Perhaps this retool is his last chance. If he doesn’t come out on top trading the whole team, the plug should 100% be pulled.
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January 18, 2026 at 11:38 am #60560
Brukie
ParticipantI agree with everything you said, Jan. No player outside of Igor and Miller should be safe. The root issue, though, is Drury. Perhaps this retool is his last chance. If he doesn’t come out on top trading the whole team, the plug should 100% be pulled.
Why would you want to keep Miller?? He will be 33 next month, a rebuild will take at least 3 years. He will be 36.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:49 pm #60285
nyrangers9479
ParticipantI thought Schnieder was a true 2nd pair guy. I guess I don’t watch the Rags enough to judge….
My only favs on you team are Shesty and Trocheck, though I certainly don’t see them being traded.He is, like most other young players he’s been given the worst of the worst to be paired with. I think Uro Vakkanienen could make Bobby Orr look bad.
Uro, Zac Jones etc are horrific partners to have.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:52 am #60254
airjan23
ParticipantThe Letter 2.0 was issued by Chris Drury today. Last year, we had the text message to the league general managers that sunk the team after a 12-4-1 st
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January 17, 2026 at 9:25 am #60304
nyrangers9479
ParticipantThis site is bizzaro world. In this forum “wave the white flag” I’m logged in. I went to check the last forum/blog to see if anyone was still talking in there bc this one has been so quite after such a big announcement and it says I have to be logged in to post. Very strange.
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January 17, 2026 at 11:25 am #60317
Tonybere
ParticipantNot much to add.
Drury has not done a good job. Not sure I trust he’ll start now.
I wish now more than ever they had named Troch captain and we could move Miller instead. But, Vinnie will certainly bring a huge return. -
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 pm #60324
nyrangers9479
ParticipantI think if we retain 50% on Trocheck, we’re looking at (2) 1sts plus prospects. That could be extremely appealing to playoff teams tight against the cap.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:53 pm #60330
Tonybere
ParticipantI wonder what a package to jump ourselves into the top 3 or 5 at the draft looks like. Assuming we aren’t just picking there anyway (the bottom of the West is terrible!!).
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January 17, 2026 at 1:27 pm #60337
ELew11
ParticipantAnd as I typed that we scored 3 goals on our first 3 shots in a minute and a half, including Othmann’s first. Maybe the letter was just a psych job (kidding) 🙂
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January 17, 2026 at 1:27 pm #60338
meltingplastic
ParticipantWelp.. they’re scoring goals because they know it’s their only way out of the organization
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January 17, 2026 at 1:34 pm #60340
picklerick
ParticipantI hate them so much
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January 17, 2026 at 1:40 pm #60341
picklerick
ParticipantI think if we retain 50% on Trocheck, we’re looking at (2) 1sts plus prospects. That could be extremely appealing to playoff teams tight against the cap.
Retain on a guy with 3 years left??
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January 17, 2026 at 1:44 pm #60343
ELew11
ParticipantI think if we retain 50% on Trocheck, we’re looking at (2) 1sts plus prospects. That could be extremely appealing to playoff teams tight against the cap.
Retain on a guy with 3 years left??
I think the thought process was that’s why the return would be so big, and we are gonna suck even worse (if that even possible) for the next few years
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January 17, 2026 at 1:47 pm #60344
nyrangers9479
ParticipantKeep : Cuylle Othmann Laba Schneider Robertson Rempe Edstrom Laf Perrault Morrow Gavrikov
Trade : Panarin Trocheck Soucy Fox
Trade if possible: ZiB Miller Sheary Borgen Quick Raddysh Brodzinski Vak
Trade if the price is right : Carrick
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January 17, 2026 at 1:50 pm #60345
picklerick
ParticipantKeep : Cuylle Othmann Laba Schneider Robertson Rempe Edstrom Laf Perrault Morrow Gavrikov
Trade : Panarin Trocheck Soucy Fox
Trade if possible: ZiB Miller Sheary Borgen Quick Raddysh Brodzinski Vak
Trade if the price is right : Carrick
Any price would be right for carrick. He’s a good role player but completely unecessary for rebuild. Schneider should go in my opinion. Cuylle would be the “for the right price” guy for me. Robertson, rempe, Edstrom could all stay or go for me. But they probably stay because their value is lower than their worth to a team from a cap perspective
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January 17, 2026 at 2:40 pm #60360
picklerick
ParticipantWho the hell is this team? Gtfo of here lol. Trade em all while they’re hot
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January 17, 2026 at 7:09 pm #60389
nyrangers9479
ParticipantExactly. I already replied to this, but it’s not showing up now. This site is …… but yes, imagine what a team would give to have Trocheck at 2.8 million for the next 4 seasons (including the remainder of this one)? If they really got tricky, get another team to retain 800k-1 million and have him for $2 million or under for the next 4 seasons?
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January 18, 2026 at 10:31 am #60545
aecliptic
ParticipantJed Ortmeyer, Director of Player Development since 2017.
Tanner Glass, Assistant Director of Player Development since 2019.These 2 need to be fired IMMEDIATELY. We cannot continue to move forward with these two still here.
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January 18, 2026 at 11:05 am #60555
nyrangers9479
ParticipantJed Ortmeyer, Director of Player Development since 2017.
Tanner Glass, Assistant Director of Player Development since 2019.These 2 need to be fired IMMEDIATELY. We cannot continue to move forward with these two still here.
Great points. Othmann, Laf, Kravtsov, Lias, Kakko the list goes on and on.
We do seem to do ok with our later, bigger picks though.
Laba 6’3 215
Rempe 6’9 260
Edstrom 6’7 235Then look at some of our later, smaller players. They don’t pan out so well.
Henriksson 5’9 180 (2nd round pick)
Berard 5’9 165
Sykora 5’10 180 (2nd round pick)
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January 18, 2026 at 11:52 am #60562
nyrangers9479
ParticipantOn top of that, what has he done that’s impressed you? He’s a declining player in his 30’s. The 12th overall pick would’ve been much more beneficial to the franchise than a 30+ player on the decline. Just another moronic move by Drury.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:22 pm #60574
aecliptic
ParticipantMark Ciaccio, hes been with the organization since 2013-14 season as a Skills/Skating coach. In 2023 he got promoted to Prospect Development Skills Coach. All these guys who have been apart of the organization for atleast 6 years, responsible for the development of the team, need to be fired.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:43 pm #60682
picklerick
ParticipantThank god Sherwood is traded
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January 19, 2026 at 1:59 pm #60684
picklerick
ParticipantChytil is about to play again. How many signs does everyone need? Does he need to die?
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January 19, 2026 at 2:35 pm #60688
nyrangers9479
ParticipantThat has to be Chytil going against Dr’s orders. He probably signed some waiver and it is what it is. He should hang them up though. No amount of money is worth it.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:56 pm #60693
nyrangers9479
ParticipantApparently Drury offered Othmann and a 2nd for Sherwood. Trading more youth for 30+ players. I can’t stand this guy.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 pm #60731
Tonybere
ParticipantI’ve lost track of whether it’s worse to trade a 1st, or a former 1st that we can’t develop. 🤔
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January 19, 2026 at 7:20 pm #60756
nyrangers9479
ParticipantI wouldn’t call Othmann a bust just yet. I’d give him another year with top 6 minutes and PP time to see what he is. In my opinion, he’s a 3rd liner with a 40-50 point ceiling that plays hard but id like to give him the opportunity before we pencil him in for that at 23 years old.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:42 pm #60806
nyrangers9479
ParticipantStrome Kreider and Trouba all on the ice for that game leading goal. Love it. This team is lifeless, no energy, no heart, no emotion.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:24 am #60848
Tonybere
ParticipantJT Miller passes like a beer leaguer. Just somewhere near the target, but seldom on the tape, or even the forehand.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:38 am #60854
nyrangers9479
ParticipantGlad we gave up the 12th overall pick for him. Drury the genius at it again. Seeing the reports he offered a 2nd and Othmann gives me 0 hope he’s going to do this “retool” the right way. When it’s all said and done we’ll need 3-5 years to fix his mistakes.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:52 pm #60909
nyrangers9479
ParticipantWashington apparently interested in Panarin.
Ilya Protas, 1st and a 2nd and he’s all theirs.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:30 am #61033
aecliptic
ParticipantWashington apparently interested in Panarin.
Ilya Protas, 1st and a 2nd and he’s all theirs.
The problem with all of this is it only works if they fire Drury, as well as the entire developmental staff. He cant be the one making the decisions anymore. What has this organization done with prospects and draft picks over the last 7 years that makes them feel confident that things will suddenly change?
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January 21, 2026 at 12:55 pm #61044
nyrangers9479
ParticipantI agree with you, but Dolan isn’t doing it for some reason.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:47 pm #61092
aecliptic
ParticipantI agree with you, but Dolan isn’t doing it for some reason.
There was a point when they brought back JD and let him and Gorton run the organization that we really thought that we might be at a place where things will turn around. Then full stop, because my understanding is JD and Dolan didnt see eye to eye as far as how they wanted to approach the next step with the team that Dolan fired JD and is lapdog Drury took over. Its been this mixed bag of results with the team that JD started putting together, and the crap that Drury has orchestrated to follow. The crazy thing is it started off good. Not everyone agrees with the way the team approached the retool, but you cant say that first run to the ECF didnt give you a little bit of optimism. However everything that followed that just made you hold your head and just shake your head no.
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