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My post from yesterday disappeared. Ill try to make it quick. The last month doesnt hold much weight for me. Team was out of the playoffs and played .500 hockey against all non playoff teams aside from the win against the wild. Most first lines have at least 1 PPG player, at this point the Rangers do not. Im not sure what Trachecks value is but he isnt going to get a PPG player for us, nobody on the FA market to sign and we dont have the assets to trade for a PPG player. This team will go forward with basically 2 second lines and a 3rd and 4th.
Honestly, I dont care anymore. All I care about is that we get a top 5 pick, we dont blow our load, pick the BPA and we manage the off-season/free agency the right way. Thats it, thats all I want. I dont want us chasing and overpaying any players in a trade. I also dont see any benefit to trading Trocheck in the off-season.
If the team ends up last in the East again next year… to quote the infamous Lt. Col. Frank Slade, Dolan needs to take a flamethrower to the entire organization and get rid of JT Miller. If he doesnt waive his NMC, buy him out, I dont care, get him off this team.
Hm… Rangers find themselves in an interesting situation. Kartye, Chmelar and Sykora are all playing quite well and bring a fresh sense of energy for the bottom 6. For all the hate Sheary has gotten, the energy of the kids has really given him a boost. The squad has a lot of bottom 6 depth now, which isnt necessarily a bad thing, but some trimming of the fat needs to occur. Question is, do they sell high on these kids theyve brought up or do they try to move the others.
What are you trying to say? You want to trade these kids?
Oh Im not saying they should, just gonna be interesting to see what prick Drury does. Should have said, “does Drury sell high on these kids or does he move the others to trim all the excess”.
But, they are going to need to figure out what the plan is for a 2nd line because were basically rolling a two 3rd lines and a 4th line.
Hm… Rangers find themselves in an interesting situation. Kartye, Chmelar and Sykora are all playing quite well and bring a fresh sense of energy for the bottom 6. For all the hate Sheary has gotten, the energy of the kids has really given him a boost. The squad has a lot of bottom 6 depth now, which isnt necessarily a bad thing, but some trimming of the fat needs to occur. Question is, do they sell high on these kids theyve brought up or do they try to move the others.
If Fox, in his heart, love the Rangers as he does than he will see this through. Should the Rangers end up drafting Verhoeff, they have his replacement. Lets look at it hypothetically, specifically on defense. Lets say the Rangers draft Verhoeff, then they make a 1 for 1 hockey trade of Schneider for Lohrei. The defense shapes out…
Gavrikov/Fox – we already know these 2 have good chemistry, theyre solid together, complement each other very well.
Lohrei/Verhoeff – pair of the future, as the top 2 age, these 2 move up.
Robertson/Borgen – solid third pair.One pick and one tweak, and that D looks actually quite decent.
Outside of 13, 93, 94… the forward group is kind of a hot mess. I would consider selling high on Kartye if someone threw an offer at us.
The thing is, by trading Trocheck for more futures, theres really nothing Drury can do to retool this team properly without mortgaging the future. Which would be a wildly egregious error to not bank on this draft and the 2027 draft, which some say is supposed to be even better than 2026. Good thing we traded the 2027 2nd round pick to the Pens for Reilly Smith.
They could find themselves with three 1sts in this draft (we already have 2), or three 1sts in next years draft if they do things right. But drafting 5-6 first rounders in this and next years draft puts them like 3 years away. Timeline wise it does workout great because it will sync to when certain players’ contracts will be expiring. However this is not how things were advertised based on the letter. Which is concerning because I would much prefer that than whatever he is doing now. Just tell me were gonna suck for a couple years as we clean up the roster and rebuild through the draft. Atleast I know what to expect.
Gotta say… I kinda like the Cuylle, Trocheck, Sykora line.
Chmelar looks pretty good too, Ive said before he kinda reminds me of Julien Gauthier with his size and ability to use it to get to the net.
Trocheck is most likely a goner this summer.
What is the trade value of a soon to be 33yo 50 point guy?
Honestly, not much less, if still equal as it was at this deadline… and what I mean by equal is what other GMs were willing to give up, not the price that Drury was asking. So its still a 1st, maybe a mid-pick and a prospect. Hes still the same player, hes not injury prone, contract is still the same with excellent term. Nothing would have changed from the deadline to July.
Gotta say… I kinda like the Cuylle, Trocheck, Sykora line.
Chmelar looks pretty good too, Ive said before he kinda reminds me of Julien Gauthier with his size and ability to use it to get to the net.
Exactly what I said about Kreids before the season. A move for the sake of making a move.
As for the unsuccessful tank, I feel good about the way Zib, Laffy, Gabe and Laba are playing. Id rather they grow and gain confidence than continue to wallow.
At the end the day, I try to remember that when we won the lottery for Laf, we won our last game of the season and changed for percentages, but still hit!!I would argue the tank has been going quite well since Miller returned to the lineup.
At the very least, if theres one thing theyre getting right, its tanking the rest of the season properly to ensure we get one of those top picks.
Right now you think anyone would take JT Miller for Jack Nesbitt? They’d laugh us off the phone. What a disaster of a trade
There were 3 guys I really wanted if we were to find a way to get back into the first round. Nesbitt, Horcoff and Murtaugh. The biggest kick in the nuts is that at pick 11 Pens took Kindel, whos already looking like a legit NHL player, THEN proceeded to trade our pick to the Flyers of all teams who drafted Nesbitt. To put the cherry on top, used the picks they got from the Flyers to draft Horcoff. Murtaugh ended up getting drafted by the Flyers in the 2nd round. Like, wtf. Smh, fkn hell.
Once again, your post brings nothing to the table, you are useful as a Tj post. A good laugh and nothing more, you have no insight into anything, just want to break balls. As I remember correctly you were happy about the Miller trade and making him Captain. Im sure you took your blue pill and stroked your guitar over it. Keep staring at your posters on your wall. Typical douche bag.
Well, hes also like 100 years old, senility.
You don’t trade a top 5 pick in this years draft
1 and 2, probably not. After that, I think for the right offer picks can be moved. But Im also not saying full on trade them, I mean move back a couple picks. I really like the idea of drafting Malhotra or Lawrence. We have an extremely aging core of centers and nothing in the pipeline to develop behind them. If we were to end up with the 3rd pick, theres a couple of teams that have multiple picks in the 1st round. Lets say the Bruins are sitting at 5/6 (theres several teams with multiple picks in the 1st round), want to move up to draft Verhoeff, and want to trade pick #5/6 plus pick #24 and Lohrei, for example, its something to consider. Id be asking a kings ransom for a franchise RHD.
We can monetize a high pick quite massively. Especially in this draft.
Is it the draft yet
Hold on, we still have like a dozen more games to lose to hopefully lock up a top 2 pick.
But Ill be honest, Im not against trading any pick, even a top 2 pick, if the return is significant.
