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Anyone interested in taking a flyer on Shane Wright? Id go for it! Cant see the Rangers developing him, they havent been able to develop anyone in a decade. What would the price be?
We discussed a 1 for 1, LAF for Wright deal, and it got a unanamous yes from everyone. Doesnt happen often.
I dont think the Kraken will want to pay that contract on Laffy for the next 7 years though. Id bet there would be some money needed to be retained .
If by the end of this TDL he has
2 firsts this year draft
2 firsts next year draft
2 firsts in the ‘28 draftIt would be a homerun. Requires trading Trocheck which I’m not sure is a guarantee. Panarin definitely gets one of those tho.
Im not sure what is considered the best draft where teams insist on keeping that year
And it will take 3-4 years for these picks to develop.
Anyone interested in taking a flyer on Shane Wright? Id go for it! Cant see the Rangers developing him, they havent been able to develop anyone in a decade. What would the price be?
Drury and Sullivan will get fired together imo. If that happens.
Drury definitely has no more rope I’ll give ya that. But they’re both getting at least two more years imo
Another quote that is going to age bad!!
LOL
Ok brukie whatever you say
Its not whatever I say, its how the team looks on the ice. With Miller the team is worse, how can you explain that?
I think I’m more tired of the players on this team than the front office. Maybe that’s where my disconnect is different then you guys. Get rid of all of them (older guys). My point regardless of buying selling retooling etc..you have to have older players to mentor players. Ie have Perrault play with Miller and Mika. You can’t have 20 players under 22 yrs old. Drury, for better or worse, wanted Miller and Gavrikov to be that new wave of older core players.
Moving forward- imo, Miller, Mika, Fox, Gavrikov and Shesty are the big tickets. Like they’re are all staying. Other guys need to be better (Cuylle, Laf, Schneider, etc) and add in some more youth in a variety of ways, draft right and sign smart contracts (like Trocheck was) and see what happens.
If they got Robertson I think we’d all feel much better about things. That’s the shot in the arm the fan base needs. I get the hate I do I just direct my hate elsewhere, it’s on the players not so much Drury. He gave them all 3 friggin coaches, a lot of money and they’ve been nothing but divas
I dont want Miller mentoring younger players, he has been bounced around a few times and then couldnt get along with his team mate, that too me isnt leadership material. Mika cant teach anyone, he failed himself in the playoffs!! There is no shot in the arm or magic potion to comeback, the magic potion was 2 years ago when they had a chance and were a team, now they are a bunch of individuals.
Let’s look at what next season looks like
-28.3 in cap space (Trocheck included, so maybe more)
-16 players signed (which is a pretty good amount)
-top 5 pick (very likely at this rate)and more then likely one more first rder
-kids are regulars that should get better, and for the most part they already are. Laba, Perrault, Morrow, Othmann specifically
-goalie and captain signed (players you must have)
-an established coach (he isn’t going anywhere either)So with all that it’s not out of the question that they improve dramatically. Adding speed and a goal scorer is imperative. Robertson is ideal in so many ways, Doforeyev too.
Tj, Cap space is irrelevant at this time, you only need some to retain on trades and then when you want to sign a big FA, which there really isnt one out there on the market. You really are missing the whole point, when conducting business you dont announce it to the world, it puts you at a disadvantage.
Trading for Miller was nothing but a hail Mary to save the season. You dont trade for a 31yo (at the time) to lead a rebuild. Supposedly Trocheck encouraged him to come here. If thats the case, if Trocheck is traded, maybe he will waive. Now we have a 33yo (next month) for another 4 years at 8.5, talk about a waste of space. Yes Chytil was injury prone but I would have rather an under performer player, younger needing a change of scenery in a trade and a pick rather than a 31yo who couldnt get along with his team mate.
Bottom line is trading Panarin and Trocheck and bringing in another high priced scorer doesnt change the locker room. It still smells of Drury.
The aging out thing..
They still need some veterans with all these young guys coming up. And are we sure Miller was the problem in Vancouver? It seems like EP40 was and still is a problem (is in rumors). They didn’t have a captain or anyone worthy of being a captain so they traded for one. It was more about getting leadership in the room. Rangers and Drury could trade for Messier in his prime and you guys would be pissed because you’re impossible to please
I’m stubborn because I see why he’s doing. I may not agree with everything he does, but I’m willing to see it through, you’re just too stubborn and unforgiving to actually let him cook. You truly think we would be contenders if our left everything alone and it’s silly because that didn’t work for two years and then the window closed
And I’ve been called worse things than stupid
Why he is doing it??? Tj, he ran this team into the ground, as your brother would say, Presidents trophy winner to last in the league in 2 seasons. Thats insane!! You dont run a team like that. He is an idiot.
If you think about it, without hate glasses on, he hasn’t really “built” a team. He took over a pretty good team that Gorton put together, bought to make it better and get over the hump. It didn’t. Fault lies in a lot of places, Drury some of it yea, but it’s not only person. The picks made post letter the last time basically all shit the bed. Drury had nothing to do with that. That was all Gorton and gord Clark scouting. Since then it’s a been tear down process obviously, and that where you guys get pissed. And I get it. But he realized they weren’t good enough therefore they needed tear it down. You guys just won’t accept that fate.
Let him build a team with his vision and see what happens. That’s when he will get fired, if this retool/rebuild doesn’t succeed. But it isn’t happening overnight, it’s really that simple
I never said that those picks were Drury’s fault. This is why I keep saying they need to fire Ortmeyer and Glass because they oversee the development of these players.
You say that were mad about the tear down process? No were not mad about the tear down, were mad at how its being handled. Trading for Miller, giving up what could have been a top 10 pick, adding another non-movable 8m contract and making him captain, was not the move to make.
Well said!
Drury is the Captain of this ship. Trading Goodrow to the Sharks, Sharks are better, trading Trouba and CK20 to the Ducks, Ducks are better. KK to Seattle, TBD. The Rangers return for these trades, team is worse, actually terrible, new coach, team still sucks!! Drurys job is to identify the problem and fix it. He hasnt, you cant make trades just for the hell of it, it has to improve your club. Drury has had the team for 5 years now, 2 of these years the team doesnt make the playoffs and will not for the next 2, whose fault is it??
Tj, wake up.
Say it with me
DRURY ISNT GETTING FIRED. Say it again DRURY ISNT GETTNG FIRED. say it again third time if you want. Dolan told you as much on the radio. It isn’t happening. Let it gooooo
Gavrikov signed here after the fact, so that’s a bunch of malarkey.
Trocheck has to go because that’s the best chip to use and get the most for. His contract is too good not to trade for assets
This is another quote that wont age well!!
