Phil Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 The Rangers? roster tilts heavily toward youth and finesse-oriented skaters. But head coach David Quinn?s team will require at least some measure of size and veteran toughness on the ice and experience in the room in order to navigate the season successfully. To that end, The Post has learned that the Blueshirts are keenly interested in 31-year-old Vegas winger Ryan Reaves, who will become a free agent when the market opens at noon Sunday. The time of brawlers is done forever in the NHL and no one seriously believes a single player can act as an immutable deterrent on the ice. But credible strength is necessary and the amount of comfort Reaves ? or a player with the same characteristics ? is likely to be able to provide the young group assembled by management is important. https://nypost.com/2018/06/28/rangers-eyeing-veteran-golden-knights-bruiser-in-free-agency/ Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Jesis fuck Maybe last season, but now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinutesForNothing Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Done. I can't. I just can't. Awful hockey player in just about every sense and 31 years old. If this happens I really lose all faith in this front office. There are so many better options. If he's signed it had better be as a 13th forwards who is in the press box most nights and there is no reason to pay very much for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRanger11 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Thought we were behind the ridiculousness of wasting a spot on a guy like this. IF this is true, I guess we're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Would rather see a young'un than a retread, and one that's pretty awful at hockey. As per Brooks, he's looking at upward of $2 million in cap room, which is nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 They're not going to be good. They're already not, given their finish last season, and will only get worse once Spooner and Namestnikov are dealt. Adding glue guys to keep the losing environment less shitty is a good thing. I'm fine with Reaves. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinutesForNothing Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Yes, but we have money to spend and there are guys out there that can fill this role and not kill possession numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Falco Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Some of you guys are acting like they're taking up a ton of roster spots. Rangers have made it clear they want the young guys to have the best chance at making the team as possible. They're looking for vets/character guys to establish a strong leadership core. I wasn't convinced until the draft, but it seems the Rangers are in fact sticking to a build. Embrace the suck, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Yes, but we have money to spend and there are guys out there that can fill this role and not kill possession numbers. He's a solid shot supressing defensive forward. Given how little he is likely to play, and how small his role should be, I fail to see how you are trying to blame him, of all people, for poor possession metrics. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Please guys no one cares about shot suppression. We're gonna suck. Sign him or Kamarov. Not both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 He's a solid shot supressing defensive forward. Given how little he is likely to play, and how small his role should be, I fail to see how you are trying to blame him, of all people, for poor possession metrics. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Little ice time? Small role? Wow, sounds like a perfect opportunity for a prospect on a rebuilding squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Please guys no one cares about shot suppression. We're gonna suck. Sign him or Kamarov. Not both. I agree. One or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Little ice time? Small role? Wow, sounds like a perfect opportunity for a prospect on a rebuilding squad. Yeah, because icing a team predominantly full of teenagers and rookies always goes great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 They did better when they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Lol, we will suck regardless. Sign one or the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Respecttheblue Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Not loving this fella's stats. To me, that would be a step backward to a different era. If we're gonna go character player gimme Jay Beagle. But really I want a Tom Wilson-type unicorn a year or two from now -- even though we can't touch him. My main concern, though, is if we're going to settle for muscle/character with absolute minimal scoring it means some talented kid in the system is not going to get a look at the NHL. If we were playoff bound, I could see it, but we're not. That said, I am sick of folks taking runs at Hank and our players unchallenged, undeterred and unpunished. So if there's a player who can deliver Tanner Glass or better still Jody Shelley-level protection for the kids ... so yeah ... Did I just contradict myself? .. OK. maybe I did. So my -- some time now/some time in the future question is, who can we get who can skate, pass, and ride shotgun for Buch, Zibs, and Kravstov when he finally gets here. Vegas got pounded back to reality by Tom Wilson and a few others. A player like Wilson has a place in today's NHL, we should also be drafting with that kind of unicorn in mind, too, just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Vegas got distracted by Wilson. He's a unicorn in this league, though, in that there's no one else like him (left). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 We have no clue what type of player/playing style will fill that role in the future.. 2, 3 years from now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Roussel is who I'd prefer. Not too old, not just a guy that can fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfrancesa Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Can’t hurt the kids confidence having a player like reeves in the lineup. Everybody poo poos the role but every teammate of guys like him swear by the role. Signing him does nothing to deter from development of anybody. It only makes this team which was captained by a giant vagina less soft. I’m all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinutesForNothing Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 The problem is that he probably ends up on a line with Anderson or other young guys and hurts their development because he's an offensive black hole. Let's stick to guys that can play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Reaves or Leo both suck. Regardless of who you prefer they both are black holes offensively and slow as shit. Leo hasn't been physical since Ovi destroyed him with a concussion. He is a total shell and can only PK at this point in his career. He can't even skate to defend anymore. He could not keep up with his line and was terrible with good linemates and too much ice time. Take a look at the Leaf boards and fans. They are actually celebrating that Babcock won't be able to play his Tanner Glass anymore. They love Uncle Leo the person and what he did when he had some game, but to a man are ecstatic he is gone. All year the fans wanted him scratched and he was the target of nightly complaints. He was even more awful in the playoffs and finally was scratched for Marlies. How either of these guys will improve the play of Lias and whoever is a mystery to me. Maybe the kids get run less with Reaves, but he will hurt his line in other places. Neither should get more than 1 year or GTFO. Either should be a 13th Man. Reaves gets played only when another goon is in the lineup. Sure, when Wilson takes a cheap run at Chytil, I'll enjoy Reaves smashing his brain through the glass, leaving broken shards through his cheeks, pints of blood spilling everywhere and #43 in the fetal position. That is about what he is good for, revenge. If he can even catch him. Watched every Vegas playoff game. I do admit Reaves put a game or two together where he helped his linemates forecheck effectively. Even scored twice in that playoff game, by getting in front at the right time. Then just like Glass he could not sustain that energy for more than a couple of games and didn't have the speed to be effective. By the Cap series he was an outright liabilty. Do we really want ineffective slow liabilities skating with a sorta slow Lias and some young winger we are trying to groom/evaluate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Tanner Glass's No. 51 awaits Reaves... Unfortunately, so might a three year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Roussel seems like a better option, but probably wants more years. A guy like Josh Manson would be the ticket. Not only can he defend, hit, skate, exit the zone, shoot and join the O, but if your stupid enough to challenge him by dropping you gloves, he will Barry Beck you. Or Chara you, for those younger fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Tanner Glass's No. 51 awaits Reaves... Unfortunately, so might a three year contract. Get out of here!! One year or Two Minutes and I are going to break some windows at MSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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