gdt: [RS] (#30) Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning // Hello Darkness, Our Old Friends

[AliveIn94]

What I mean is, if Tampa is the gold standard for what a contender looks like (they are), the Rangers are roughly six defenders, one franchise forward, and two high-scoring top-six forwards away from being even remotely close to their template. That's what, four, five years of work?

What's the free agent market look like next year, oh boy...our rookies have to hit on all cylinders like Tampa's also. Everything will have to go right and we'll still fuck it up.

 

 

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[Fatfrancesa]

What I mean is, if Tampa is the gold standard for what a contender looks like (they are), the Rangers are roughly six defenders, one franchise forward, and two high-scoring top-six forwards away from being even remotely close to their template. That's what, four, five years of work?

 

Rangers build that once every 100 years

[fletch]

Pionk caught again.

 

Holy fuck, how do we win any games at all?

 

Number 30

HENRIK Lundqvist

 

not exactly Lundqvist's night

[4EverRangerFrank]

WatF? How many announcements needed for that goal. Shut-the-f@#k-up

[Dunny]

Miller looks legit. There's a metric fuck ton of work to do with everyone else. But it's a start.

 

Tampa hides two D-men down the lineup every year.

[Pete]

Tampa isn't built like perennial losers in Edmonton, Buffalo, etc.

 

Their true separation is in their later rounders that they got extremely lucky on. Kucherov, Point, Cirrelli.

Lucky or scouted?

[4EverRangerFrank]

Rangers build that once every 100 years

 

Stanley Cup warming. We better start winning before it gets too hot to make ice.

[josh]

Lucky or scouted?

 

A little bit of both.

Rangers have been extremely unlucky - even when they do draft top talent.

[AliveIn94]

Tampa isn't built like perennial losers in Edmonton, Buffalo, etc.

 

Their true separation is in their later rounders that they got extremely lucky on. Kucherov, Point, Cirrelli.

Where they picked Kucherov and Point, we picked Stepan and Nieves. Not necessarily the same level, but still.

 

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[Phil]

Tampa isn't built like perennial losers in Edmonton, Buffalo, etc.

 

Their true separation is in their later rounders that they got extremely lucky on. Kucherov, Point, Cirrelli.

 

They've pulled off the right trades, and free agent signings, too.

[Dunny]

Lucky or scouted?

 

Probably a little of both.

 

My point is that drafting Hughes solves very little other than pointing to a shiny new 160 lbs toy.

[AliveIn94]

Always more activity here when the Rangers go belly up.

 

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[4EverRangerFrank]

Give Beleskey credit for a good scrap.

[Pete]

A little bit of both.

Rangers have been extremely unlucky - even when they do draft top talent.

Probably a little of both.

 

My point is that drafting Hughes solves very little other than pointing to a shiny new 160 lbs toy.

What Tampa does well is identify bad picks, pump the tires, and trade them away.

 

We'll have Lias as our 35 point fringe 3rd line captain in 5 years.

[Dunny]

Give Beleskey credit for a good scrap.

 

Yup, he caught Dolf Lundgren square and the guy didn't even flinch.

[Fatfrancesa]

They also get the added benefit of having no state or city tax which gives them roughly 8 to 10 million more in actual money on their cap. But who’s paying attention Bettman?

[AliveIn94]

Who would we pick at 7 to solve our offense problem that year? Weak draft, wasn't it?

 

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[Dunny]

What Tampa does well is identify bad picks, pump the tires, and trade them away.

 

We'll have Lias as our 35 point fringe 3rd line captain in 5 years.

 

That's true, Rangers have to be prepared to move on from guys like that early if necessary.

[4EverRangerFrank]

We were in it for quite a while. Too many penalties. Of which at least two were weak calls.

[Phil]

Give Beleskey credit for a good scrap.

 

He's a good player. Perfect stop-gap for a rebuilding team.

[Dunny]

They get a guy like Cernak through smart trading and we get... Ryan Lindgren.

[josh]

What Tampa does well is identify bad picks, pump the tires, and trade them away.

 

We'll have Lias as our 35 point fringe 3rd line captain in 5 years.

 

Like we should have done with Miller long ago, and Skjei last summer.

[Phil]

What Tampa does well is identify bad picks, pump the tires, and trade them away.

 

We'll have Lias as our 35 point fringe 3rd line captain in 5 years.

 

Yeah, they've walked away from two first-rounders in the last like ten years in Connolly and DeAngelo and didn't even bat an eyelash. Connolly was like 5OA, too.

[Dunny]

He's a good player. Perfect stop-gap for a rebuilding team.

 

I think so, if he doesn't get complacent again he's a a big upgrade on the shit they've been rotating through the 4th line.

[Phil]

They get a guy like Cernak through smart trading and we get... Ryan Lindgren.

 

Just as I'm prepared to never trade with Yzerman again, I think we should probably keep Gorton away from Boston as well. He doesn't get fleeced, but he sure seems to fall in love with mediocre players.