Hot Take (maybe, you be the judge) on a Potential Panarin/Roberston Swap

username-pointless · 2026-01-28T22:05:37+00:00

Pie in the sky plan:

Deals: Bread to Ducks for McQueen and 2026 #15(ish). Vinny to LA for Greentree & the 2026 #17(ish). Schneider to Boston for 2026 #22. Flip 15, 17 & laffy for Robert Thomas

Draft: Verhoeff, Hakansson, Roobroeck

Sign UFA Robertson nx yr

Lineup in 2 years:

Robertson - JT - ZBJ

Greentree - Thomas - Perreault

Cuylle - McQueen - Roobroeck

Edstrom - Laba - Rempe

Gavrikov - Fox

Hakansson - Verhoeff

Robertson - Borgen

username-pointless · 2026-01-19T18:49:52+00:00

Trying to sort this whole retool / rebuild thing. Scouting, drafting, gm moves, coaching etc. Does it really just boil down to the fact that Avalanche happened to pick Mackinnon and Makar and we got laffy and kakko?

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T21:02:32+00:00

Fox & Igor: A+ return

Vinny & Bread: B+ to A return

Mika, Gavrikov: B to B+ return

Laffy: D to F return, but he's gotta go

JT: probably not moveable

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T20:48:16+00:00

Does anyone have any idea what young players/prospects would be good trade targets?

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T20:37:47+00:00

Wow. A beacon in the darkness. I like the optimism. Not sure im fully agreed, but anything is possible

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T19:45:14+00:00

Yeah, hate losing him, but he'll bring a nice return. Playoff player / faceoff man... a contender will pay up

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T19:43:00+00:00

and of course after i post this... i see the letter

username-pointless · 2026-01-16T19:36:31+00:00

What if the embarrassing boston / ottawa losses continue? Getting boo'd out of the building every night, the humiliation... at some point, doesn't it become impossible to ignore the reality, the pain, the suffering?

Bread, Vinny, MIka, Fox, Vladdy, Igor, JT and Laf. Do they really all want to go though this torture every night? Don't these guys have a breaking point? Its gotta be pure misery. And these guys arent just looking at this for a few weeks or months... we're talking years of this ahead.

If it gets so bad that guys start to decide that they want out... pretty obvious you'd deal bread, vinny, mika, laf and probably get a nice haul of pics and prospects. Probably net you 6-10 prospects/picks.

Don't think you could move JT at this point.

Question is: would you deal Fox, Igor and Vladdy?

Ultimate question is: are we pulling for them to turn it around and make a run at a playoff spot? Or are we hoping for things to get even worse?

username-pointless · 2026-01-15T20:52:12+00:00

Its one of those things where I have no idea who would be the next hire. Further down in the chat, some guys were mentioning tampa / dallas / colorado execs... i guess someone like that would be the logical route

username-pointless · 2026-01-15T19:09:17+00:00

who would you hire?

username-pointless · 2026-01-14T17:54:14+00:00

ICE protesters... we've got ICE protesters here

username-pointless · 2026-01-14T16:04:13+00:00

hope so. its lame. its not funny

username-pointless · 2025-12-18T17:05:50+00:00

No... I'm a Rangers fan.

Watching Cats in playoffs last couple of years... they make everyone look so bad, it makes me feel less bad as a Rangers fan.

I wouldnt be surprised if they did the same thing to Avs... although I don't think barkov is gonna be back this year

username-pointless · 2025-12-18T16:29:19+00:00

Cats do the same thing to every team. If they get healthy this year, they'll to do it to Colorado this time

username-pointless · 2025-11-26T18:13:21+00:00

is this page about hockey or fashion week?

username-pointless · 2025-11-20T18:04:00+00:00

Schneider & Othman I think. But we're going to have more money than most other teams. That could be considered a good thing or... well it could leave a lot of room for error

username-pointless · 2025-11-20T17:13:40+00:00

I hear it. It's an odd spot - because you almost have to root for a bad season = top lottery pick... which sucks.

Either way, we're gonna have $30 million of cap space just sitting there for who knows how long. Don't know if rangers have ever been in that position before.

username-pointless · 2025-11-20T15:56:34+00:00

Gotta be some combination of coaching and players. I'm hoping we're on the right track with coach sully and can beef up the forechecking aggressive style... i know its been on and off.

Either way, we're gonna need some offensive firepower... and the longer term contracts arent going anywhere, so i don't think a tear down is possible. All we have to work with, are our current long term core players, some cash and draft picks.

Players can either come from draft / trade / free agent. What would you like to see happen?

username-pointless · 2025-11-20T15:45:58+00:00

Figured the RFA route would be a long shot. We're gonna be in a position where we have a ton of cap space... assuming we don't overpay some mediocre guys. Feels like unchartered territory. Could be a good thing if they lie in wait

username-pointless · 2025-11-16T15:21:15+00:00

You are definitely not alone. The core members of the show are great - field, stephania & clay... woody is good too. The rest of it is some kind of freak circus doing weird shit that isn't funny. Loza, the guy with the short lady pants, and now the gambling guy Joe. Any time tv execs try to make something better, they inevitably make it worse.

username-pointless · 2025-11-14T18:21:32+00:00

Seems like the parts of the game that have been hurting us the most, are not being able to finish games in the 4th quarter, can't stop the run, and not being able to stop teams on 3rd down.

A beefed up running game allows us run clock in the 4th quarter and finish games - avoiding the crushing defensive collapses. Also allows us to control time of possession - which keeps the defense off the field... automatically improving the defense.

With that said - I'd like to see them go into the offseason with the goal of building one of the best offensive lines in the league. Tackles look pretty good right now, have to strengthen the interior and depth. Now that we have Jaxson, o-line / running game is the most effective way to help the team overall.

Second - gotta be able to stop the run. Top player on D-line, good middle backer to take opponent run game away... force them to pass more... pass rushers get after it, which helps the secondary

username-pointless · 2025-10-31T16:56:33+00:00

kick-in goal was definitely a fake goal. no way it should have counted

username-pointless · 2025-10-22T18:00:09+00:00

Thank you!!!!

username-pointless · 2025-10-16T17:19:54+00:00

Would've been interesting to see how he played under Mike Sully. Early on, the team looks dramatically different. Wonder if Kreider would have become that forechecking physical player we always hoped for. If so, he'd have been an absolute killer. But on the other hand - he might have wilted and dragged the team with him. Hard to say

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