Laughing at imbecile Rangers fans calling in saying we got fleeced

When you step back and look holistically it is pretty impressive what Gorton was able to do. And we have tons of cap space now as well:

Winners: New York Rangers
The Rangers traded three rentals -- Rick Nash, Michael Grabner and Nick Holden -- as well as captain Ryan McDonagh and center J.T. Miller. They did so after declaring they were purging the roster in an effort to rebuild and reload the team, having raised the white flag on the season.

Their haul: Forward Vladislav Namestnikov, 25, who has 123 points in 263 NHL games; center Ryan Spooner, 26, with 144 points in 254 NHL games; 20-year-old WHL defenseman Libor Hajek; 20-year-old KHL defenseman Yegor Rykov; 20-year-old NCAA defenseman Ryan Lindgren; 19-year-old WHL center Brett Howden; 24-year-old AHL prospect Rob O'Gara; the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2018 first-round pick; the Lightning's 2019 second-round pick, which becomes a first if they win the Stanley Cup in the next two seasons; the Boston Bruins' 2018 first-round pick; the New Jersey Devils' 2018 second-round pick; a 2018 third-round pick from Boston; and a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Bruins -- which is, of course, the key to everything.

Obviously, there's no telling how this will all pan out. But if you're rebuilding, there are some prime construction materials. It was a strong deadline showing for Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton.

 

you bring in free agents to supplement the base you have in place. you bring in big name free agents to put you over the top. you dont bring in big name big contract free agents the first year you are in a rebuild retool or whatever you call it. again just look at what past ufa hit the market and the ones that are going to. whatevers though. middling success? my team won 3 cups in their window and 5 finals. new window is opening up i'm all good with my 36 fans. good thing they dont hand out cups for fans

 

congrats on kovy would love to see him there in a rebuilding year. it will make the rivalry even more juicy.

 

Yeah, that was in a way different time my friend...and a long time ago. With that said I like Shero and think he will have you guys in a good spot as I have said many times. Not a SC winning team, but a good solid team for a handful of years. No shame in that.

As for the Rangers, where you and I will not see eye to eye is our approach. I do not believe Gorton's plan is to be in a total rebuild mode and punt on next year also. I just don't see it. I think the Rangers expect to be competitive next year, and right back at it higher level in two years. We don't agree on what I believe will be the Rangers approach to next season. That's where we are at here.

 

After watching a much more entertaining Rangers team sweep their West coast trip it's obvious there was dead wood on this team that had to go. Spooner is significantly better than JT, I liked Miller and thought he was getting the shaft at times early in his career but 2 different coaches saw him as lazy. Maybe this trade will wake him up, CK had the same tendencies. Namesthikov can skate but he's an RFA making $1.9 this year, don't know if he's worth keeping with Vesey, Hayes and Spooner to resign.. Georgiev's cap hit is +$8 mil less than Hank's and he played a good game last night. Bottom line when evaluating this trade as far as rebuilding a team goes, 6 picks in the top 3 rounds of any draft is unheard of. Chytil and Andersson were good picks, hope Gorton can keep it up this draft.

 

7 picks in the top 3 rounds. 3 in the 1st, 2 in each of the 2nd and 3rd rounds. We'll see what Gorton does with all this picks (make them or trade them) and how he handles the RFA's we have.

 

The best tanking team in the NHL has got to be the Ottawa Senators. They can only
beat the Rangers and then play dead with the rest of the league! Now that’s a POS
organization.

 

Obviously, would love to get a top 5 pick. However, give Clark first round picks, he's pretty much a lock to give you a deep and talented team.

 

I wonder if Devils fans see what we all knew here: Grabner is a nice player but is not a top 6 forward. Gorton did fine in that trade.

 

Now is time for Ranger management to show AV the door. Keeping him
on board would be detrimental to rebuilding the team. Chewing gum would
suit another team. Can Gorton & Sather get it right this time? God only knows!


Vigneault has not had a clue about his players. He told Ranger fans this
past Friday that the ‘team will be ready and play a good game’. He could not
be more wrong. Just shows that he is not in tune in prepping players for
combat. AV’s game plan will never include the word “combat”.........he is
too whimpy and does not demonstrate toughness to his players. Under his
game plan, Rangers have been depicted as “soft” and it shows with their
lack of emotional intense leadership. Team needs a head coach who
demonstrates ‘tough, bold intensity’........and will take it to the other team
on a daily basis! Enough of the bullshit to hire “suits” to look like
winners but always come up losers!

 

where the kovy love go?