Aiming for another playoff appearance

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Created by: KingsLover

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 21, 2020

Published: Sep. 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I think the Rangers will continue to try and progress from this promising season with a fresh new 1st overall pick in Lafreniere to help pair with this roster of promising youngsters and good veterans.

I think the team should bring in a guy like Craig Smith if they believe that Kravtsov won't be ready for the top 9 next year, especially because I don't think Gauthier will be ready for that spot. Smith can replace some of what Jesper Fast did to the Rangers, as he's not returning apparently. Although he doesn't bring the great PK work that Fast does, he is a better goal scorer though having 5 20 goal seasons in his career (6 if the season had finished). I think putting him on a line with a guy like Panarin could allow him to be a darkhorse to score 30 goals.

Hopefully Smith agrees to that trade to Ottawa, the Rangers really need to get out of his contract.

If you think I'm paying Strome too much tell me, I didn't know what to really gauge his value at.

Bringing in Galchenyuk allows the Rangers to take on another reclamation project similar to Strome. A former high draft pick who's fallen after early success in the league, and is bouncing around. He can sign for relatively cheap (if you think I gave too much I can edit), and on a 1 year deal playing alongside Lafreniere and Kakko can be an absolutely deadly 3rd line.

Zibanejad and Panarin will are likely to be dominant again, Fox, Trouba, & DeAngelo will continue to be one of the best rightsides in the NHL. The defence is questionable, but if Staal ever agreed to waive his NMC, then they could get relief.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Skinner, Hunter		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Georgiev, Alexandar	2	$2,400,000
Strome, Ryan	2	$4,500,000
Lemieux, Brendan	2	$1,100,000
Di Giuseppe, Phillip	2	$815,000
Deangelo, Anthony	3	$5,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Galchenyuk, Alex	1	$2,500,000
Bérubé, Jean-François	1	$750,000
Haley, Micheal	1	$700,000
Nieves, Cristoval	1	$700,000
Connauton, Kevin	1	$800,000
Smith, Craig	2	$3,000,000
Greiss, Thomas	2	$2,000,000
Martin, Matt	1	$975,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

NYR

Rangers select Lafreniere

WPG

2020 1st round pick (NYR)

NYR

Pick 22, select Dylan Holloway, C University of Wisconsin.

WPG

2020 1st round pick (CAR)

NYR

Reilly, Mike
2022 6th round pick (OTT)

Additional Details:

Rangers get a cheap D-man back in Reilly and good space to sign forwards.

OTT

Smith, Brendan
2021 2nd round pick (NYR)
2021 4th round pick (OTT)

Additional Details:

Hopefully Brendan Smith accepts a trade in Ottawa where he can be a veteran leader in the locker room, not so much on the ice.

NYR

Menell, Brennan [RFA Rights]
2021 5th round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Rags get a quality blue line prospect that could be a solid bottom pair offensive d-man.

MIN

Andersson, Lias

Additional Details:

Andersson the 7th overall pick from 4 drafts ago, still has potential to be a good top 9 NHL forward who can play all 3 forward positions, with a strong two-way game.

NYR

2021 5th round pick (CHI)
2022 2nd round pick (CHI)

Additional Details:

The Hawks need a goalie who can be a decent starter, and the Rags can give him up for picks and sign a decent backup in FA.

CHI

Georgiev, Alexandar

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $6,083,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Ryan Spooner: $300,000
Brad Richards: $0
Henrik Lundqvist: $5,500,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$81,319,800	$0	$7,212,500	$180,200

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Buchnevich, Pavel $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 6	Strome, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Smith, Craig $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW UFA - 3
Lafreniere, Alexis $925,000$925,000	Galchenyuk, Alex $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 2
Chytil, Filip $894,166$894,166 ($350,000$350K) C, LW UFA - 1	Howden, Brett $863,333$863,333 C, LW UFA - 1	Lemieux, Brendan $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindgren, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2
Miller, K'Andre $925,000$925,000 ($300,000$300K) LD RFA - 3	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Shesterkin, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) G UFA - 1
Staal, Marc $5,700,000$5,700,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Deangelo, Anthony $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Greiss, Thomas $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Martin, Matt $975,000$975,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Reilly, Mike $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Lafreniere, A.		Strome, R.		Panarin, A.
	Zibanejad, M.		Deangelo, A.

Power Play 2
Kreider, C.		Galchenyuk, A.		Buchnevich, P.
	Fox, A.		Kakko, K.

Penalty Kill 1
	Zibanejad, M.	Strome, R.
	Staal, M.	Trouba, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Howden, B.	Lemieux, B.
	Miller, K.	Lindgren, R.

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:50 a.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 8,209

Likes: 3,641

Wild pass. Andersson won't make the NHL roster for them this year, and he wasn't too keen on being sent down last season for NYR.

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Sep. 21, 2020 at 6:28 a.m.

KingsLover

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 911

Likes: 209

Quoting: wabit

Wild pass. Andersson won't make the NHL roster for them this year, and he wasn't too keen on being sent down last season for NYR.

So he plays the 1 year in Sweden this year, and comes over in 2022 to crack roster.

Sep. 21, 2020 at 8:33 a.m.

cupofcoco

Cup of Coco

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Likes: 220

I don't think chytil plays fourth line. I would like gulchenyuk but I dont think we have room for him. Move chytil in his spot and pick up a fourth liner like Matt Martin.
Plus... I like the mike rielly addition. hopefully smith waives.

Sep. 21, 2020 at 10:48 a.m.

Ragsandbluesfan

Rangers 2023

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 19,043

Likes: 5,430

Smith isn't taking less than 4 and someone will give it to him

Sep. 21, 2020 at 1:40 p.m.

KingsLover

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 911

Likes: 209

Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

Smith isn't taking less than 4 and someone will give it to him

You think? I didn't believe the market would be huge for him.

Sep. 21, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 8,209

Likes: 3,641

Quoting: KingsLover

So he plays the 1 year in Sweden this year, and comes over in 2022 to crack roster.

Even then he'd have a hard time unless MN trades about 3 FWDs. Kaprizov, Fiala, Kunin, Donato, Greenway, Boldy (should be pushing for a spot), JEE are all in the same age range. The there are the old guys like Parise, and Zucc who MN can't get rid of. Strum and Hartman fit somewhere in the bottom-6. I think MN re-signs Foligno too. It doesn't leave much room for Andersson to even get a chance. The only hope for him to make the roster is as a middle-6 center, I'm not sure he is that.

The best thing for him would probably be for Seattle to take him.

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