Comments on: The Rangers DID improve. http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/ NHL - Hockey Trade Rumors, providing NHL Hockey Trade Rumors since 1996 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: dewdrop11 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-186608 dewdrop11 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:34:34 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=13632#comment-186608 Point taken..and understood…but Sykora provided some solid numbers and consistency last season…plus he was a good mesh with all the other czech players. Im just not sure who, on the current roster will step in and provide those numbers.
Jagr, Straka, Nylander are a solid group. I love Prucha…think he is a great, determined player. We’ll have to see if he can duplicate what he did last year….I think he’ll put some numbers up. shannahan I question. Solid, power forward no doubt with some great years behind him…but he also had a hell of a lot of support…I think he’s on the decline. why else would Detroit let him go….
Letting Rucinsky and Sykora go accounts for a good chunk of offense. Not sure exactly what their *****ulative point totals were for last year, but they produced.
Outside of that…what offense do they have really? don’t get me wrong. I LOVE this team…and the group of players they have…youth is the way to go…but I think they need some kind of balance. While I like Betts, Ortmeyer, Orr, Hossa and all the other third and fourth liners, they aren’t really going to be the ones counted on to put the puck in the net.
Not sure about Cullen and Hall..I don’t know enough about them at this point to see what they can do. Maybe Im just underestimating what they have.

]]> By: wheresthesoda http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-186607 wheresthesoda Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:12:13 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=13632#comment-186607 the rangers are a rebuilding team, Sather and the coaching staff still wants younger players to be givin an oppurtunity to compete for a roster spot, and if they had sykora, then there would be no competition

]]> By: dewdrop11 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-186606 dewdrop11 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:47:15 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=13632#comment-186606 I agree…I think the Rangers made some good off season acquisitions, though Im not sure about Shannahan….I think that he’s past his prime, though a solid talent.

I do think the Rangers need to pick up one or two more scorers however…letting Sykora most likely walk and Rucinsky go will hurt. Does anyone know why they wouldnt want to resign Sykora?

]]> By: Peca94 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-186605 Peca94 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:08:58 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=13632#comment-186605 Your far from crazy! I am a Leaf fan and I watched almost all their games last year so, I should know how good of a hockey club the rangers were LAST year, I mean Jagr pretty much beat the leafs himself. And the rangers have only gotten better in my opinion by adding some tough north american talent. But, the most important thing is that they added a group of winners, two of last years stanley cup champions, and Shanny a two-time cup winner in Motown. I love my leafs but the rangers are my early pick to win the Eastern Conference. Whose gunna stop them??

**I dont know the team too well so this is just a guess at the lines.

Jagr Nylander Shannahan
Straka Cullen Prucha
Hossa Betts Hall
??? ??? ???

Ward Roszival
Tyutin Malik
Staal Kasparaitis
Ozolinsh

]]> By: Potvinstillsucks http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-rangers-did-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-186604 Potvinstillsucks Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:33:55 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=13632#comment-186604 your not crazy, the rangers improved

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