Rangers News: Mathieu Dandenault signed to a tryout deal with the Hartford Wolfpack

as a 7th d man…
in the end it all comes down to money and readiness.

if one of the prospects is showing signs of being able to handle nhl minutes and fits under the cap, i would rather throw them into the ring, and gain nhl experience.

But Dandenault wont be any worse than rozy or redden defensively

yeah obviously he isnt playing like nick lidstrom but he doesnt wow me during games.

too many times every game do i watch him and roszival play awful defense.
too many times i see them get beat at the offensive blue line, creating oddman rushes.
not enough times do i see their name in the score sheet.

sadly i agree it could be much worse… we could have dale purinton and eric cairins as a dmen or andy sutton and whoever else sucks on that isles defense besides steit and martinek.

the rangers are up against the cap ceiling, and with redden and rozy just playing ok works for now. Imagine if they blew more than they did? and played liek marek malik twins?! then the rangers would be making a huge salary dump where we dish one of them away with a 1st round pick for something moderate in return.
theyre(the rangers) are 7-2 right now, and winning cures most all ills.

I think the rangers will dump Rozy at some point this season.

I dont think a 7th D-man is the problem. we need to add a hard hitter back there and bump someone else to 7th D-man- ….the sharks owned the front of the rangers net, one could say the leafs and kings did as well, although we won. I doubt Rosy or Redden become bench players with their salaries, so mathematically its probably Gilroy :-(

Redden has been solid , my only complaint is his salary, his play has been very good. Hopefully not having th PP QB pressure on him will benefit later in the season. Rozy on the other hand has made quite a few glaring mistakes so far, and has been bailed out by Lundquist fairly often. He looks a step slower than last year, where he was already slow.

unfortunately, I am not sure what our options would be. I dont think Dandenault is the answer, i’d rather see sanguinetti or one of the kids in that spot.