As good as Kovy is, his contract is up after this year and would we be able to resign him? You never know with Sather…I dont like the idea of giving up Dubi now that we have Gabby, i think Dub will florish at feeding him the puck. id trade them all except for Dubi.

That having been said, I think in 70 games, Gabby would get closer to 80 points.

Why dont we all just STOPPPP this speculation and wait and see what happens with Gabs? Instead of friggin worrying about it now, for all we know he could play 81 games and we’ll all poop our pants when he gets 90pts in those 81 games. Listen, lets just cross the injury bridge when we come to it. Stop talking about Gab for now and start talking about what the Rangers should do next

that if we all keep saying hes gonna get hurt, then he will get hurt

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT!

LOVE the positive outlook from Brozer, thank you, its about time

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With the news of this new kid signing, does anyone have a doubt that Hartford is going to be AMAZING next year?

I hear the rangers are talking to Koivu. I’d def take him as a third line center if we can get him for like 3 mil for a yr

Dunno tho, he made almost 5 last yr

2nd. I think Dubs needs to be the first line center right now and play with the Gabby bc hes young and needs to get that exp, you cant bury him in the lines and expect him to later on be the top center on the team when hes never filled that role, i think Gab is good enough to carry Dub even when he goes into his slumps. Koivu would be 2nd at best, even tho I do like Drury when hes on, he is a good play maker

the only one who thinks if Gaborik stays healthy he breaches 100 pts? I’d go crazy for 90 pts too, but I do believe there’s more to him than just 90 points a season. With an offensive system like Torts as well? If it works out the way we all hope then what he does in a defensive scheme is perhaps nothing compared to what we may witness.

Gabby is probably gonna be centered by Dubi and more than likely the other winger will be either Zherdev or Cally…and I don’t think he can score 100pts YET with those young guys, next yr maybe

it’s definitely time for our youngsters to shine, besides how often does a franchise goalie come around?

They need a dman to replace ohlund and demitra only has 1 yr and 4 mil left. Maybe they would take Rozi for him and we bring back Mara. I dont Pavol is the greatest player and not what he was before but he has already played with Gaborik and is still putting up nearly identical numbers to Koivu.

I think this is a better option cause we could lose Rozi’s contract, Demitra has played with Gaborik already and its ONLY 1 year.

and i would love to win now as much as anyone but this team needs to be getting younger and cheaper not looking to fix holes with old player for multiple years even if it means we win less next year.

if we are not moving Rozi in a trade to get a short term like 1 year center or playmaking wing then i would rather we do nothing because lets be honest koivu isnt making us a contender, so why kill a spot for 2 more years?

if you want to be a contender lets learn from how detroit and even pittsburgh did it by building the core from inside and not spending big money on free agents. detroit did the one year with hossa, and then let him walk. the only other big price free agent of late they have done was rafalski because chelios was seriously aging and yet he keeps playing anyway.

Sign Dubi, Cally, even Higgins long term 4-5 for Dubi and Cally, maybe 2-3 for higgins and figure out ways to dump these older bloated salary. i assume drury is here for all three years so there is no point in whining about how he should go because while he is overpaid for what he does every team needs what he does. The key to next year for me is development more that winning. Developing Dubi, Cally, Staal and Girardi to another level; hoping that the jump and growing pains for Artem and Gilroy are as productive and positive as possible and probably hopefully for Grachev and MDZ to do what the rangers like which is dominate at their level so they will be ready on opening night 10/11.

To me this season will be successful if:
Dubi takes a step where a year from now we dont have a conversation if he can be a first line if not number 1 center and yes there is a difference. If he can be a solid first line center to play with Gaborik then he has succeed.

Cally needs to take the work ethic he showed all year and the consistent goal scoring he showed under Torts and do if for the whole year which should net him 30 and 55-60 points.

Staal and Girardi for the most part last year showed they can be a number 1 pair but now is time for both to add a little more offensively and cut down on some of the breakdowns to take that next step.

Gilroy just needs to show that the way he played at BU can translate into a solid 3-4 defenseman in the NHL going forward.

Artem for me just needs to show a consistent effort every night and hopefully have the kind of rookie year that dubi had 2 years ago to show he can be a solid 2nd line center in the future.

MDZ just needs to prove that all this talk of him being a product of Tavares is what we believe it is BS. He gets lazy with his stickhandling sometimes, so little things like that along with his continued progression defensively will make him ready for 10/11 if not sooner, but i hope they let him go back honestly.

Grachev has all the ability and seems to have the will to dominate each night and now just needs to take that out on the ice with each shift. if we could instill the mentality that cally has into the skill that Grachev has we have our home grown superstar on our hands. Grachev just needs to be ready to step in and be a 3rd line LW in a year and, while we as fans will all expect him to immediately be the next great thing, contribute to this team.

Those 8 guys are the present and future of making this team a legit contender year after year and the development of Bobby Sangs and McDonagh will only further add to what our core can do.

Gaborik will have to stay healthy as has been said over and over, but he cannot carry this team alone and i think in a year most of this youth will be ready to help him do it if we dont get impatient trying to win now. Oh yea and if we dont waste money on 3 year deals for guys like Koivu and can deal off Rozi for a bag of pucks for all i care or a salary that ends after this year while dumping Redden in the AHL after next season then we could bring in a Nash or Kovalchuck to help carry the load. Stay Patient

Kovalchuck-Dubi-Gaborik
Higgins-Drury-Cally
Avery-Artem-Grachev
Byers-Korpo-Brashear

Staal-Girardi
Gilroy-MDZ
Sangs-McDonagh
(maybe a vet in there somewhere on D)

Lundy

That is what we can have 10/11 if we stay patient and that team can start truly contending for a cup with mostly cheap homegrown talent and 2 mercenaries…lol.