03-04-2009, 03:40 PM
So the Rangers made a pair of moves...Derek Morris, Nik Antropov, Sean Avery in...Dmitri Kalinen, Petr Prucha, Nigel Dawes out. I used to like Morris, but he hasn't been very good the last couple of years. I've never really been a Antropov fan, but i dunno, the Rangers are small up front, and hopefully he'll be able to chip in with a few goals, i can't see him having a very big impact though.
They didn't have to give up much to get Antropov, but Morris...i really liked Prucha. He was the hardest working player on the team most nights, for a guy his size, Prucha is fearless on the ice. Tom Renney was never a fan of his, even in his rookie season when seemingly everything he put on net would go in, Renney still would only give him 3rd/4th line minutes, rarely any PP time, etc. The past couple years he was pretty much the 13th forward, but it looked like Tortorella was going to give him a shot. Nigel Dawes brings lots of speed, and he's a creative player with some offensive upside, but he's another small body and has been inconsistent thus far. As for Dmitri Kalinen, good riddance, he's a bum.
I was hoping to maybe see a couple more bigger names move...Jay Bouwmeester, Chris Pronger, Martin St.Louis, etc...but at least there were quite a few late deals later in the day.
They didn't have to give up much to get Antropov, but Morris...i really liked Prucha. He was the hardest working player on the team most nights, for a guy his size, Prucha is fearless on the ice. Tom Renney was never a fan of his, even in his rookie season when seemingly everything he put on net would go in, Renney still would only give him 3rd/4th line minutes, rarely any PP time, etc. The past couple years he was pretty much the 13th forward, but it looked like Tortorella was going to give him a shot. Nigel Dawes brings lots of speed, and he's a creative player with some offensive upside, but he's another small body and has been inconsistent thus far. As for Dmitri Kalinen, good riddance, he's a bum.
I was hoping to maybe see a couple more bigger names move...Jay Bouwmeester, Chris Pronger, Martin St.Louis, etc...but at least there were quite a few late deals later in the day.