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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
This opinion is garbage. The Rangers have been constructed pretty honestly. Yes, they signed some big free agents, but it's not the sole reason why they're good. They've drafted some key players, and used other assets to trade for some key players. There's only a handful of free agents that have any significant impact on the team.
Drafted
Shesterkin
Lafreniere
Kakko
Kreider
Chytil
Kravtsov
Miller
Schneider
Trade
Zibanejad
Trouba
Lindgren
Goodrow
Tarasenko
Gauthier
Hajek
Free agent signing:
Panarin
Trocheck
Vesey (retread, but had his ELC with the Rangers and was developed by them)
Harpur
Halak
*Fox (He was actually traded to the Rangers. I'm only throwing this in there because it was known that he would test free agency and sign with the Rangers if possible)
There's no reason to talk like this about the Rangers at all. It's an old narrative that doesn't apply anymore in a salary cap league where lots of factors go into where players decide to sign.
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Maybe I’m just biased because I live in NYC, but I find their fans to be some of the most arrogant, entitled, and insufferable in the league. Most them don’t even understand how fortunate it is to draft 1st and 2nd overall in back to back years, let alone having a 22 year old Norris caliber defensman say he will only play for your team.
Might just be a New York mentality, plenty of people here think the world revolves around them.
I go watch the Flames play the Devils, Islanders, and Rangers every year and I’ve only had issues at MSG. Hope they never win anything again.