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Originally Posted by RangerBoy
The winning formula is depth down the middle. Goal. Defense. Centers. You can look at Vancouver with Luongo,their depth on D(Edler is excellent) and Kesler and Sedin. You can look at Boston with Thomas,their D(Chara,Seidenberg)and Krejci and Bergeron. The Rangers have Lundqvist,an excellent group of young emerging D(everyone loves Tim Erixon. Was listening to a podcast of Eric Duhatschek(Erixon is another Staal) and Bill Watters talking about Erixon. They couldn't stop raving about him after speaking to some scouts) and two very good young centers in Stepan(Scott Gordon compared Stepan to Bergeron. Gordon coached Bergeron in Providence during the lockout. Gordon coached Stepan in the World Championships) and AA. The Rangers need another top center. Take the pressure off the young guys. As long as you have those components in goal,on D and at C,you should have a very good team. Then you have Gaborik,Callahan and Dubinsky as top six wingers.
Some people may not agree but the Rangers aren't very far from being a very good team.
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Agree 100 pct.
I just dont think Brad Richards will a) live up to the contract from a production standpoint and b) is the only option out there.
Bergeron and Krejci both had under 40 points as rookies and were given top linemates their next season. Stepan and AA have shown no signs that they cant be top-6 centers simply by looking at their career progression.