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Alain Vigneault conducted a conference call yesterday after the Rangers made some moves (Rangers)
On Dan Boyle, “Dan obviously is an experienced player and has been an elite player for a long time and he will bring experience and help on the PP and he has been able to log important minutes on a good team the last few years. We are happy to have him on board.”
On Tanner Glass, “Tanner is a hard nosed fourth line player that can kill penalties. Smart player and will help us in that role.”
On bringing back Dom, “everyone knows that Dom has experience and a quality person, we felt it was really important and he wanted to come back so we wanted to get something done there.”
Can you still roll four lines, “every year is a new year and you need to build your team and their identity and we are in the process of doing that. Dom wanted to come back and it was real important for us, Tanner wanted to come here, there is no doubt that Dan Boyle wanted to come here and we are now trying to sort out the pieces in this cap world. I think that Jeff and Glen both know the type of tempo game that we like to play and that is effective and we need four lines to do that and we are trying to put the pieces. We have a couple of good young kids coming up that will get an opportunity and we will go from there.”
Who will be the fourth center, “at this time it would be Dom Moore but Dom did play important minutes in the playoffs when Brassard and Step went down. There is room to maneuver there, we are not 100% sure what our number 1-2-3-4 slot will look down the middle but Dom did play there this year.”
Who replaces Richards at center, “I think we have a couple of possibilities, JT and Lindberg and there is still work to be done and Jeff signed Mueller today also and he has some experience and some potential so we have quite a few possibilities.”
On being with Tanner Glass again, “It was a factor and consideration but I think our whole staff of coaches and scouts and management thought that he would bring an edge to our team that we need. He would bring some PK. He has improved since I had him and I think we are getting a real solid player there.”
On Dan Boyle, “Dan obviously is an experienced player and has been an elite player for a long time and he will bring experience and help on the PP and he has been able to log important minutes on a good team the last few years. We are happy to have him on board.”
On Tanner Glass, “Tanner is a hard nosed fourth line player that can kill penalties. Smart player and will help us in that role.”
On bringing back Dom, “everyone knows that Dom has experience and a quality person, we felt it was really important and he wanted to come back so we wanted to get something done there.”
Can you still roll four lines, “every year is a new year and you need to build your team and their identity and we are in the process of doing that. Dom wanted to come back and it was real important for us, Tanner wanted to come here, there is no doubt that Dan Boyle wanted to come here and we are now trying to sort out the pieces in this cap world. I think that Jeff and Glen both know the type of tempo game that we like to play and that is effective and we need four lines to do that and we are trying to put the pieces. We have a couple of good young kids coming up that will get an opportunity and we will go from there.”
Who will be the fourth center, “at this time it would be Dom Moore but Dom did play important minutes in the playoffs when Brassard and Step went down. There is room to maneuver there, we are not 100% sure what our number 1-2-3-4 slot will look down the middle but Dom did play there this year.”
Who replaces Richards at center, “I think we have a couple of possibilities, JT and Lindberg and there is still work to be done and Jeff signed Mueller today also and he has some experience and some potential so we have quite a few possibilities.”
On being with Tanner Glass again, “It was a factor and consideration but I think our whole staff of coaches and scouts and management thought that he would bring an edge to our team that we need. He would bring some PK. He has improved since I had him and I think we are getting a real solid player there.”
