What To Do About Gabe Perreault And Matt Rempe
1. The Hockey News Yearbook picked Gabe Perreault as the Rangers No. 1 prospect and this pintsized right wing justified the selection on Uncle Sam's Gold Medal-winning Junior team.
2. My super-duper scout Jess Rubenstein says, "I nicknamed Gabe 'The Magician' for what he can do as a passer."
3. But The Maven likes this Ruby quote even better: "This kid is going to save Drury and Laviolette's jobs, IF they're smart enough to turn him loose."
4. Like Marty St. Louis dazzling the crowds with his footwork at Vermont, Gabe has done likewise at Boston College. Perreault is a lightweight in pounds but a heavyweight in skill.
5. Big Question for Drury-Lavvy: What do you guys do when Matt Rempe's suspension is over?
6. The High Command could bring him back as their "Alpha Male; or they could send him to Hartford. (Shhh. Might even trade him.)
7. Buddy Bernie Rohde reminds The Maven that Vancouver's J.T. Miller once was a worthwhile Ranger. The fact is; J.T, Miller could be a worthwhile Ranger again.
8. The other Miller – K'Andre – is young enough to sucker a buyer into believing that he's getting a big winner. Well, at 6-5, K is big. (We'll leave it at that!)
9. Just wondering; is Breadman Panarin in a slump or is he just thinking too much about pumpernickels and too little about pucks?
10. Here's a Maven Brainstorm for the brainy Rangers general staff: Make Vincent Trocheck the captain and get it over with.