Sam Rinzel
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Oct 27, 2026
Jack BushmanHOST
You cannot throw Louis Crevier in a trade when he's your most stable right-handed defenseman and you don't have any solutions behind him.
Jack BushmanHOST
Even if you are hopeful about Artem Levshinov and Sam Rinzel's future, it's just you can't bank on them guaranteed to improve, particularly in the defensive zone.
Jack BushmanHOST
And the, you know, not being able to resign Ilya Mikheyev, trading Colton Dock at last year's deadline, not bringing back Dickinson, not bringing back Connor Murphy and electing to trade those guys as well.
Jack BushmanHOST
Well, I understood why Davidson made those decisions.
PierceHOST
Give him a chance.
PierceHOST
And he looked very good with Rinzel, two young defensemen.
PierceHOST
Like, ugh.
PierceHOST
Just...
TannerHOST
Like, oh, who's going to play defense? But, like, I think that they were great as a pairing.
TannerHOST
And, yeah, like, Rinzel and Korchinski would be more, like, typically offensive-minded defensemen.
TannerHOST
But, like, I mean, you know, these guys aren't stupid.
TannerHOST
Like, they know people have to – someone has to play defense.
DylanHOST
It seems like Levshinov is an all-right player, but they kind of messed up developing him.
DylanHOST
They're not giving Sam Rinzel the... ice time that he deserves after playing very well every time he gets a chance, and then they just kind of say, oh, never mind, we're going to go get fucking Bowen Byron for $12.5 million instead.
ChrisHOST
Idiots.
DylanHOST
They worry too much about the Nick Folinos, or was it Marcus? Whichever.
Jeremy PriscillaHOST
He's not playing on Power Play 1 or Power Play 2, actually.
Jeremy PriscillaHOST
I think that's Rinzel who's on Power Play 2.
Jeremy PriscillaHOST
But he's playing like 20-something minutes a night.
Jeremy PriscillaHOST
He shoots, he hits, he blocks.
Pat BoyleHOST
Let's dive into the blue line.
Pat BoyleHOST
The latest pairings without Byram in the mix, it's been Vlasic and Cole, Wyatt Kaiser and Artie Levshinov, Ethan Del Mastro and Rinzel with Korchinski on the outside looking in.
Pat BoyleHOST
Look...
Pat BoyleHOST
Every deep pairing has had their moments where there's been a turnover or a question mark.
JoshHOST
But I will say it's really interesting to see that with Byram out, they go to five forwards.
JoshHOST
If you had any reason, like you were like, oh, I'm hoping Levshinov or Rinzel or something like that might get power play one at some point this year.
JoshHOST
Already would have been crazy because you saw what Chicago did to get Byram.
JoshHOST
So you should know for a fact that he's there all year when he's healthy.
Jay ZawaskiHOST
Just whoa.
Jay ZawaskiHOST
You know, how many, like, how many times have we seen this year Sam Rinzel, like, just whiff on a clearing pass or... [sighs] We need to have a talk about him too.
Greg BoysenHOST
No, we got-- Dude can do that.
Greg BoysenHOST
We got time.
Jack BushmanHOST
And a couple of times, that led to a turnover.
Jack BushmanHOST
And Sam Rinzel kinda did the same thing last night, and Rinzel was not good whatsoever.
Jack BushmanHOST
He had seven giveaways last night, and it, it was noticeably bad how he couldn't break the puck out of his own end.
Jack BushmanHOST
Um, Vlasic also, I, I, I feel like he just continues to make lousy reads at center ice that lead to odd man rush, odd man rushes behind him.
8 MINS LATER
Jack BushmanHOST
The second pairing actually saw a little bit of a change at practice today.
Jack BushmanHOST
Artem Levshunov was not with Ethan Del Mastro like he was for most of last night.
Jack BushmanHOST
He was back with Wyatt Kaiser while Ethan Del Mastro was on the third pairing with Sam Rinzel.
Jack BushmanHOST
And listen to me.
PierceHOST
So I still think Spencer Knight's a great goalie.
PierceHOST
But um, yeah, uh, another forward would be nice obviously, but I think like you and I have talked about, uh, another defenseman in this lineup would I think be even better, especially if you are parlaying say a Sam Rinzel into a better defenseman because there is a Simon Edmondson out there.
PierceHOST
There is an Akishan out there.
PierceHOST
Um, who fucking knows with Quinn Hughes, like if there was able ever that opportunity to make a trade for Quinn Hughes, I mean, it'd be difficult because you're in division, but like fuck it, it is Quinn Hughes.
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