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Speculation: 2013 Offseason Thread Part III: Free Agents Suck

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NYR Boyler87 said:
And that would be great if he can get in on the forecheck and be a great PKer from the 4th line, no?
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I don't see how he is any improvement over Pyatt. Pyatt is bigger, scores more points, and is a better possession player.

We are stuck with Taylor, why sign Nyström on top?
 
Blue Blooded said:
Really?

He is probably the best player on our team at creating high-% scoring chances at ES, and he is a fantastic possession player. I have no doubt that he could be a 60-70pt player in the NHL, not a bad option for the 2nd line.

Honestly I'd rather give Zuccarello more ES minutes than Callahan at this point.

It is a much bigger issue that we are once again relying on Kreider being able to handle a top-6 role.
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The problem is, his NHL career is so fragmented that I can't predict what he can be. Definitely agree that hoping Kreider can crack the top 6 (again) is concerning.
 
NYR Boyler87 said:
Trade Pyatt, sign Nystrom who can drop the gloves, is the far superior skater and is a VERY good PKer.
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Trade him where? Who wants him? Is there a team out there that's willing to pay him 1.55 mil for 1 year? Maybe there is, but maybe there's not.
 
Inferno said:
we're just talking about winning through depth, and we're going to trade a #1 defenseman and a potential #1 center for a #1 (albeit elite) center?

Nah, it's time to be smarter.

work the process.
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Depth only wins if it's quality depth.

Stepan and McD are the Rangers' #1 Center and #1 Dman but neither are #1 on the depth chart of a lot of other teams. I think Stepan will continue to develop, but I don't see him ever reaching Malkin's level of production. As for McD, I don't see him ever scoring enough to be a true #1 Dman. That doesn't mean I want to trade either but for Malkin - yes. There's very few other players I would move those two for.
 
KreidertheGlider said:
Unless one of our LHD switches to RHD there is 0 chance we trade Girardi. Extreme weakness for us
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Fallacy.
Short term imbalance, yes. Inconvenient, yes.

But long term, better to have most/best assets.
That means trading vets while their value is highest before, and hopefully prospects later after their is enough demonstrated to justify their value also commands some premium.

But just keeping who we have and standing still while everybody grows old is not gonna work.

If you go down that road, only relief is if suddenly a large number of prospects all blossom all at once.

That's unreasonable to expect, even from Gordie Clark,
 
Punxrocknyc19 said:
I want Stalberg on July 5. Adds size and a lot of speed and can play an energy game on any top 2 lines as a fill in but best suited for 3rd line. PK is part of his game. I'd love Bickell but he will be a big overpayment bust type along with Clarkson. Stalberg is Sather type under the radar signing.
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Stallberg will also command more, but may be worth it on a short term deal. He's RW, but do I remember he shoots L?

If so, possible use at LW?

Key is to convince him to take ONE year at a little over what he would want on a multi. The rationale is he is auditioning on a good team.
If he puts up great numbers that means the current season was not an illusion.
Then if he goes for REALLY serious bucks, he'll be likelier to get it.
 
bernmeister said:
Stallberg will also command more, but may be worth it on a short term deal. He's RW, but do I remember he shoots L?

If so, possible use at LW?

Key is to convince him to take ONE year at a little over what he would want on a multi. The rationale is he is auditioning on a good team.
If he puts up great numbers that means the current season was not an illusion.
Then if he goes for REALLY serious bucks, he'll be likelier to get it.
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The difference is that this offseason there isnt much competition because there are few UFAs. In 2014, the chance he gets paid as much as this offseason is much less.

I highly doubt he takes a discount this offseason
 
NYR Boyler87 said:
Because they have pieces that are just plain awful. Until they get a team that looks good I see no reason to let them gel. They have a core at this point, keep them together and hope to bring in some pieces you can add to that core as you go.
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Exactly. They need enough horses to win, and they don't have enough/quality proverbial horses.

That is why any thought about making 'the core' gel must be subordinate to first getting a core worth gelling.
 
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Guess What said:
I'd love Iggy but not for that combination of year and salary. Bring the salary down and something might be applausable
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if Iggy came here on a Shanahan type 2 year deal id do that at 4.0 per year, but i doubt he takes that type of deal.
 
Trxjw said:
I can't see us being in a position to make a trade for him. It would certainly have to include McDonagh or Stepan as a centerpiece. As much as I like the idea of Malkin in a Rangers uniform, we just can't justify another deal where we trade away a significant amount of depth for one guy.

Though I do think we'd have the best chance of retaining him after a trade. I've read/heard somewhere that Malkin loves NY and his favorite road arena is MSG.
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There is obviously a two tier price structure for Malkin, one if he extends the other if he doesn't.
Just for the record, I see Pens dumping MAF etc to give him every reason to stay regardless of how they juggle $$ to do it. They may sense he MIGHT bolt, and want to get SOMETHING for him.

If we are not talking the obvious Malkin for Lundqvist,

I would say
Stepan + Girardi + MDZ
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Malkin + Letang

I would add a third rounder from NY every other year for 5 times covering a 10 year period IF Malkin signs a full extension, AND was available to play for 60% of the prior 2 seasons games (average); AND is medically projected to be available for 80% of the following 2 seasons (average).

That would be too much for Pens not to seriously consider and ultimately accept, but not enough to cripple Rangers (unless, of course, only our guys got injured!:amazed::cry:).
 
darko said:
If we buy out Richards (which we should) this offseason but then replace him with another longterm contract (or 2) we'll be in cap hell. I'd be perfectly fine with buying out Richards and then doing nothing with that cap space for 12 months. Unless off course you can overpay for someone on a 1 year deal.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Clowe take a 1 year deal with hopes he has a big season and than cashes in, in 12 months time.
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Clowe is too slow, so please no.
And even if yes, he's not worth giving away another 2nd.

Only possible way around that is to have some other team sign him for us, then trade him to us for a 7th.

Not ethical, and not saying I'd do it, but if we were gonna do it, that would be the way.
 
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