GDT: #72 - 03/19/16 | NEW YORK RANGERS @ san jose sharks | 4:00 - MSG+

[GOAT AINEC]

Being a Rangers fan has to be harder than being a fan of any other team.

Get dominated on a nightly basis and still have a chance to win.

 

[Loff]

Boyle's heating up. Watch out NHL.

 

[SRTtoZ]

Being a Rangers fan has to be harder than being a fan of any other team.

Get dominated on a nightly basis and still have a chance to win.

Being a Knicks fan is worse.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Rangers didn't give him that contract....Columbus did.

Phew...

I thought the cap hit applied to us after we traded players.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Nash looks like he's skating in quick sand

He`s been awful. Kreider too. Need to unload Nash in the off-season, but who will take him?

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Then why did he need a contract that's so much higher than any other goalie in the league? Why didnt he take Quick type money which would allow for a potentially better team in front if him?

Mentioning Quick and Lundqvist in the same sentence...

 

[Fataldogg]

Lundqvist is appropriately paid. He is the face of the franchise and his performance.

Problem is, Girardi and M. Staal making $5-6M are not earning their contract. Rick Nash at $8M is underperforming. Boyle is not worth the $5M he was given. Too many players are on bad contract. People point to Lundqvist, however, when the money delegated to him is well spent.

Rangers have more bad contracts than most teams.

 

[DudMan28]

He`s been awful. Kreider too. Need to unload Nash in the off-season, but who will take him?

Vegas ?

 

[Gordon Bombay]

He`s been awful. Kreider too. Need to unload Nash in the off-season, but who will take him?

Unload Kreider too, this is all he is. Until he starts asserting himself more he will never be more than a 20-20 player.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Boyle's heating up. Watch out NHL.

He likes scoring against WC teams, that's for sure.

 

[GOAT AINEC]

Being a Knicks fan is worse.

Rangers have much higher expectations...

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Mentioning Quick and Lundqvist in the same sentence...

Lundqvist makes money. Player who isn't as good as him makes less...

I think I'm on to something

 

[mike14]

Imagine on the free agent market

Personally i dont think he'd get that much more, but who knows.
As well as being well compensated throughout his career, Hank has played for a team that spends to the cap every year and has tried to ice a team that can win the cup. Yeah, they haven't quite got there, and you can question some of the moves/decisions made in the makeup of the team, but people sitting there and sayihg that Hank is only one that cares and its not fair etc are completely out to lunch IMO.

Why dont they feel sorry for staal? Hes been with team as long as Hank, and sure he doesn't have his skill, but he's suffered a brain injury and almost lost an eye for the team yet he still goes out every shift and battles. Why doesnt he 'deserve' it?

 

[Fataldogg]

Stepan is another one at $6+ M that is a poor contract. Forgot about him initially.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Stepan is another one at $6+ M that is a poor contract. Forgot about him initially.

I wanted to puke when I heard about that contract.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Personally i dont think he'd get that much more, but who knows.
As well as being well compensated throughout his career, Hank has played for a team that spends to the cap every year and has tried to ice a team that can win the cup. Yeah, they haven't quite got there, and you can question some of the moves/decisions made in the makeup of the team, but people sitting there and sayihg that Hank is only one that cares and its not fair etc are completely out to lunch IMO.

Why dont they feel sorry for staal? Hes been with team as long as Hank, and sure he doesn't have his skill, but he's suffered a brain injury and almost lost an eye for the team yet he still goes out every shift and battles. Why doesnt he 'deserve' it?

The King wanted to win the cup in New York when he signed the contract.

Any GM of a competitive team would have moved some contracts to get Lundqvist.

 

[mike14]

Mentioning Quick and Lundqvist in the same sentence...

Sure he's not as good, but im not sure the difference is almost $3m in cap soace a year

 

[DanielBrassard]

Baaaaan Doyle.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Unload Kreider too, this is all he is. Until he starts asserting himself more he will never be more than a 20-20 player.

Unloading Kreider scares me.... he could still be a helluva player (I doubt it, but who knows... )

But what could he bring back?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Sure he's not as good, but im not sure the difference is almost $3m in cap soace a year

Ok. Here's a little brain tickler for the salary difference.

Rangers over the last decade with Quick as the goalie.

 

[Fataldogg]

Yup, Girardi, Staal, Boyle, Nash, Stepan is about $30-31M. Thats the problem. Too many players with brutal contracts.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Charles Manson eyes rofl Steve what

 

[mike14]

The King wanted to win the cup in New York when he signed the contract.

Any GM of a competitive team would have moved some contracts to get Lundqvist.

Right, and i commend him, but the Rangers are trying to win the cup (not very successfully). Hank was fully aware of the teams MO (as we all seem to be as well, so its not hard to see) and made his choice, so why suddenly feel bad for him? We walked in with eyes wide open

 

[GOAT AINEC]

Sure he's not as good, but im not sure the difference is almost $3m in cap soace a year

Quick can be average, and the Kings would still be really good.

Lundqvist has to stand on his head and on some nights it's still not enough.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Yup, Girardi, Staal, Boyle, Nash, Stepan is about $30-31M. Thats the problem. Too many players with brutal contracts.

Bernmeister was right all the time....