NikC
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In both Drury and Gomez' case is was more of a case of not fitting, lack of support than decline.
again, for the 2x the issue is evidence of decline prior to the NYR obtaining them...
Brad Richards Part II
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In both Drury and Gomez' case is was more of a case of not fitting, lack of support than decline.
again, for the 2x the issue is evidence of decline prior to the NYR obtaining them...
Free agents will always be overpaid. Weiss,Roy and Bozak are going to get paid. Stepan and Brassard aren't big players. The free agent centers aren't big players either. Richards isn't a big guy either. Amnestying Richards for $24M and then giving out another $25M-$30M on a similar player is not progress. Its not like you're getting Jordan Staal who will add size and strength down the middle.
NYR Viper
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Very good point. The Rangers lack size and skill pretty much anywhere in their line-up. Hard to find.
The funny thing is everyone said this before we signed Richards, except it was "They have to be careful with who they go after, they have to be VERY good, elite players. Gomez, Drury, Redden. Not elite."
Richards was supposed to be different. Gomez and Drury were 60-70 point guys, Richards is elite, a 90+ point player.
NYR Viper
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I was in favor of signing Richards for ~5 years. 9 was WAY too much. They have to elite in terms of their position. Richards was a good 1c. Not elite.
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Yea honestly Richards is the last guy I would have pegged to fail like this, pre-signing.
If he doesn't work, it raises major questions about the strategy overall. Not that it didn't have flaws to begin with, but still.
If he doesn't work, it raises major questions about the strategy overall. Not that it didn't have flaws to begin with, but still.
The Gloaming
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It's getting to the point where taking him out of the lineup would probably serve a positive effect.
Shadowtron
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I pray Richards is bought out. After the Rangers lose tonight, that'd be my first order of business tomorrow. Start getting the paperwork together LOL.
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Yes. More young speed/guns are put in. Happened when he was injured against the Sabres.
But...you know what I'm asking now right?
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The Gloaming
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PlamsUnlimited
Big Church Bells
That too, but how would he feel if we took him outta the lineup? I mean, surely his family would be affected too
I hope Sather doesn't make the same mistake after he buys him out or such. Drury, Gomez, Redden, Richards.... enough is enough.
The Gloaming
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That too, but how would he feel if we took him outta the lineup? I mean, surely his family would be affected too
I live in a wooden house. I would be deathly scared that his mad Beaver family would make a dam out of it.
Richards has been bad, but he hasnt been bad enough to take out of the lineup. People honestly think we have 12 forwards and 4 centers better than him at our disposal?
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Big Church Bells
It's a hard habit to break. Gambling on the "older" FA's is what he did here... didn;t turn out as desirable as we wanted. However the fact that he declined so fast at what, 32/33 is alarming
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The Gloaming
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Same here. Damn, so we're damned if we do and damned if we don't
I think you mean, "dammed?"
Perhaps we should start showing more respeck to Beaver and his family.
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Big Church Bells
Wow. Didn't even realize I was doing that. 
And yeah we need to show some respeck or our houses are gone
And yeah we need to show some respeck or our houses are gone
http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordp...ed-cba-summary-of-terms_final-jan-12-2013.pdf
There is regular buyout period between June 15(or 48 hours after the last Cup final game)-June 30 and another buyout period if a team has an arbitration case(48 hours after the last arbitration case for that team/Ordinary Course Buy-Outs Outside the Regular Period). The MOU mentions paragraph 13 which lists both buyout periods. It looks like you an amnesty a player in the regular buyout period or outside the regular buyout period. The regular period won't be June 15-June 30 when game 7 of the finals is scheduled for June 28. Free agency begins on July 5. Sometime that week.
We're forgetting that the UFAs the organization signed are/were supposed to put the team over the top and give Sather one more Stanley Cup. And soon, not 5-9 years down the road. Sather isn't getting any younger and each time he makes a splash--whether it's in the free agent market or trading for a player like Nash he's looking to get that "final" piece(s) of the puzzle. I don't think this pattern will change very much as long as Sather is in charge.
I knew the Richards contract was a bad one. I thought he'd give us 3-4 productive years and then we could deal with the decline, but he had an okay season last year and has just been abysmal this year. No way your highest paid player should be getting 4th line minutes.
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