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Speculation: Free Agent Frenzy Part II - Who is left?

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I doubted this deal would get done tonight and i still do, i think this is one of those work through the night and a morning announcement i.e Nash kind of trades
 
The self-loathing is strong around here at times.

We came within 2 goals of back to back Stanley Cup finals appearances.

We’re doing a serious rebuild that has us debating the rankings of NHL prospects who are sitting in the 12-14 slot.

We have additional assets we could trade, if we so choose.

The last 13 years have not been a dark period for this franchise, nor is our current situation.

We have some work to do, but let’s not get carried away either.
 
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Plunder is a strong word. Not as strong as say, rapine, but definitely stronger than looted. Somewhere between marauded or despoiled and pilfered or ransack. I would go with either purloined or filched.
 
Dactyl said:
People here killed Gorton for loading up when we were competitive.

Yzerman does stupid **** too, he’s in a position where he has to pay the rangers because he was dumb and now wants Karlsson but can’t afford him.
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Difference is, when Gorton 'loaded up', he paid a hefty price for Eric Staal and Brendan Smith.

Yzerman is on the verge of picking up 2 #1dmen (including the best dman in the world) like its nothing.
 
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Edge said:
If for arguments sake there is a third team to help facilitate the deal, there’s going to be a number of moving parts to review.
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I can't help but get a bad feeling that we somehow get excluded from this. Like somehow Tampa will make it work because Gorton's fee for laundering is too high. I ofcourse hope for the best but this is one of those blockbusters that im really cautious about. I always thought our cap dump trade would end up being Lucic and Puljujarvi
 
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Lerb said:
Plunder is a strong word. Not as strong as say, rapine, but definitely stronger than looted. Somewhere between marauded or despoiled and pilfered or ransack. I would go with either purloined or filched.
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Dactyl said:
We better get pieces that will make us competitive for the next decade if we keep building this monster in Tampa.
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Tampa has a very good window for the immediate future. No getting around it.

Personally, I am not sold on what comes after. The credit card bills will come and their cap is going to be oddly tight, with a number of large contracts for aging players with various movement clauses.

I think the Rangers are aiming to be at the front of what comes after Tampa’s window shrinks.

If anything, I’m more concerned with how Boston and Toronto will look as we start to hit our window.
 
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All Might said:
Difference is, when Gorton 'loaded up', he paid a hefty price for Eric Staal and Brendan Smith.

Yzerman is on the verge of picking up 2 #1dmen (including the best dman in the world) like its nothing.
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The Staal trade was a blunder, but the worst part of that was AV using him as a 3rd liner. Smith was a much needed add at the time and played well for that playoffs, re-signing him was a mistake.

I was referring to Yandle and MSL. That was absolutely the right move at the time and people were mad that we gave up Duke and all those firsts.
 
All Might said:
Difference is, when Gorton 'loaded up', he paid a hefty price for Eric Staal and Brendan Smith.

Yzerman is on the verge of picking up 2 #1dmen (including the best dman in the world) like its nothing.
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Don’t know that yet.

There’s a very real possibility this team just traded a good chubk of its top prospects and the equivalent of 5-6 first round picks.
 
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Edge said:
Tampa has a very good window for the immediate future. No getting around it.

Personally, I am not sold on what comes after. The credit card bills will come and their cap is going to be oddly tight, with a number of large contracts for aging players with various movement clauses.

I think the Rangers are aiming to be at the front of what comes after Tampa’s window shrinks.

If anything, I’m more concerned with how Boston and Toronto will look as we start to hit our window.
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I think Toronto will have to move some of those bad contracts on D before they can flex their muscle on the forwards. I fully expect one of their young forwards to move to get young D.
 
DanielBrassard said:
We got MSL as well.
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Dactyl said:
The Staal trade was a blunder, but the worst part of that was AV using him as a 3rd liner. Smith was a much needed add at the time and played well for that playoffs, re-signing him was a mistake.

I was referring to Yandle and MSL. That was absolutely the right move at the time and people were mad that we gave up Duke and all those firsts.
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Gorton wasn't GM for those IIRC.
 
the 2 best things about bringing back callahan...aside from getting free assets for salary cap money laundering...is that when tb wins cups 2 of the next 3 years, he won't get a ring. and his greedy ass is gonna lose so much $$ when he has to pay NY taxes again :naughty:

and I don't think there should be any concern about the long term impact on the cap...bobby ryan would be another story. but my guess is that once callahan is healthy they will flip at 50%. get another asset and carry a cap hit of $2.9 mil next year instead of $5.8. if $2.9 mil prevents you from signing someone you weren't getting them anyway
 
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