GDT: July 1st - Free Agent Extravaganza

[Zuccarello Awesome*]

Family decision, no state tax. Detroit writer was wondering why a Swede would turn down Detroit. Tampa has a very solid team, and great weather all year, good place to raise a family.

Good place to retire, not the best place to raise a family, unless he wants his kids addicted to meth.

 

[Jarkko Immonen]

Always funny that people assume had the Rangers matched, Stralman would have stayed. You don't know that.

 

[sexton11]

A $4mil/year top 4 d-man is easy to move down the line. 5 years should NOT have been an issue for Sather. This is a huge mistake.

Expcially considering he'll be dead in 5 years anyhow

 

[Hunter Gathers]

We don't have any prospects similar to Stralman.

Stralman at $4M per for 5 years >>>>> Klein at $2.9M per for 3 years.

The ONLY way this is justifiable is if Stralman was asking for $5M from us, and he eventually settled AFTER we signed Boyle.

Allen is actually pretty similar to Stralman . . .

 

[BrutuS]

delete

 

[Ian]

@NYP_Brooksie

Stralman 5/$20M with Tampa Bay less than his last ask from Rangers. #Callahan

#BlameSather

 

[Ghost of jas]

Family decision, no state tax. Detroit writer was wondering why a Swede would turn down Detroit. Tampa has a very solid team, and great weather all year, good place to raise a family.

Exactly...$4 million in TB is not the same as $4 million in NYC.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

We don't have any prospects similar to Stralman.

Stralman at $4M per for 5 years >>>>> Klein at $2.9M per for 3 years.

The ONLY way this is justifiable is if Stralman was asking for $5M from us, and he eventually settled AFTER we signed Boyle.

Likely an instance of his agent shooting for the moon and then running out of options.

 

[Sky Valley]

Allen is ready to go at the NHL level right now.

McIlrath is either ready or half a year away.

Are they ready to be nearly as good as Stralman has been these past couple of years?

 

[nevesis]

“@Real_ESPNLeBrun: Correction on Stralman contract with Lightning: It's $22.5 M over 5 years”

 

[Zuccarello Awesome*]

#BlameSather

Umm, do you understand?

That means #DontBlameSather

because Stralman was asking for more from us, and only lowered his price after we signed Dan Boyle and he didn't get the offers he hoped for.

Plus, it's 4.5 per, not 4.

 

[Maximus]

No clue why everyone is freaking out re: Stralman.

Why would we lock ourselves up into a long term deal? We already have Girardi, McDonagh, and Klein locked up for some time. Boyle is a two-year stopgap until Skjei is ready to step into the top 4. We also have Allen and McIlrath just about ready or ready.

Why lock ourselves into a long term deal with Stralman? I don't see the logic, there.

I'm convinced we lead the HF Boards in amount of active drama queens....crazy. Boyle for two years at 4.5 per is alot better than Stralman for 5 years at $4 million per...that's first thing.

Also and I'm surprised all the drama queens in here who are complaining didn't realize this but in Florida there is NO State income tax. Which means Yzerman could offer him as he did with Callahan about $500-$750 thousand LESS than what we or anyone else had to offer. So for those who can't figure it out, we would have had to offer Stralman around $4.75 per to $5 million per for 5 years to equal what Tampa did.

Hope that makes sense for those of y'all about to jump off the ledge.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Allen is actually pretty similar to Stralman . . .

I suppose. I do quite like Allen. Hopefully he's a late bloomer like Stralman.

 

[BroadwayBlues]

#BlameSather

This is what I said. Wanted more from the Rangers. Probably a family decision & no tax in Florida.

 

[nevesis]

“@Real_ESPNLeBrun: Correction on Stralman contract with Lightning: It's $22.5 M over 5 years”

 

[DutchShamrock]

So much for those that think they know a players value.

If Stralman was THAT valued around the league, I kind of think he would have gotten at least Orpik money.

those possession stats did him alot of good in his negotiating huh?

To be fair, he was more concerned with stability and the city than cash. he may have left money on the table for term and maybe some form of a nmc... he turned down more money from Detroit.

 

[haohmaru]

Gotta think that it's either that the NYR didn't want to go that long term-wise (5 years) -OR- and more likely, IMHO, that Stralman wanted to go someplace else.

(edit) Ah, 4.5 not 4. Makes more sense now.

 

[17futurecap]

Wonder if Stralman was asking NYR for 5 a year if he got 4.5 in Florida.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Are they ready to be nearly as good as Stralman has been these past couple of years?

Allen should be able to step in and give similar value fairly quickly, I'd think.

 

[NYROrtsFan]

I'm convinced we lead the HF Boards in amount of active drama queens....crazy. Boyle for two years at 4.5 per is alot better than Stralman for 5 years at $4 million per...that's first thing.

Also and I'm surprised all the drama queens in here who are complaining didn't realize this but in Florida there is NO State income tax. Which means Yzerman could offer him as he did with Callahan about $500-$750 thousand LESS than what we or anyone else had to offer. So for those who can't figure it out, we would have had to offer Stralman around $4.75 per to $5 million per for 5 years to equal what Tampa did.

Hope that makes sense for those of y'all about to jump off the ledge.

It always amazes me that in sports, nobody seems to consider or even care about the state income tax. Fans completely ignore it.

 

[Trainmman]

“@Real_ESPNLeBrun: Correction on Stralman contract with Lightning: It's $22.5 M over 5 yearsâ€

Okay so on par with Boyle.. It's basically the same player you are trading an offensive defender for defense. I'm not giving Stralman 5 years though.. let's be realistic here.

 

[FJB]

This is what I said. Wanted more from the Rangers. Probably a family decision & no tax in Florida.

I've always wondered if I could claim residence in a no-income-tax state and then just work in my current high tax hell hole of NJ without paying extra... but NY and NJ probably figured people would do that and not allow it. haha

 

[Ranger Wolf]

Bob McKenzie
As per @Real_ESPNLeBrun , Stralman deal is $22 .5M over 5 years, not $20M .

 

[Gardner McKay]

Good place to retire, not the best place to raise a family, unless he wants his kids addicted to meth.

And New York is that much better than Florida?

 

[Inferno]

in retrospect, the rangers probably should have traded girardi and kept stralman. granted, they prolly dont make it to the SCF if they do that.