Confirmed with Link: NYR/OTT: Namestnikov ($750K retained) to Ottawa for 2021 4th Rnd pick and Nick Ebert

[Machinehead]

I mean, the return doesn’t matter, someone has to actually want him

You can't convince me that NHL teams would trade for Namestnikov and not Strome who scored 21 goals last year.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

 

[The Mouth]

Cap flexibility for what exactly...? His deal is expiring

A deadline move perhaps ?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

You can't convince me that NHL teams would trade for Namestnikov and not Strome who scored 21 goals last year.

K, I won’t

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Pour one out for @EdJovanovski

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Seems to me this is a public acknowledgement from the organization that “hey we got this one wrong”

Considering
1) They paid that money to Vlad, they should have known what he brings
2) They basically made it know they preferred Vlad to Miller, and yet Miller was traded for a 1st (albiet to the Canucks who are run by a dunce)

Weird timing on this trade regardless

 

[Ail]

Pour one out for @EdJovanovski

Did he die?

 

[Crease]

How much cap space does this give them and what can they realistically use it for? I give Namestnikov shit but the roster is now worse than it was an hour ago.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

They really didn't need the cap space.

I'm kind of scared.

 

[Anzi]

How much cap space does this give them and what can they realistically use it for?

Wasn't there some danger that we could go over the cap if some of our players met their bonuses?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

They really didn't need the cap space.

I'm kind of scared.

Could just this was the first offer they’ve gotten for Vlad and they jumped on it. Could want some extra cap space to maybe take back an expiring contract at the deadline as part of a larger deal if they need to

 

[Machinehead]

How much cap space does this give them and what can they realistically use it for?

The Ryan Strome extension!

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

I’ve wanted to use this one for awhile:

Poor asset management by Jeff Gorton, CFA.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Re: cap flexibility...

^^ this thing still exists.

I just saw the long face and I got excited that we had Bobby Farnham under contract somehow

 

[aufheben]

@Edge called this return last week I think. Hope everyone who whinged incessantly about trading Namestnikov is satisfied.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Could just this was the first offer they’ve gotten for Vlad and they jumped on it. Could want some extra cap space to maybe take back an expiring contract at the deadline as part of a larger deal if they need to

This is the likeliest explanation. Nothing to see here. A 4th and an AHL RHD is a win for Namestnikov. Dime a dozen player making way too much.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

They really didn't need the cap space.

I'm kind of scared.

What are you scared of?

 

[Ghost of jas]

Re: cap flexibility...

^^ this thing still exists.

One step at a time.

 

[NYR94]

Maybe there's another trade by Ottawa coming. Pittsburgh lost Malkin and Bjugstad to long-term injuries. Maybe Ottawa moves a center to PIT? It's not like Melnyk to take on salary.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

This is the likeliest explanation. Nothing to see here. A 4th and an AHL RHD is a win for Namestnikov. Dime a dozen player making way too much.

It feels like they’ve been trying to trade him since they got him

 

[EdJovanovski]

Worst trade in NHL history, Gorton got fleeced.
Ottawa got revenge for the Zibanejad trade after that hat trick

 

[Machinehead]

Maybe there's another trade by Ottawa coming. Pittsburgh lost Malkin and Bjugstad to long-term injuries. Maybe Ottawa moves a center to PIT? It's not like Melnyk to take on salary.

This is a good point.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Gives them more cap space for the full season making the trade now.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Boy was he a let down.

At least the Rangers were able to get Roger Ebert’s brother back in the swap.

The Rangers’ bus Netflix playlist, will now be professionally curated.

 

[17futurecap]

Those Spooner and Vlad extensions were horrendous.