Mikos87
Registered User
I don't believe that.
They pretty clearly picked Girardi over Stralman. They were both hitting UFA that summer. They were able to sign Girardi midseason and then they stopped talking to Stralman. Then Stralman had that incredible playoffs and outplayed the offer the Rangers made. The rest is history.
They were going to get Boyle either way. That was their top target/Sather man crush that summer.
Basically it's this. Stralman got a $3M at 3 Years as an offer. At that time Stralman was tertiary to the Callahan and Girardi contracts.
The Stamkos injury happened but MSL trade request didn't play out.
There was a two month period, where the Rangers brass, were tied up in:
Callahan Contract Talks
Girardi Contract Talks
MSL Trade
Stralman.
Not saying that it was okay, but the Rangers brass stretched themselves too thin, and dropped the ball at the crucial time when Stralman should have been a greater priority.