Levitate
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- Jul 29, 2004
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There those who laud the cap as saving the Rangers from themselves even though we will see from this point forward the full ramifications it has on the more successful teams while rewarding the ****** teams. I believe, Sather knew he could not win by trading away 1st round picks every year for over the hill has been and needed to begin developing a farm team. Chevepanov was the beginning price of that and had tragedy not struck, there's a very good chance we're talking about a SC maybe 2!
A few of those signing and trades he brings I think actually worked out well for us. As you stated Gomer put up his normal point production his first two seasons and ultimately got us Mcdonagh Bure we got for nothing and was lighting it up until his knee went out! Lindros was good here as well!
The problem with Lindros and Bure was that the overall team back then wasn't good enough to bring in two good players and have it be successful, so it was ultimately kind of a waste, but Sather believed he could build the team through FA and the farm system was crap going back to the days of Smith.
Whether it's because he knew a cap was coming or not, Sather eventually stopped trying to build the team exclusively through UFA and high profile trades and started putting more resources into scouting and development. It took awhile to get things right and in the meantime they lucked into a motivated Jagr and some signings that worked great as his linemates
That all said...whatever. Sather definitely did some bad things, definitely did some good things, overall has been alright for the past while and has turned things over to Gorton who also seems at least alright.