Confirmed with Link: Rangers Acquire Rights to RW Barclay Goodrow; Signs Contract (6 Years, $3.642M AAV)

[egelband]

There’s a point in there where the guy from Carolina thinks he’s in the year 3000 and it’s amazing and Goodrow could have put him to sleep but he holds back. Good stuff.

 

[egelband]

Goodrow is game and appears to be an awesome team player. But he has pretty poor balance in those videos.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

“let’s get tougher”

“NOT LIKE THAT”

Basically this. Goodrow is exactly what we need. We're talking about 3.6m a year, and everyone is freaking out because "it's more than 3m".

Am I thrilled? Meh. I was thrilled when we acquired his rights for a 7th. The contract is not great but it's not the type of contract I lose sleep over.

The Kreider contract is worse.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Just to confirm, the Rangers cannot technically sign Goodrow until after the expansion draft, right?

Yes, the deal cannot be finalized until Thursday because Seattle has a 72 hour window right now to talk to, and potentially sign, pending UFAs.

 

[bigdog16]

Basically this. Goodrow is exactly what we need. We're talking about 3.6m a year, and everyone is freaking out because "it's more than 3m".

Am I thrilled? Meh. I was thrilled when we acquired his rights for a 7th. The contract is not great but it's not the type of contract I lose sleep over.

The Kreider contract is worse.

My thoughts exactly. The Kreider deal is 10x worse than this one. Kreider is terrible

 

[Reway10]

I'd be content with the reported numbers (6y x3.6M).

 

[Vitto79]

This kind of got lost in the shuffle for me - what’s the deal with Goodrow being exposed?

Could Seattle select him or would Drury have to make a deal to hold onto him?

not even sore why the UFAs are listed

It’s not like Seattle takes them and they are theirs they just get negotiating rights till ufa day

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

not even sore why the UFAs are listed

It’s not like Seattle takes them and they are theirs they just get negotiating rights till ufa day

No, that's not true. Seattle has 72 hours to negotiate with the pending UFAs. If they agree to a contract, that player counts as the expansion draft selection for that team. If they don't, they pick someone off the exposed list

That's why there's a 4-day gap between the lists being finalized the picks being announced.

 

[Cmox]

This kind of got lost in the shuffle for me - what’s the deal with Goodrow being exposed?

Could Seattle select him or would Drury have to make a deal to hold onto him?

This happened with Richter and the Predators. Nashville actually took him as a FA but he ended up re-signing with the Rangers.


Edit: I thought it was the blue jackets but
@Kane One showed me my memory is lacking,

 

[Unusual Suspect]

One thing maybe worth considering in the context of all this cap angst (and that likely HAS been considered by management) is that three years from now there's every expectation that the cap may be raised significantly as a byproduct of the recent massive TV deals.

 

[pld459666]

As to the "if you're already planning to get out of it the day you sign it, it's a bad deal" mantra, that sounds snappy and all, and for a while I believed it too. But the fact of the matter is it's simply not true. In fact, over the last decade what we've learned from the teams that have won it all is that the opposite is the case: you need to be willing to spend to, and above, the cap to get/retain the guys you need and then get clever about making it work.

Agreed.

Its 100% smart to know and understand your exit strategies before committing to anything.

 

[Vitto79]

No, that's not true. Seattle has 72 hours to negotiate with the pending UFAs. If they agree to a contract, that player counts as the expansion draft selection for that team. If they don't, they pick someone off the exposed list

That's why there's a 4-day gap between the lists being finalized the picks being announced.

yea I get that but so many are worried about losing a ufa. No one protected a ufa cause that’s silly

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

yea I get that but so many are worried about losing a ufa. No one protected a ufa cause that’s silly

IF Seattle does sign Goodrow, we basically gave up a 7th round pick to keep both Blackwell and Gauthier.

 

[cashinstinct]

yea I get that but so many are worried about losing a ufa. No one protected a ufa cause that’s silly

Montreal protected Joel Armia UFA

 

[pld459666]

Hate the term. I'd have preferred 4 years, maybe 5.

Dollars are about 850k higher than I'm comfortable with.

Love the player so I am truly torn.

I assume this is the savings from the eventual ADA buyout.

Still think both Buchnevich and Strome are gone this summer.

Thats 7.75 of additional room to add a center?

Flexibility right before the Expansion and Entry Drafts.

I like it

 

[egelband]

Waiting For Mister Goodrow

 

[EdJovanovski]

So he can be a punching bag, nice. Where are all his hits? This guys highlights are no more impressive than Tanner Glass. Buchnevich is more of a physical deterrent than this guy, Buch turns psycho and cross checks guys so hard their helmets fly off or cross checks them right in the face while he stares into their soul. Goodrow is garbage and his analytics are awful too so I’m confused why the stats nerds are the ones defending this scrub lol

 

[MarkMessyay11]

Basically this. Goodrow is exactly what we need. We're talking about 3.6m a year, and everyone is freaking out because "it's more than 3m".

Am I thrilled? Meh. I was thrilled when we acquired his rights for a 7th. The contract is not great but it's not the type of contract I lose sleep over.

The Kreider contract is worse.

Agreed. Some people play too many video games. Goodrow is the epitome of what we need, was a key role player in back to back Cups, and was going to UFA where multiple teams were rumored to be ready to offer him a similar deal. He's overpaid by probably $500k or so but we're talking about $3.6M. That's like 4.5% of the cap. Once the freeze lifts it will be even less and if they were smart and frontloaded the salary, it's probably an easy contract to move in the later years.

 

[Crease]

So he can be a punching bag, nice. Where are all his hits? This guys highlights are no more impressive than Tanner Glass. Buchnevich is more of a physical deterrent than this guy, Buch turns psycho and cross checks guys so hard their helmets fly off or cross checks them right in the face while he stares into their soul. Goodrow is garbage and his analytics are awful too so I’m confused why the stats nerds are the ones defending this scrub lol

Those are harsh words for a guy fans of the back-to-back champs are going to miss, notwithstanding the terms of his next contract.

 

[Kane One]

This happened with Richter and the bluejackets. The bluejackets actually took him as a FA but he ended up re-signing with the Rangers.

I thought it was Nashville who selected him.

 

[nyr2k2]

So he can be a punching bag, nice. Where are all his hits? This guys highlights are no more impressive than Tanner Glass. Buchnevich is more of a physical deterrent than this guy, Buch turns psycho and cross checks guys so hard their helmets fly off or cross checks them right in the face while he stares into their soul. Goodrow is garbage and his analytics are awful too so I’m confused why the stats nerds are the ones defending this scrub lol

Dom Lunchchicken said it was one of the worst contracts he has ever seen, and he's king of the stat nerds. Seeing him stroke out about it actually reassured me the deal would be okay.

 

[GAGLine]

One thing maybe worth considering in the context of all this cap angst (and that likely HAS been considered by management) is that three years from now there's every expectation that the cap may be raised significantly as a byproduct of the recent massive TV deals.

Yes, and one or both of Kreider and Trouba could be traded 3 years from now. We'll manage.

 

[DekeR]

This is a tough sale for me in both terms and $. Excellent PK and at times will battle along the boards but by no means can he even come close to to garnering those numbers that he produced in Tampa. He played with Gourde and Coleman and was a recipient of their skill set on the ice. Bottom line you always pay extra in a UFA scenario.

 

[Vitto79]

Montreal protected Joel Armia UFA

if a team did its because they want others taken

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I thought it was Nashville who selected him.

Correct. And he was traded to Edmonton a few years later to take advantage of the ridiculous compensatory system.