bernmeister
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This is a deep draft. Like other drafts, 1OA is the head and shoulders top, after that, there's another 3-4 who are a bit more valued, then another couple another cut above. But if you are not top 4 or 5, the pack is a bit closer, and increasingly so as you move out.
The Rangers need to gamble on various deals, overpaying WITHIN REASON, to try and increase their chances for Dahlin. Canes appear to be missing playoffs and a late selection for the lottery. I am guessing their chance of winning 1OA is what, 3-ish percent? selections 2-4 or so, what another 5ish percent at best?
So given this and how deep Canes are at D, esp LD, a scenario that allows NY to trade up w/compensation to Carolina for the bribe could win win. Now that you know where I wuz coming from, let's chat about this....
Carolina 2018 1st
McKeown
Darling
for
Boston 2018 1st
Georgeiv
Marc Staal reduced 5.7 by 2.7 to 3.0
rationale.
Darling clearly not the answer this year. 3 mo yrs remain after this season at 4.15m ea. While Canes have enough cap to carry that, it is an albatross on the roster, which I am sure Carolina remembers how Ward has played this role in recent years, unfortunately.
Rangers have the best goaltending coach in NHL, Benoit Allaire. He helped Ondrej Pavelec find his game, to the shock of all, and he was a solid backup to Hank this year. We can take on Darling at full pop, gamble we can recover his form, and deal him to a club needing a goalie solution due to emergency or otherwise.
Staal, finally untethered from the traffic cone Girardi, while not as mobile or otherwise in any way what he once was, continues to improve from eye/concussion injuries over the years and is now a decent 3LD if played 10-12 mins per nite [not double that]. Change in cut off from this season, next year, IF you do have to buy him out, it is affordable cap wise. Even if Rangers trade Skjei and manage to ditch Smith, they will still have to create space for multiple LDs going forward. This gives Carolina adequate at min 3LD depth who is even moveable at 3.0, more movable than Darling as is.
Plus Canes pick up on cap [same term, 4.15 - 3.0 = 1.15 savings].
Georgiev is the young kid they hang their hat on in net, and with NY backscratch, are now able to re-deploy that $ either elsewhere in lineup w/Fs, or can address net issues. Ward expiring. Is he totally broken down, not worth 1 yr at less than 1m? Pavelec will not supplant Hank or Darling, and Rangers have guys they want to move up while waiting for Lundqvist's replacement, Shestorykin, either season following next or, at latest, the one following thereafter.
Canes have $ to look at Mrazek or others, all 1 yr deals as Georgiev proves himself and Carolina gets best fit to partner with him. Any of these guys can go off form at any time but risk is minimized with min term deals, Pavelec was 1.6 this year, a 1 yr deal. Should be able to add him if nec.
McKeown is the price of Georgiev, but Carolina can afford it depth wise.
So for the above backscratch -- let's work w/round #s here --- Canes give up 10ish OA to move back a projected 20-25 is slots retaining a 1st this year.
Deal?
The Rangers need to gamble on various deals, overpaying WITHIN REASON, to try and increase their chances for Dahlin. Canes appear to be missing playoffs and a late selection for the lottery. I am guessing their chance of winning 1OA is what, 3-ish percent? selections 2-4 or so, what another 5ish percent at best?
So given this and how deep Canes are at D, esp LD, a scenario that allows NY to trade up w/compensation to Carolina for the bribe could win win. Now that you know where I wuz coming from, let's chat about this....
Carolina 2018 1st
McKeown
Darling
for
Boston 2018 1st
Georgeiv
Marc Staal reduced 5.7 by 2.7 to 3.0
rationale.
Darling clearly not the answer this year. 3 mo yrs remain after this season at 4.15m ea. While Canes have enough cap to carry that, it is an albatross on the roster, which I am sure Carolina remembers how Ward has played this role in recent years, unfortunately.
Rangers have the best goaltending coach in NHL, Benoit Allaire. He helped Ondrej Pavelec find his game, to the shock of all, and he was a solid backup to Hank this year. We can take on Darling at full pop, gamble we can recover his form, and deal him to a club needing a goalie solution due to emergency or otherwise.
Staal, finally untethered from the traffic cone Girardi, while not as mobile or otherwise in any way what he once was, continues to improve from eye/concussion injuries over the years and is now a decent 3LD if played 10-12 mins per nite [not double that]. Change in cut off from this season, next year, IF you do have to buy him out, it is affordable cap wise. Even if Rangers trade Skjei and manage to ditch Smith, they will still have to create space for multiple LDs going forward. This gives Carolina adequate at min 3LD depth who is even moveable at 3.0, more movable than Darling as is.
Plus Canes pick up on cap [same term, 4.15 - 3.0 = 1.15 savings].
Georgiev is the young kid they hang their hat on in net, and with NY backscratch, are now able to re-deploy that $ either elsewhere in lineup w/Fs, or can address net issues. Ward expiring. Is he totally broken down, not worth 1 yr at less than 1m? Pavelec will not supplant Hank or Darling, and Rangers have guys they want to move up while waiting for Lundqvist's replacement, Shestorykin, either season following next or, at latest, the one following thereafter.
Canes have $ to look at Mrazek or others, all 1 yr deals as Georgiev proves himself and Carolina gets best fit to partner with him. Any of these guys can go off form at any time but risk is minimized with min term deals, Pavelec was 1.6 this year, a 1 yr deal. Should be able to add him if nec.
McKeown is the price of Georgiev, but Carolina can afford it depth wise.
So for the above backscratch -- let's work w/round #s here --- Canes give up 10ish OA to move back a projected 20-25 is slots retaining a 1st this year.
Deal?