Confirmed with Link: Rangers extend D Will Borgen

[80shockeywasbuns]

what the literal f***

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Borgen is worth 4 million dollars more than Igor is worth 11.5M. There I said it.

 

[mike14]

So I guess he's been assimilated into the Rangers plans?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Borgen is worth 4 million dollars more than Igor is worth 11.5M. There I said it.

A freezing cold take if I’ve ever read one

 

[JimmyG89]

This team made the ECF with Trouba as an absolute anchor for 8M.

Borgen making half of that, with the cap moving substantially higher over the next two years, it's good work.

You can play him on the 3rd pair at 4M if it gets to that. Right now, he's anchoring a 2nd pairing that is being asked to shut down teams.

 

[Rongomania]

I’m over the Kakko trade but this is f*ckin’ batshit.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

Drury desperate to make his own move look good. That extension is like “see we extended him so fast, the trade was a success!”

 

[huerter]

A freezing cold take if I’ve ever read one

You also have horrible reading comprehension.

 

[eco's bones]

I don't think he's going to put up a lot of offense but so far I've like what I've seen.

 

[haohmaru]

MUUUUUUUUUCH better than the 2nd round pick we'd get for him at TDL

 

[GAGLine]

This team made the ECF with Trouba as an absolute anchor for 8M.

Borgen making half of that, with the cap moving substantially higher over the next two years, it's good work.

You can play him on the 3rd pair at 4M if it gets to that. Right now, he's anchoring a 2nd pairing that is being asked to shut down teams.

And the way the contract is structured, he's easily moveable starting in year 2 of the deal.

But I guess people were hoping to give Gavrikov or someone similar a full NMC and twice the AAV.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

A freezing cold take if I’ve ever read one

Not going to turn this into an Igor thread but 11.5M for any goalie is obscene. 4 million of a guy playing second pair minutes capably is very fair.

 

[Greg02]

If Borgen is productive through the length of the contract this is fine.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

BTW, if Borgen does fall off the face of the earth. He's paid 4M and has a movable contract. I just don't understand why people are so mad about this other than because they have no impartiality when it comes to Drury and are still mad about Kakko. Like, at its worst this deal won't be an anchor and is movable. The anger is completely misplaced.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Some of you guys just complain for the sake of complaining and don't know puck at all.

But yeah, this is a bit rich and a bit long. But LOL at "this is to justify Kakko" or "He's been a 6/7 his entire life."

90% of you guys had no idea who the f*** he was until a month ago.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Can’t read this thread because the site is now completely unusable on your phone. Such a shame.

 

[mike14]

Because people mentioned B Smith; when we signed him to his 4x$4.35m deal that was 5.8& of the cap.
Assuming $92m, 5.8% would be $5.33m per. Borgen comes in at 4.4%

 

[lakeshirts37]

Why is everyone freaking out? Maybe $500k more than what we wanted? Who cares. Cap is rising. The only thing that annoys me is the trade protection.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Some of you guys just complain for the sake of complaining and don't know puck at all.

But yeah, this is a bit rich and a bit long. But LOL at "this is to justify Kakko" or "He's been a 6/7 his entire life."

90% of you guys had no idea who the f*** he was until a month ago.

And that's the problem. They didn't know who he was so now he's guarenteed to fall off the face of the earth because he's not a big name. That's the only rationale that someone can have.

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

There's literally no reason why people are up in arms over this deal based on his play rather than being angry about Kakko and the fact that Borgen isn't a big name defenseman. He has been good. Could they improve on him? Sure. But we just won a Presidents' Trophy with f***ing boat anchor Trouba on the second line and we got a steady and not spectacular defenseman that has steadied Miller's game. But people are up in arms over it. Why? If Drury didn't get him for Kakko no one would be upset over this. Oh and it's f***ing 4 million a year. How is that enough money to justify the anger? You'd think this was Trouba from 5 years ago.

Add to that some saying it was Borgen for Kakko straight up, which is not true.

 

[Mugless]

 

[DanielBrassard]

The contract is almost irrelevant to me. It’s the process by which the rangers use to make roster decisions that bothers me more. I think the money is slightly above where it should be but it’s not egregious. Did Drury really have to hand out trade protection though? For a borderline 2nd pairing defenseman at best? It just boggles the mind. Well at least we have some idea of what the defense will look like going forward. IMO the right move is to look for a good LHD and use Schneider as a trade chip rather than moving him over but I doubt that’s going to happen.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Idk man. They just pounced on a 3rd pair D like his stock is GameStop. It’s giving Reaves. Pretty sure Drury saw this, started malding and inked the contract

Who gives a f***? He's not a Ranger anymore. Call me when he does this for a full season and his line has shooting percentage regression.

 

[UnSandvich]

BTW, if Borgen does fall off the face of the earth. He's paid 4M and has a movable contract. I just don't understand why people are so mad about this other than because they have no impartiality when it comes to Drury and are still mad about Kakko. Like, at its worst this deal won't be an anchor and is movable. The anger is completely misplaced.

P. sure it's been reported that there's protection on the contract too. Someone said NMC but idk if thats confirmed.

 

[lakeshirts37]

Can’t read this thread because the site is now completely unusable on your phone. Such a shame.

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