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Confirmed with Link: Rangers Sign Ben Harpur to Extension [2Y, 775K AAV]

I don't hate having him as a like- 3rd or 4th callup option

But I have him in Bitetto/Kampfer/Bickel/Tinordi territory in that he should only be in the NHL for short stints and emergencies, not playing a regular shift.

This extension tempts coaches to continue to trot him out there without giving other guys an opportunity.
 
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Fitzy said:
I don't hate having him as a like- 3rd or 4th callup option

But I have him in Bitetto/Kampfer/Bickel/Tinordi territory in that he should only be in the NHL for short stints and emergencies, not playing a regular shift.

This extension tempts coaches to continue to trot him out there without giving other guys an opportunity.
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This isn't wrong.

Sucks to be in a world where you have to worry about self-defense against your own coach but what else is new?
 
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EdJovanovski said:
Tradition, you caught that really fast lol I only had it there as a placeholder for a fraction of a second until I found the term/AAV
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I thought maybe GG convinced Drury in person after the game "hey Chris Big Ben is totally worth 3 million per" lol.
I mean this is the coach that didn't play his best line like they should have been played down the stretch last night.
 
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I like it. Harpur is a fine #7, I've been pleasantly surprised that he hasn't been terrible. He actually has looked better with the Rangers than he did with Hartford, IMO.

The contract can be completely buried so there's not really any cap concerns.
 
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Yeah, this is a good depth signing for a guy who came in to Hartford on a PTO, signed an AHL deal and then a NHL deal and has played pretty well in a small role. Injuries will happen. Having Harpur signed may mean Hajek's days are numbered.
 
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You also have to consider that we have no cap space and neither does anybody else.

The NHL is headed towards a huge labor crisis and we're at the tip of the iceberg.

Nobody will be shelling out $2-3m for a #5/6 and bottom pairs around the league will regress more towards Harpur's quality.

Players of a certain level are going to end up out of work. It happened in baseball prior to their recent work stoppage.
 
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Machinehead said:
You also have to consider that we have no cap space and neither does anybody else.

The NHL is headed towards a huge labor crisis and we're at the tip of the iceberg.

Nobody will be shelling out $2-3m for a #5/6 and bottom pairs around the league will regress more towards Harpur's quality.

Players of a certain level are going to end up out of work. It happened in baseball prior to their recent work stoppage.
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Yeah this is the same reason we extended Vesey. Now Vesey is better than Harpur, but the idea is that if you can find guys who are at least serviceable in some capacity who are willing to sign cheap deals, you do it.
 
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He has been good since his call up. Was a 2 year deal necessary? I would have liked to see a 1 year deal to keep him hungry. If he starts shiting the bed because he has some security I won't be happy.

I guess this is the end of Hayek.
 
nyr2k2 said:
I like it. Harpur is a fine #7, I've been pleasantly surprised that he hasn't been terrible. He actually has looked better with the Rangers than he did with Hartford, IMO.

The contract can be completely buried so there's not really any cap concerns.
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Yep. Sounds good to me. Harpur is a fine #7. The extra years probably means he could even be sent down without getting claimed.
 
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