Confirmed with Link: Rangers sign Dan Boyle - 2 yrs / $9M ($4.5AAV)

[Hunter Gathers]

Said in the other thread -- surprisingly OK with this.

The term is great. Two years is what I'd want.

 

[nyrpassion]

Like the term/money. But if we got him instead of Stralman, that hurts.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Still a lot of money

Id leave a lot of money on the table too if I could join one of my close friends. The only problem is this isn't a geriatric ward and between him and St. Louis it could be disastrous for us this year.

 

[Bluenote13]

Like I said, this was pretty much a slam dunk to me.

RH shot on the PP, but now that he signs here you know his game is going south quick

 

[CommaSynapse]

$4.5 million...jeez. Well, there goes any other signings.

 

[17futurecap]

I was waiting for like 2 for 12, so the money is better than I thought.

 

[Vitto79]

****ing NYR typical.

The AAV is not bad, but lazy, so lazy.

Holy crap the PP is improved and it's two yrs only

 

[jniklast]

How old is he again?

 

[NYR Viper]

I like the cap number, better than 5 million but it still seems like an old Ranger move

 

[Thordic]

This is also a likely sign that Stralman may have been looking for north of $4.5, or more years than we were willing to give.

I think if Stralman was willing to sign the same deal, we would have given it to him.

 

[SA16]

This is a good deal. Reasonable contract. Right handed shot. Still very good offensively. Gives us a righty on the point on the PP with McD. Now McD won't outscore the whole defense on his own. And if you're a stats only guy he has put up great corsis the last two years.

 

[ecemleafs]

hes clearly a player thats big on the decline. however we have klein that we can give defensive zone starts. give boyle PP time and ozone starts and hope for around 35 points.

 

[Fugazy]

Knew this was going to happen.

 

[Kokoschka]

3rd pairing defender at this point. Not much left in the tank. Our D is not going to be as solid as this year. No idea where they're going to put him.

 

[NYR Viper]

How old is he again?

37 years old

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

Disgusting. I'm almost ashamed to be a Ranger fan right now. A guy who gave his all for us for 3 years and helped us to an ECF and SCF we refuse to pay market value, but we overpay a mercenary who's got 1 foot in the grave


**** YOU SATHER

 

[TeamStewie]

It could definitely be worse. Really just a stopgap until one of the young kids is ready.

 

[TheLowKreider]

I think it's a great move to bring some ******* offense from our back end.

 

[RiceCooker]

Is he the new point man on the PP....has to be better than Richie was !!

 

[Lime]

At least we didn't trade for him during the season giving up assets

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Right handed shot. Very good deal. Stralman wanted a boat load of money. I'm happy with this.

 

[frozenrubber]

The Rangers (and Larry Brooks) wanted Dan Boyle for years. This is workable and a caphit they can absorb.

 

[eco's bones]

The term is important I suppose. I'd rather Stralman for $4 mil for 4 years than Dan Boyle 2 years for $4.5--but if we're going Stralman $4.5 for 6--I'd rather Boyle and Stralman's likely going to make more than that if Pouliot can get $4 mil per.

 

[haveandare]

As much as I really, really didn't want this to happen, I'm trying to think of some possible positive outcomes here.

D wise, he'll likely be with Staal, who is about as steady as they come. Maybe he'll run wild a bit with a solid partner like that.

On O, he wasn't great on the PP next year, but it's a different team, a different system. The PP setup is pretty nice with McD, MSL, Nash, Kreider, Step around. Maybe he can help them.

Again, I don't like this much at all, just trying to think of some decent possible outcomes.

 

[Kokoschka]

I seriously hope Stralman gets well north of 5.5 million, otherwise I'll be pissed.