Confirmed with Link: Rangers Sign Kevin Shattenkirk: (4 years x $6.65M)
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NickyFotiu
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What he did to be with the NY Rangers is very rare in pro sports. It is a business but this guy put some things above his bottom line today. I'm impressed by that for sure.
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Surprised by the term, but not surprised he's a Ranger at all.
Posted about it a while ago that he'd be here.
Fills a few needs, and the Rangers now have 3 offensive RHD.
Depth Chart is now very cap friendly for a move if you go lefty-righty
McD-Shatt
Skjei-DeAngelo
Smith-Pionk
Staal-Kampfer
Holden
Berez
Graves
Not saying that that's going to be the line up, but the Rangers can comfortably move Staal and or Holden.
A team like FLA/MIN could really use one of the two.
If the Rangers can somehow get Coyle/Bjugstad for Staal package, then the Rangers are set.
Would also love to see the Rangers grab Jay McClement for the 4th line.
Posted about it a while ago that he'd be here.
Fills a few needs, and the Rangers now have 3 offensive RHD.
Depth Chart is now very cap friendly for a move if you go lefty-righty
McD-Shatt
Skjei-DeAngelo
Smith-Pionk
Staal-Kampfer
Holden
Berez
Graves
Not saying that that's going to be the line up, but the Rangers can comfortably move Staal and or Holden.
A team like FLA/MIN could really use one of the two.
If the Rangers can somehow get Coyle/Bjugstad for Staal package, then the Rangers are set.
Would also love to see the Rangers grab Jay McClement for the 4th line.
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I absolutely love this. The more I think about it, the better it is. The 6.9m AAV for 4 years was something I was happy with and it's even better now. I feel they added a NMC and dropped the AAV a bit
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Rangers D looks pretty solid now
McD-Shatty
Smith-Skjei
Staal-Deangelo/Holden/Bereglazov/Graves
We have a #1, good #2 in Shatty, top 4 guy in Smith, and an already top 4 guy with potential to be a top pairing guy or even a #1 in Skjei. Staal is meh but his spot is locked down already and Deangelo is the Ho Sang of defensemen. Kid has too much talent. Or we also have a potential top 4 guy in Graves and a very good KHL defensive dman in Bereglazov.
McD-Shatty
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Staal-Deangelo/Holden/Bereglazov/Graves
We have a #1, good #2 in Shatty, top 4 guy in Smith, and an already top 4 guy with potential to be a top pairing guy or even a #1 in Skjei. Staal is meh but his spot is locked down already and Deangelo is the Ho Sang of defensemen. Kid has too much talent. Or we also have a potential top 4 guy in Graves and a very good KHL defensive dman in Bereglazov.
Why do you feel a need to trash Brooks?
Everyone had Shattenkirk getting 7 years, and the latest reports was 7m per.
We were prepared to go 4 years. Brooks was right, nobody expected Shatty to leave 49-26=23m on the table. Heck Brooks even said that Shatty only would be a Ranger if he left a ton of money on the table. Heck Brooks was right.
With the amount of trolling on the internet that torture everyone who acts publically I just don't like this widespread hate towards Brooks. Wait until he is gone, we fans will be much worse of because nobody will have the guts to say anything. Brooks doesn't make any calls or anything, if you don't agree with things he says so what? And if you can't handle even reading someone you disagree with -- don't read him. I can't understand why the mods allow this crap. I think it's pretty pathetic.
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I don't agree with your ranking Pionk this high (you might be right). Kampfer is only ahead of Graves and Pionk, and even that very marginally.
Irishguy42
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I'm with ya Ola. Any info he gets is clearly what the team wants him to hear. The NYR actually had the upper hand for once with KS making his intentions clear. Nixing trades, refusing to sign, social media ish. Leaking a strong no to Brooks and/or taking that posture up until to last moment may have been a factor with KS coming to the NYR with his proposal.
Rangers were talking to both Thornton and Marleau as a package. Patty wants term.
If they both signed, Shatts wouldn't have been possible.
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I'm fine with the clauses. As long as the NMC is not throughout the entirety of the contract, like Girardi's it is a non issue
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Larry Brooks doesn't add anything. He writes opinion pieces which, truthfully, seem based on whatever was suggested here a week prior. He says a Stepan trade is not happening and 2 hours later BOOM. Stepan traded to Arizona. He's so far removed from the organization right now, that he can't even be called a beat writer.
The players dislike him, Tortorella called him out several times. He is just a relic from another era. And that other clown Brett is just as bad. "Fast's injury means we can now protect Raanta for the expansion draft"
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I am against getting Shatty and not sure I -- love -- this deals. But there are pros and cons with everything.
1. It's pretty awesome to see how much Shatty wanted to be a Ramger, period.
2. Four years is the key. We have a use for Shattenkirk the coming years. Like nobody can argue that he won't help us next year and the year after that. But let's say we regret it after two years, then the buy-out would be 2.2m per for 4 years. It's a lot, but wouldn't inflict major damage to the organization. Let's say we want out after 3 years, then its 2.2m for 2 years.
3. What we lose is flexibility and opportunity the coming years. We don't have room to go hard in another direction. For young RDs to develop opportunity is the key, Shatty won't leave much PP time to DeAngelo and/or Pionk. I don't think we are winning because we got Shatty.
I can understand why Gorton made this decision. Going 7 years for Shatty would just have been hole in the head, 4 years is a different story. Still there are pros and cons.
1. It's pretty awesome to see how much Shatty wanted to be a Ramger, period.
2. Four years is the key. We have a use for Shattenkirk the coming years. Like nobody can argue that he won't help us next year and the year after that. But let's say we regret it after two years, then the buy-out would be 2.2m per for 4 years. It's a lot, but wouldn't inflict major damage to the organization. Let's say we want out after 3 years, then its 2.2m for 2 years.
3. What we lose is flexibility and opportunity the coming years. We don't have room to go hard in another direction. For young RDs to develop opportunity is the key, Shatty won't leave much PP time to DeAngelo and/or Pionk. I don't think we are winning because we got Shatty.
I can understand why Gorton made this decision. Going 7 years for Shatty would just have been hole in the head, 4 years is a different story. Still there are pros and cons.
The Rangers didn't need Brooks. The Rangers and other teams have been talking to Shattenkirk and his agent since last Sunday. Shattenkirk probably made a visit to the Rangers facility to meet him with Gorton and the rest of management. They told his agent what needed to be done during the week and the ball is in your court. The new free agent period has changed free agency.
LORDE
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I agree with both of you.
Clearly Larry is was and will be a part of negotiations. The NYR have their methods.
Trades are a different story entirely.
This organization doesn't leak, unless it suits them.
Not sure what's so hard to see about that. He's a pawn but not a hack... and there's nothing really wrong with that. I'm sure he washes their backs and they wash his at times. Symbiotic.
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