Confirmed with Link: Rangers Sign Micheal Haley (1 Year, Two-Way, $700K/$275K)

[nyr2k2]

This is something we all knew, but this is official, and here are the numbers.

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[Mac n Gs]

I'm not gonna comment on Haley the player, but instead focus on the contract.

The end result of his signing is just around $1.1M in cap space with the roster we currently have; it's a net-even money swap with Nieves going down. They have the flexibility to carry another skater when injuries arise, and sending Haley and other young guys down is relatively easy. For the constraints they set on themselves, they've managed to handle the 2019-20 cap reasonably well.

How this pans out for the future with the younger contracts needing extensions remains to be seen.

 

[Hire Sather]

Absolute joke.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

 

[UnSandvich]

...hooray. i'm so excited to see haly on this team. yay.

 

[Hire Sather]

He's a f***ing ECHL player. We have had the worst player in the NHL on our roster every season in the recent past

Glass, McLeod, Haley

It is a DISGRACE

 

[Edge]

Haley is, strangely enough, a player this management keeps circling back to.

Not the "type" of player per se, but Haley himself. It's interesting to me because one usually sees that with players a team was high on at the draft, but not necessarily a guy like Haley.

 

[Trxjw]

Been saying it all summer. Rightly or wrongly this is the type of player the Rangers seem to want to have in the fold so this shouldn't be a surprise.

 

[nyr2k2]

Could have had Tobias Rieder for basically the exact same deal.

 

[Crease]

 

[offdacrossbar]

can't have all plants eaters.

must have a carnivore to balance things out.

meh.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

eugh

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I like it, I cant really understand what's to hate here, we have a ton of Softish skilled players who need someone to answer the bell for them. 4th line minutes over Nieves isnt bothering me at all. We are surrounded by heavy teams. Teams like the Islanders would love nothing more than to come in here and put a beating on our players, if it were up to me I'd keep Lindgren for the same reason but I agree with the staff Hajek is a better player. My guess is Haley only plays when we are playing that type of team and in addition Haley is a good pro who can help the kids mature. Win win.

 

[nyr2k2]

I like it, I cant really understand what's to hate here, we have a ton of Softish skilled players who need someone to answer the bell for them. 4th line minutes over Nieves isnt bothering me at all. We are surrounded by heavy teams. Teams like the Islanders would love nothing more than to come in here and put a beating on our players, if it were up to me I'd keep Lindgren for the same reason but I agree with the staff Hajek is a better player. My guess is Haley only plays when we are playing that type of team and in addition Haley is a good pro who can help the kids mature. Win win.

If teams want to come in and put a beating on our team, they will do so regardless of whether we have Micheal Haley playing six or eight minutes.

 

[Fugazy]

 

[Zibanejbread]

The Cup is ours!

 

[NYR Viper]

No risk and they have a ton of contracts available.

 

[eco's bones]

If teams want to come in and put a beating on our team, they will do so regardless of whether we have Micheal Haley playing six or eight minutes.

.....personally I'd rather have Haley dealing with the likes of Tom Wilson and Ross Johnston than DeAngelo or Lemieux.

 

[Rongomania]

.....personally I'd rather have Haley dealing with the likes of Tom Wilson and Ross Johnston than DeAngelo or Lemieux.

I agree only to the extent that Haley is more of a 'human shield whom brings nothing other than that to the table'.

You're right because Lem & Tony are more valuable to the actual offense and defense of this team outside of Tom Wilson/Johnston antics.

Tho I am eagerly awaiting the day that Wilson takes a run at one of our precious youngins and Tony just beats the s*** out of him. I also hope it's at the Garden during the playoffs.

 

[Fitzy]

Not sure he'll play very much. But coaches do occasionally rotate the roster.

Still, I'd rather see McKegg, Nieves, or even Brendan Smith out there on the 4th line wing than Haley.

 

[Bob Richards]

Tho I am eagerly awaiting the day that Wilson takes a run at one of our precious youngins and Tony just beats the s*** out of him. I also hope it's at the Garden during the playoffs.

I do not as Wilson is a concussion seeking missile and he'd beat the brakes off of DeAngelo lol

 

[Rongomania]

I do not as Wilson is a concussion seeking missile and he'd beat the brakes off of DeAngelo lol

We shall just have to wait and see on that one.

Kid ain't no pushover.

 

[GAGLine]

Could have had Tobias Rieder for basically the exact same deal.

What does Rieder do for us? I mean, you can question the effectiveness of Haley, but he's at least a different type of player than the others we have on the roster. He can fill a role that someone like Rieder could not.

 

[eco's bones]

I agree only to the extent that Haley is more of a 'human shield whom brings nothing other than that to the table'.

You're right because Lem & Tony are more valuable to the actual offense and defense of this team outside of Tom Wilson/Johnston antics.

Tho I am eagerly awaiting the day that Wilson takes a run at one of our precious youngins and Tony just beats the s*** out of him. I also hope it's at the Garden during the playoffs.

Tony cleaned Okposo's clock but Okposo doesn't know how to fight and you could see that in the way he lunged at him. Wilson knows how to fight very well. He's big and strong as f*** besides.

Tony knows how to fight but both Johnston (Matt Martin for that matter) and Wilson are way bigger than he is and I don't want to see him biting off more than he can chew. ...and I want him on the ice and not in the penalty box with some hammerhead. He went after Wilson once last year though it didn't end up in a fight but Tony's got a volatile temper--he gets pissed and he wants a piece. Having Haley around for certain games anyway might keep him away from some of these situations.

As well I don't want Brendan Lemieux getting into a Brandon Prust kind of role. I don't mind him fighting now and again but he's got better upside than Prust ever had and he's also got a bit of his Dad in him in that he's good at stirring the pot--stirring the pot is not necessarily about fighting all the time--it's getting your opponents off their game.

 

[NYR Viper]

Tony knows how to fight but both Johnston (Matt Martin for that matter) and Wilson are way bigger than he is and I don't want to see him biting off more than he can chew. ...and I want him on the ice and not in the penalty box with some hammerhead. He went after Wilson once last year though it didn't end up in a fight but Tony's got a volatile temper--he gets pissed and he wants a piece. Having Haley around for certain game anyway might keep him away from some of these situations.

As well I don't want Brendan Lemieux getting into a Brandon Prust kind of role. I don't mind him fighting now and again but he's got better upside than Prust ever had and he's also got a bit of his Dad in him in that he's good at stirring the pot--stirring the pot is not necessarily about fighting all the time--it's getting your opponents off their game.

Exactly this. I subscribe to the idea that a team should have a pack mentality to a lot of this and oftentimes guys like this bring others into the fray a bit. That's not a bad trait to learn for young guys like Howden and Andersson. Not saying they need to fight but bringing that intensity regularly and sticking up for teammates. It's contagious

I'd LOVE for this organization to find another type of guy who can handle himself and play the game but that obviously didn't happen this off-season. ADA and Lemieux are a good start. Perhaps Gorton is on the lookout for another guy and Haley will serve as a bit of a placeholder