Speculation: Roster Building/Rumor Thread XVII
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LiveLongandProspal
NY Rangers = America's Team
By the way, that poser that Vince is replying to isn’t me.
I’m no All-Star.
He's the Jagr to your Straka
MarkMessyay11
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The 2nd part of that tweet gives me more confidence than I previously had. That seems to be the sentiment that's been shared by the insiders on here for the better part of a year as well.
I'm a firm believer that rebuilds can't be fully completed solely drafting and developing. It's the best way to build a core group of young players, but it's not the best way to build an entire contending team. And if we aren't at the point where it's time to start thinking more aggressively when it comes to filling out our roster, I don't know when we will be.
There's a fine line between being aggressive and being stupid though...I guess we'll just have to wait and find out which side of that line we're on.
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effen
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People sharpening their knives to ram in Shestys back over Larry Brooks contract speculation numbers he pulls straight from his ass.
No one is a fan of players, apparently contracts that supply surplus value are what are on bedroom posters now.
here is a name that no one thought of.
if the Kings decided to trade their core.
how about Anze Kopitar
if the Kings decided to trade their core.
how about Anze Kopitar
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Since he is already arbitration eligible, I'm not sure how much cheaper than that his RFA years would be for anyway, and I doubt the Rangers want to push that route. While they could probably try to find a alternative in trade or UFA, those goalies would carry some cap hit too.
My take, even if that is 1-2M more than it ideally could be, the other alternatives probably are not as good of goalies.
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Sit tight Drury.
Don't cave to demands for Eichel or Larkin. Stand on your current offers.
Only overpay if it's for Lundell.
NYSPORTS
back afta dis. . .
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imo, we should let the hopeful return for goalies go. Going to get a ton for Talbot, Georgiev will bring back good value, if Hank waives his NTC we’ll get a fortune.
I wouldn’t set any expectation for a return on goalies.
Fitzy
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He's played all of 47 games in the NHL
He’s been a starter for less than one regular season, and his numbers doing so weren’t that hot. Hes barely a sophomore.
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You may be correct, yet I think it will be at least 5 as the Demko contract pretty much fits as he too is 25 years old, albeit has played 76 game versus 48 (playoffs included)
NYSPORTS
back afta dis. . .
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hype it up.
Despite the hoopla, tweets, sources, etc I’m thinking the draft will come and go pretty quietly. Hope my hunch is proved wrong.
Agreed, we cannot be paying him whatever his demands are.
I go $5x5 max. That’s fair. He has talent and potential, but that’s all he has. He hasn’t proven anything yet.
Otherwise bridge him.
LiveLongandProspal
NY Rangers = America's Team
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LiveLongandProspal
NY Rangers = America's Team
So everyone loses their shit for overpaying Goodrow by 500k but wants to bridge Igor instead of locking him up and potentially saving 2-3M a year in cap space?
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It's everyone but Ron Francis
HatTrick Swayze
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Only speaking for myself...I'd rather find a new goalie than commit $6M+ let alone the $8-9M+ you are suggesting he may cost down the road. Generally don't believe in committing that much cap to the position, barring a Vezina level season.
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I don't know, locking in a starter goalie even if ideally it would be nice if at a lower cap hit seems a little different than locking in the role/position Goodrow is likely to play.
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