Speculation: Roster Building/Rumor Thread XVIII

[SA16]

Buffalo is handling the Eichel situation correctly. If someone doesn’t overwhelm them with a deal they have no reason to trade him. Is he going to hold out for five years and ruin his career if they refuse to trade him?

 

[duhmetreE]

So after Buch we have 21 million in cap space. Is it possible Drury wanted to show the Pegulas that it doesn't have to be a dollar for dollar trade. The Rangers will take Eichel and the Sabres can get the cash benefits along with a fair package.

That $21M will be gone in a snap.
3.5M raise for Zibs
8M raise for Fox
Shesty gets 2-3M raise
Chytil gets 3-4M raise

then we have to pay Kakko, Kravtsov and Lafreniere. If they have breakout years, that will be costly.

 

[duhmetreE]

Would you give Shesty a 5x6M deal? or 6x6?

or

rather give him a 1-2 year, prove it contract?

 

[LOFIN]

Elliotte Friedman said the Rangers and Sabres aren't on the same page/not close at all in evaluating the Eichel return. The Rangers haven't really been in on Eichel for last 1-2 weeks. The Rangers haven't been the stealth team. The Sabres want Schneider or Lundqvist and the Rangers don't want to go there. The Sabres want some of the Rangers top young roster players. The Rangers aren't going there. If you were putting a Venn diagram together of the request and what the Rangers are willing to give up. There is no intersection of the middle. The Sabres get annoyed when people say the ask is high.

Good. I hope this holds.

 

[Kovalev27]

That $21M will be gone in a snap.
3.5M raise for Zibs
8M raise for Fox
Shesty gets 2-3M raise
Chytil gets 3-4M raise

then we have to pay Kakko, Kravtsov and Lafreniere. If they have breakout years, that will be costly.

exactly although Chytil will most likely be bridged so have some time there

 

[McRanger92]

Drurys been a mixed bag to start (not the disaster that some think), but it’s nice to see that he’s seemingly prioritizing ELC guys.

if the plan is to continue to give more time to the youth, but adding more veterans to do the dirty work, I can’t say I hate it

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

That $21M will be gone in a snap.
3.5M raise for Zibs
8M raise for Fox
Shesty gets 2-3M raise
Chytil gets 3-4M raise

then we have to pay Kakko, Kravtsov and Lafreniere. If they have breakout years, that will be costly.

Yes, but most of those deals will be spread out a bit. The Zib and Fox extensions are next summer al.ost with Kakko. Laff and I believe Kravstov are the follow summer after that. By that time all the buyouts will be cleared as well as the contract for Strome.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

So if Eichel is out, I wonder if the NYR may actually be the ones who pay Danault

 

[Kovalev27]

So if Eichel is out, I wonder if the NYR may actually be the ones who pay Danault

I hope we do he checks a ton of boxes for what this team lacks and frees Chytil up to be a scoring center as he should be

 

[DanielBrassard]

Buffalo is handling the Eichel situation correctly. If someone doesn’t overwhelm them with a deal they have no reason to trade him. Is he going to hold out for five years and ruin his career if they refuse to trade him?

Assuming he still wants and needs surgery, he will probably sit out the season, let his NMC kick in plus his 7.5M signing bonus. So no he won't hold out for 5 years but I can't see them letting it get to that point.

 

[Vitto79]

Fitzy's 5 point plan for big happy success

1) Trade Ryan Strome to Ottawa for Ridley Grieg
2) Sign Ryan Suter to 1 year x 5 million
3) Sign Paul Stastny to 1 year x 3.5 million
4) Sign Luke Glendening to 2 years x 2 mil
5) Extend Zibby

Panarin-Stastny-Goodrow
Lafreniere-Zibanejad-Kakko
Kreider-Chytil-Kravtsov
Barron-Glendening-Blais

Rooney, Gauthier

Lindgren-Fox
Suter-Lundkvist
Miller-Trouba

Bitteto

Grieg, Pajuniemi, Schneider, Robertson, Jones start in the AHL.

i was thinking they may sign a ufa vet to play top 6 . Stastny isn’t a bad option . I expect Strome gone

 

[Fitzy]

i was thinking they may sign a ufa vet to play top 6 . Stastny isn’t a bad option . I expect Strome gone

Yeah he has more in the tank than Stepan/Anisimov, and is much better at draws, I think it would be a good fit for a year.

 

[Vitto79]

What about Dadonov and White

Dadonov fits the shorter term deal for a winger
Is White worth it? Dvorak better ?

 

[Blais to Win]

If I had to be realistic... It's 5x$9M. Maybe get him down to $8M with more term

I was hoping Fox would take a 'hometown discount'... 8x7 or something. Which would more than likely mean we have to bridge Laf, Kakko, Kravtsov and Chytil. It gets a lot tougher if some of those guys have insane 'Fox-type' years.... especially Laf.

That's pretty much it. These contracts will need to happen as you describe to make any kind of competitive lineup two years from now possible. Already looking at 10M for our 1C and almost 10M for Fox the rest of the lineup needs to be pretty barebones. If 24/13/74 have big years it's really going to be tough. Looks like a big name UFA 2C will be an impossibility and keeping Chytil around on a contract worth less than what Strome makes now will be needed.

 

[duhmetreE]

Yes, but most of those deals will be spread out a bit. The Zib and Fox extensions are next summer al.ost with Kakko. Laff and I believe Kravstov are the follow summer after that. By that time all the buyouts will be cleared as well as the contract for Strome.

Still have to account for it.

Cant commit to anyone else long term

 

[duhmetreE]

exactly although Chytil will most likely be bridged so have some time there

Thinking of giving him a sort of Tuch type deal... Could be a bargain down the road. Hoping he will break out given the opportunity

 

[Taluss]

What about Dadonov and White

Dadonov fits the shorter term deal for a winger
Is White worth it? Dvorak better ?

You can tell Dadonov lost a step without having Barkov. Id prefer Dvorak over White. But id be fine with White as a 3rd liner.

Although Sens are apparently shopping both so they may be cheap.

 

[LOFIN]

Buffalo is handling the Eichel situation correctly. If someone doesn’t overwhelm them with a deal they have no reason to trade him. Is he going to hold out for five years and ruin his career if they refuse to trade him?

I think the problem here is the controversy with the surgery. If it's still going down that road, it had to be done months ago if Buffalo were not going to trade him this offseason. Get him up to speed at some point next year, show other teams what he's got, and then make the trade before that NMC. Now if they can't trade him and they still go for the surgery, he's missing out the entire season. Good luck trading him then.

Other than that, sure. He's not going to pull a PLD, it's in both parties interest to get him playing great ASAP. If it's in Buffalo, so be it.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

I’m trying hard not to overreact about the news about Panarin being “livid”. I love the player on the ice, but too much front office stuff seems to run through him.

I’m not convinced we win the Cup with him getting paid the way he does and driving decision making the way he does. He’ll continue to contend for the Art Ross but I’m not sure that we’re going to win a lot of games.

I dunno. Like I said, probably over reacting.

Eh. He has every right to be pissed about it over the next few days. They are close, he's human. As long as he shows up day 1 of training camp ready to go with it behind him.

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[Synergy27]

Too much of the front office stuff seems to run through him? What do you mean? Did the Rangers take back to Buchnevich trade?

He apparently dictates who he plays with. I can only assume he dictates moves to a certain extent.

Maybe not though if Buch was such a bro.

 

[bobbop]

The Rangers have two logical paths to trade and replace Strome; trade for a center (Dvorak or Kadri make the most sense) or sign Danault. If Strome could bring back that coveted left defenseman on a short commitment one of these things will likely happen.

 

[Avery16]

I see now posted earlier. I’m not on insta.

 

[Ola]

So guys what do you think is best, (a) Gorton signs Virtanen now (giving Washington, NYI and co time to adjust in the arms race) or (b) Gorton signs Virtanen just before the Camp starts?

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

So guys what do you think is best, (a) Gorton signs Virtanen now (giving Washington, NYI and co time to adjust in the arms race) or (b) Gorton signs Virtanen just before the Camp starts?

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