Speculation: Roster Building Thread DCLXXXVI:

[BBKers]

Updated stats

PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK RANGERS ORGANISATION 2017-2018 (39)
NEW YORK RANGERS SQUAD (19)
[table="head;width=4200]Nr|Pos |Player| Caphit |Contract Status|Team 2016 |Drafted/Acquired |Age 2017
1| F | J.T. Miller |$2.750.000 |RFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #15 NYR (2011) |24
2| F | Kevin Hayes |$2,600,000 |RFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #24 Chicago (2010)- signed w/NYR as UFA |25
3| D | Brady Skjei (ELC) |$925,000* |RFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #28 NYR (2012) |23
4| F | Jimmy Vesey (ELC) |$925,000* |RFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R3 #66 Nashville (2012)- signed w/NYR as UFA |24
5| F | Matt Puempel |$725.000 |RFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #24 Ottawa (2011) - waiver claim 2016 |24
6| F | Rick Nash (NMC) |$7,800,000 |UFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #1 overall Columbus Blue Jackets (2002) - acquired through trade|33
7| D | Kevin Klein |$2,900,000 |UFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R2 #37 Nashville Predators (2003) - acquired through trade|33
8| D | Nick Holden |$1,650,000 |UFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |Undrafted - acquired through trade |30
9| F | Michael Grabner |$1,600,000 |UFA 2018 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #14 Vancover Canucks (2006) - signed w/NYR as UFA |30
11| D | Ryan McDonagh |$4,700,000 |UFA 2019 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #12 Montreal (2007) - acquired unsigned through trade|28
12| F | Mats Zuccarello (NTC) |$4,500,000 |UFA 2019 |New York Rangers/NHL |Undrafted (started w NYR) |30
13| F | Pavel Buchnevich (ELC)|$925,000* |RFA 2019 |New York Rangers/NHL |R3 #75 NYR (2013) |22
14| D | Alexei Bereglazov (ELC)|$925,000* |RFA 2019 |Metallurg Magnitogorsk/KHL|Undrafted (started w NYR) |23
15| D | Anthony DeAngelo (ELC)|$863,333* |RFA 2019 |Arizona Coyotes/NHL |R1 #19 Tampa Bay (2014) |22
16| F | Chris Kreider |$4,625,000 |UFA 2020 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #19 NYR (2009) |26
17| G | Henrik Lundqvist (NMC)|$8,500,000 |UFA 2021 |New York Rangers/NHL |R7 #208 NYR (2000) |35
18| D | Marc Staal (NMC => NTC)|$5,750,000 |UFA 2021 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #12 NYR (2005) |30
19| D | Brendan Smith (NTC) |$4,350,000 |UFA 2021 |New York Rangers/NHL |R1 #27 Detroit Red Wings (2007) - acquired through trade|28[/table]

TOTALS
SALARY CAP: $75,000,000
BUYOUTS (Dan Girardi): $2,611,111
SALARY HIT: $54,113,333
SALARY HIT WITH BUYOUT:$59.624.444
CAP SPACE: $15,376,556
9 FWD - 8 D - 1 G (4 more fwds + 1 more G - 1 D)
AVERAGE AGE ~ 25.7 years

CONTRACTED 2017/2018 BUT LIKELY ASSIGNED TO AHL/ECHL/ELSEWHERE (20)
[table="head;width=4200]Nr |Pos |Player| Caphit |Contract Status |Team 2016 |Drafted |Age 2017
19|F |Adam Tambellini (ELC) |$803.333* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R3 #65 NYR (2013) |23
20|F |Adam Chapie (ELC) |$800.000* |RFA 2018 |Greenville Swamp Rabbits/ECHL |Undrafted (started w NYR) |26
21|F |Cristoval Nieves(ELC) |$755.000* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R2 #59 NYR (2012) |23
22|F |Steven Fogarty (ELC) |$750.000* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R3 #72 NYR (2011) |24
23|F |Malte Strömwall (ELC) |$742.500* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R7 #198 Calgary (started w NYR) |24
24|D |Ryan Graves (ELC) |$656,667* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R4 #110 NYR (2013) |22
25|D |John Gilmour (ELC) |$633.333* |RFA 2018 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R7 #198 Calgary (2012) - signed w/NYR as UFA|24
26|D |Steve Kampfer |$650,000 |UFA 2019 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R4 #93 (2007) Anaheim - acquired through trade |29
27|F |Vinni Lettieri (ELC) |$925,000* |RFA 2019 |Univ. of Minnesota/NCAA |Undrafted (started w NYR) |22
28|D |Neil Pionk (ELC) |$925,000* |RFA 2019 |Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth/NCAA |Undrafted (started w NYR) |22
29|G |Chris Nell (ELC) |$925,000* |RFA 2019 |Bowling Green/NCAA |Undrafted (started w NYR) |23
30|F |Robin Kovacs (ELC) |$803.333* |RFA 2019 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R3 #62 NYR (2015) |21
31|G |Brandon Halverson (ELC)|$803.333* |RFA 2019 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |R2 #59 NYR (2014) |21
32|D |Vince Pedrie (ELC) |$767,500* |RFA 2019 |Penn State Univ./NCAA |Undrafted (started w NYR) |22
33|F |Ryan Gropp (ELC-S) |$839.166* |RFA 2020 |Seattle Thunderbirds/WHL |R2 #41 NYR (2015) |21
34|D |Sean Day (ELC-S) |$775,833* |RFA 2020 |Windsor Spitfires/OHL |R3 #81 NYR (2016) |19
35|F |Dawson Leedahl (ELC)|$749,167* |RFA 2020 |Regina Pats/WHL |Undrafted (started w NYR) |21
36|F |Timothy Gettinger (ELC-S)|$736,667* |RFA 2020 |Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/OHL|R5 #141 NYR (2016) |19
37|F |Gabriel Fontaine (ELC)|$736,667* |RFA 2020 |Rouyn-Noranda Huskies/QMJHL |R6 #171 NYR (2016) |20
38|D |Sergey Zborovskiy (ELC)|$734,166* |RFA 2020 |Regina Pats/WHL |R3 #79 NYR (2015) |20
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* - has additional bonus money in contract
ELC - denotes player on Entry Level Contract
NTC - denotes No Trade Clause in Contract
NMC - denotes No Movement Clause in Contract
@ - signed to an AHL deal with Hartford Wolfpack

UFAs (Unrestricted free agents) - 5
[table="head;width=3800]Nr|Position |Player| Cap hit 2017| Team 2017 |Age 2017 | Signed 2017=>|Caphit 2017 =>
1| F | Tanner Glass |$1,450,000 |New York Rangers/NHL |33||
2| D | Chris Summers |$600.000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |29||
3|D | Tommy Hughes |$600,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |25||
4|F | Marek Hrivik |$600,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |26|€urope?|
5|F | Chris Brown |$575,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |25||[/table]

RFAs (Restricted free agents) - 11
[table="head;width=3800]Nr|Position |Player| Cap hit 2017| Team 2017 |Age 2017 | Signed 2017=>|Caphit 2017 =>
1| F | Mika Zibanejad |$2,625,000 |New York Rangers/NHL |24||
2| F | Brandon Pirri |$1,100,000 |New York Rangers/NHL |26|Not qualified?|
3| F | Jesper Fast(h) |$950.000 |New York Rangers/NHL |26||
4| D | Troy Donnay |$716,667 |Greenville Swamp Rabbits/ECHL |23|Not qualified?|
5| G | MacKenzie Skapski |$661,667 |Greenville Swamp Rabbits/ECHL |23|Not qualified?|
6| F | Taylor Beck |$650.000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |26|Not qualified?|
7| G | Magnus Hellberg |$625,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |26|Russia?|
8| D | Adam Clendening |$600.000 |New York Rangers/NHL |25|Not qualified?|
9| F | Niklas Jensen |$600,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |24|Qualified - Russia?|
10| D | Michael Paliotta |$600.000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |24||
11| F | Daniel Catenacci |$575,000 |Hartford Wolfpack/AHL |23||[/table]

PLAYERS STILL UNSIGNED BUT WITH RIGHTS RETAINED BY NYR (14)
[table="head;width=3800]Nr|Position |Player| Team 2016| Height |Weight| Nationality |Shoots|DOB|Drafted
1|G |Igor Shestyorkin |St. Petersburg SKA (KHL) |6' 1"| 187 | Russia |L|December 30, 1995 |R4 #118 NYR (2014)
2|F |Patrik Virta |TPS/Liiga Finland |5' 10" | 181 | Finland |R|March 6, 1996 |R7 #207 NYR (2017)
3|D |Tyler Nanne |Minnesota Golden Gophers/NCAA |5' 10" | 183 | USA |R|March 17, 1996 |R5 #142 NYR (2014)
4|F |Daniel Bernhardt |VIK Västerås HK/Allsvenskan |6' 3" | 191 | Sweden |L|April 11, 1996 |R4 #119 NYR (2015)
5|D |Brandon Crawley |London Knights/OHL |6' 2" | 203 | USA |L|February 2, 1997 |R4 #123 NYR (2017)
6|F |Dominik Lakatos |Bili Tygri Liberec/Czech Extraliga|5' 11"| 179 |Czech Republic |L|April 8, 1997 |R6 #157 NYR (2017)
7|G |Adam Huska |UConn Huskies/NCAA |6' 3" | 191 | Slovakia |L|May 12, 1997 |R7 #184 NYR (2015)
8|F |Ty Ronning |Vancouver Giants/WHL |5' 9" | 165 | Canada |R|October 20, 1997 |R7 #201 NYR (2016)
9|G |Tyler Wall |UMass Lowell River Hawks/NCAA |6' 2" | 190 | Canada |R|January 14, 1998 |R6 #174 NYR (2016)
10|D |Tarmo Reunanen |TUTO Hockey/Mestis |6' 0" | 180 | Finland |L|March 1, 1998 |R4 #98 NYR (2016)
11|F |Lias Andersson |HV71/SHL |5' 11" | 201 | Sweden |L|October 13, 1998 |R1 #7 NYR (2017)
12|F |Morgan Barron |St. Andrew's College/CAHS |6' 2" | 201 | Canada |R|December 02, 1998 |R6 #174 NYR (2017)
13|D |Calle Själin |Östersunds IK/Div.1 Sweden |6' 1" | 176 | Sweden |L|September 2, 1999 |R5 #145 NYR (2017)
14|F |Filip Chytil |PSG Zlín/Czech Extraliga |6' 1" | 181 | Czech Republic|L|September 5, 1999 |R1 #21 NYR (2017)
(15)|F |Carl Klingberg |Free agent - rights retained |6' 3" | 205 | Sweden |R|January 28, 1991 |R2 #34 Atlanta (2009)[/table]

2018 DRAFT PICKS (6)

• 1st round NYR
• 2nd round NYR
• 3rd round NYR
• 4th round NYR
• 5th round NYR
• 6th round NYR

• We gained a 2nd round pick from Ottawa when we traded Derrick Brassard
• We then lost Ottawas 2nd round pick to Detroit in the trade for Brendan Smith
• We then also lost our 7th round pick to Ottawa in the trade for Mika Zibanejad

2019 DRAFT PICKS (7)

• 1st round NYR
• 2nd round NYR
• 3rd round NYR
• 4th round NYR
• 5th round NYR
• 6th round NYR
• 7th round NYR

2020 DRAFT PICKS (7)

• 1st round NYR
• 2nd round NYR
• 3rd round NYR
• 4th round NYR
• 5th round NYR
• 6th round NYR
• 7th round NYR

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Shatty time

In buffalo!

 

[Inferno]

lets not forget you have to bring back Fasth and Zibanejad.

So thats 7 mil right there. so its really what...12 mil to replace Stepan, Girardi, Lindberg, and Raantas roster spots.

1.5 mil for a goalie.
say 2 mil for a center
say another kid makes the lineup as a forward...at a mil.thats 4.5 mil

6.5 mil on Shatty give us very very little space.

Need to re-sign Skjei, Miller, Hayes, etc. Nash's money won't cover all of that..

will be an interesting time to be JG.

 

[RGY]

In buffalo!

Agree to disagree

 

[DanielBrassard]

lets not forget you have to bring back Fasth and Zibanejad.

So thats 7 mil right there. so its really what...12 mil to replace Stepan, Girardi, Lindberg, and Raantas roster spots.

1.5 mil for a goalie.
say 2 mil for a center
say another kid makes the lineup as a forward...at a mil.thats 4.5 mil

6.5 mil on Shatty give us very very little space.

Need to re-sign Skjei, Miller, Hayes, etc. Nash's money won't cover all of that..

will be an interesting time to be JG.

Trade Holden theres 1.65M, wouldn't give a backup 1.5M, that's way too much

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

A little high for Smith but The difference we're talking about is peanuts. Its not going to stop us from doing anything else we wanted to do.

If thats what it had to be to get it done than so be it.

 

[Krams]

Trade Holden theres 1.65M

I think he can definitely net us a 3rd round pick or so. 34 points, a career high, should bring back more than he cost us.

 

[TheTakedown]

There's no room for Shattenkirk unless Staal is being moved and Smith has been signed for the left side....

CapFriendly.com Armchair-GM User-Generated Roster

FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: M. Zuccarello ($4,500,000) - R. Nash ($7,800,000) - M. Grabner ($1,650,000) - J. Fast ($1,500,000)
Centre: M. Zibanejad ($5,500,000) - K. Hayes ($2,600,000) - J. Miller ($2,750,000) - O. Lindberg ($1,500,000)
Left wing: C. Kreider ($4,625,000) - J. Vesey ($925,000) - P. Buchnevich ($925,000) - M. Puempel ($725,000)

DEFENSE (7)
Right: B. Smith ($4,350,000) - A. Deangelo ($863,333) - A. Bereglazov ($925,000)
Left: R. McDonagh ($4,700,000) - B. Skjei ($925,000) - M. Staal ($5,700,000) - S. Kampfer ($650,000)

GOALTENDER (2)
H. Lundqvist ($8,500,000) - A. Niemi ($1,000,000)

BUYOUTS
D. Girardi ($2,611,111) - B. Richards ($0)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 21
NHL Salary Cap: $75,000,000
Cap Hit: $65,224,444
Cap Space: $9,775,556

 

[RangerBoy]

Many LA ties. Rob Blake. Glen Murray.

 

[HonestGabe]

If they can somehow get out from under Marc Staal's contract and move Holden for a 3rd, I would love to sign Shattenkirk

McDonagh Shattenkirk
Skjei DeAngelo
Bereglazov Smith
Pionk, Graves as callups

 

[BBKers]

If Klein retires we have 18, 276 M left

Nilsson as backup at around 1 M for a two year deal

Zib and Fast for around 7 M

Leaves a little over 10 M

If we bring in Shatty - which we very well might - we have maybe 4 M in space. Plus we then have (at least) one D too many- Yet two fwd spots open.
Opens several interesting scenarios moving fwd. There is space to do interesting things if we move out another contract (Holden or Staal). But will we?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Nick Bonino come on down, 5 years 4.5M. Jeez the Center situation is going to be interesting. I think Hanzal on a 1-year deal is our best option in FA. If Gorton goes that route. I doubt Hanzal accepts but otherwise I'd almost just put Miller there.

 

[RGY]

Woof, swoop in Gorts.

Thornton to LA would put SJ fans on the ledge

 

[Griffinbw]

Ok so 19 remaining....
I'm going to overestimate everything here:
Shatty-7M
Ziba-5.5
Fast-2
Holden waived to minors or traded frees up something like 1.5
4.5 for Dadonov remaining with 1.5 left for extras

Trade a winger for a center, include picks if necessary. Preferably trade Nash.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Investing big UFA $ in Smith / ****
While dealing Step

= continued mediocrity and lack of flexibility

Makes no sense. So is probably the "plan."

 

[mas0764]

lets not forget you have to bring back Fasth and Zibanejad.

So thats 7 mil right there. so its really what...12 mil to replace Stepan, Girardi, Lindberg, and Raantas roster spots.

1.5 mil for a goalie.
say 2 mil for a center
say another kid makes the lineup as a forward...at a mil.thats 4.5 mil

6.5 mil on Shatty give us very very little space.

Need to re-sign Skjei, Miller, Hayes, etc. Nash's money won't cover all of that..

will be an interesting time to be JG.

That's why he's gotta find a taker for Staal.

 

[Fugazy]

lets not forget you have to bring back Fasth and Zibanejad.

So thats 7 mil right there. so its really what...12 mil to replace Stepan, Girardi, Lindberg, and Raantas roster spots.

1.5 mil for a goalie.
say 2 mil for a center
say another kid makes the lineup as a forward...at a mil.thats 4.5 mil

6.5 mil on Shatty give us very very little space.

Need to re-sign Skjei, Miller, Hayes, etc. Nash's money won't cover all of that..

will be an interesting time to be JG.

Trading Holden would free up a little bit more space and give us some breathing room. But then you risk losing defensive depth if Holden is traded and Shattenkirk isn't subsequently signed.

 

[Trxjw]

Oh man. If Thornton goes to LA I'm going to breathe a sigh of relief.

 

[Fugazy]

Oh man. If Thornton goes to LA I'm going to breathe a sigh of relief.

Without a doubt. Especially on a multi-year deal.

 

[DutchShamrock]

This lead up to free agency is hilarious. You aren't supposed to talk contract, which is stupid. But no one follows the rule. And somehow Thornton knows he'll get a multi year offer.

But how do we convince them to go all in this season and trade for Nash? 2018 1st? Vilardi?

 

[RGY]

Multi year can be 2 years lol.

I will reserve judgement until free agency starts.

 

[Inferno]

3 year deal on Jumbo Joe is just BRUTAL

 

[eco's bones]

I don't see Zibanejad as a $5 mil per year player yet. He's cracked 50 points once. Last year was up and--he ends up with 37 points in 56 games. That would prorate to about 55. He had a good playoff but even so....somewhere around $4.5 is fair.

 

[Fugazy]

3 year deal on Jumbo Joe is just BRUTAL

I didn't realize that idea would even be considered

 

[Trxjw]

I see Zibanejad getting a slight bump over what Kreider got. If only because he plays the more coveted position. Something in the $4.8-4.9M range.