Rangers won't do it, but they could tell Goodrow if he won't accept a trade to any destination, they are going to waive him, and if some team picks him up he goes there whether or not he wants to, so he should give them a list of places where he'd be willing to go to so the Rangers can "try" to trade with one of those teams before waiving him. Not different than when Tampa traded McD.
Sure is.....I would love to see a winger like Greenway /Jeannott out there in a Boston series . It is either goaltending or muscle that will be needed to beat them....and maybe both . We have the guys in net...but we are light in the muscle and if we do anything....get one of them .
While I agree with your overall point in the Rangers should keep all of them, the picks, and see what happens
Boston is a juggernaut right now. I'm not sure how much is going to change over the last 34 games. Yes, some of their key players are older but they could basically coast the rest of the way and still finish first in the league. They don't really have to add a difference maker at the deadline, just stay healthy. Anything can happen in the playoffs for sure and that's why you just have to get in but right now I just can't see anybody beating them 4 times in a series. They are just too good and do everything well. We will see in a few months.
The only contract that is problematic at this moment is Trochek. And it has nothing to do with his play or performance and everything to do with Chytil.
Just checked and surprised to learn Halak’s W/L, save pct, and GAA this season are the best of or comparable to Greiss’ and Lindgren’s. I think we made the right sign.
The Russian option for Kravy or any player is off the table...you have got to be crazy to go there.
Another option would be to pay him league minimum with like 500k in easily achievable performance bonuses. So the total value of the contract would be 1.275 mil, but his cap hit would only be 775k. If part or all of the bonus rolls over into 2024-25, that's not a huge amount to absorb as the cap should go up significantly by then.
He’s on the Buchnevich development curve. My guess is he’s still 1-2 years away from the kind of strength that will make him far more effective. I’m just hopeful this season has helped get VK and the Rangers on the same page about timeline. I don’t know that Drury envisions a guy like VK in his ideal top 9 2-3 years from now. And I wonder if VK is aware of this. That said, we have seen too many players over the years prove their worth and become keepers for various teams. Unfortunately, working against VK are the many tough playoff opponents in our future that feature a heavy physical lineup.
Carpenter has more offense. But their games are different. Rhydal’s biggest issue has been health. He’s been in and out of the lineup with injuries all year. If he could have stayed healthy he likely may have gotten a cup of coffee by now. The coaches do seem to love him. But the thing with Rhydal. His game and role is the same at every level. Whereas Carp plays a far more offensive style in the A than in the NHL.
His point wasn’t about Kravtsov- it was that the Rangers do develop forwards but in order to see it you need patience as is / was case with Chytil, Kakko, Buchnevich recently too before them.
The Rangers should sign Kravtsov to another 1 year contract worth $875,000. Drury has shown he is not giving a player away for nothing. Kravtsov has to stay healthy. He couldn’t stay healthy. He did nothing when he had an opportunity to play.
Vatrano with a hat trick against Colorado last night.
