Speculation: Roster Building Thread LI: Something happen, please...

[Tob]

Fast is quietly like 30 years old. We better not pay him a cent after this contract expires. He should be a goner. Has completely fallen apart physically.

Fast:
NY Rangers organization:
rumor mill around the league:
conference room and draft floor conversation:

Kovalev27: We need Fast gone. He's completely fallen apart physically.

 

[NernieBichols]

FIFY

Haha i wasn’t the only one who fell for it. But i did fall for it. I thought he was Just mentioning it. I believed it

 

[Leetch3]

I feel like the league was so dumb to delay the salary cap limit for this year and now teams are reluctant to do anything.

I think the hold up is more teams waiting to see who is on the board when they pick...is the salary cap really holding things up? they are talking 81.5 vs 82.1...if you are worry about $600k in space, you probably should reassess your plans regardless. its not like we are waiting to find out if the cap is 81.5 or 95

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Fast:
NY Rangers organization:
rumor mill around the league:
conference room and draft floor conversation:

Kovalev27: We need Fast gone. He's completely fallen apart physically.

Dude has hated Fast since the day he was born.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

I am OK about trading Fast if the return is good

 

[romba]

Dude has hated Fast since the day he was born.

And Fast is FINALLY (in the vicinity of) 30 so he can go streaking yelling it and its acceptable by HFBoards standards

 

[Tob]

Dude has hated Fast since the day he was born.

Trading Fast would help somewhat though. He has some value as a healthier man's Callahan and takes some cap off the top. Quinn had a hard time using him if I remember correctly.

 

[Leetch3]

Fast is quietly like 30 years old. We better not pay him a cent after this contract expires. He should be a goner. Has completely fallen apart physically.

he's 27 but I don't see us resigning him. he'll make too much $$ on his next contract for his role

 

[romba]

he's 27 but I don't see us resigning him. he'll make too much $$ on his next contract for his role

You beat my ninja edit. nice one lol

His first few seasons he seemed to have some more second line potential but injuries seemed to stall the progress and he's stayed pretty....vanilla

*ducks*

 

[NYRangers0723]

Not sure why fans are so desperate to get rid of Kreider. I understand if he is asking for a lot. But unless we are getting back a huge return I would hold onto him. I think he wants to be here

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Trading Fast would help somewhat though. He has some value as a healthier man's Callahan and takes some cap off the top. Quinn had a hard time using him if I remember correctly.

I actually am on board for trading Fast. I'm not sure how much value he has, but I think we should move him either now, or at the deadline. I am not interested in paying him.

That being said, ever since day 1, Kovalev has despised him.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

I can't see why we can't keep Fast as a viable bottom-6 option. Energy plug guy on the right wing, always balling.

It shall come down to the cap-hit, yes. You expect him to command like 4 million?

 

[Levitate]

I don't think Fast will command a lot of money but it'll just depend on the Rangers budget most likely

 

[Zibanejbread]

Since we undervalued Pionk and (seemingly) Vesey, but overvalue Shattenkirk, I'm guessing Fast falls in the undervalued area and we'll get more than we think.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

If we can get assets for basically anyone 27 or over, I'm on board for trading them at this point.

We can easily re-sign someone to replace what Fast brings (when he's even healthy) and probably at a lower cost.

Our lineup is already pretty full and we need to move on from some guys. Fast is the kinda guy I'm happy to move on from. Especially if we end up keeping 2 of Buch, Names, Vesey or Kreider.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

I can't see why we can't keep Fast as a viable bottom-6 option. Energy plug guy on the right wing, always balling.

It shall come down to the cap-hit, yes. You expect him to command like 4 million?

1. Always misses time
2. Regressed significantly last year
3. Style of play likely means he'll decline earlier than most
4. Probably going to get a raise on his next contract

 

[Savant]

Since we undervalued Pionk

I would say Winnipeg overvalued Pionk. He is a Quadruple A defenseman at best to me

 

[rangers1314]

I’m a big fan of Fast but I do wonder what a “contending” team would be willing to give for him.

You know the new Flyers coach would love to get his hands on him if he could.

 

[brians1128]

I can't see why we can't keep Fast as a viable bottom-6 option. Energy plug guy on the right wing, always balling.

It shall come down to the cap-hit, yes. You expect him to command like 4 million?

Maybe the Haglin deal?

 

[GAGLine]

1. Always misses time
2. Regressed significantly last year
3. Style of play likely means he'll decline earlier than most
4. Probably going to get a raise on his next contract

He's making 1.85 mil. Give him 2.5 mil per for 2 or 3 years.

 

[Levitate]

1. Always misses time
2. Regressed significantly last year
3. Style of play likely means he'll decline earlier than most
4. Probably going to get a raise on his next contract

Eh, Fast has seemed to be unlucky with his injuries more than anything. He's not overly physical and he's not exactly a shot blocking machine, I think he's just had some bad luck. He's a good bottom 6/fourth line forward who got a stat bump a few times by being played up in the top six when he probably shouldn't have. He's got some skills, just not consistent enough for top six.

For the right number he's a good player to keep, but not overpay