These moves are very complicated. So many teams are pressed up against the cap. The Rangers were a relatively healthy team last season. They didn’t have many injuries.
Just because TB did it doesn't mean the Rangers can do it. Kane is making the Rangers a better 5 on 5 team? All by himself?
Among teams who are a realistic landing spot for Kane, who has more flexibility than the Rangers?
Not as a Ranger & certainly not at almost double the price at this stage . It might happen....but that is a big might . Gauthier takes two defensemen and the goalie out on average about once a game in limited minutes....and he sadly doesn't score but what is also sad is that there are no others putting the rebounds in the net . He gets chances in small minutes....if he was not getting them it would be a different story .
And ALL he needs to do is not get in their way, play some D and help the forecheck. Mika and Kreids will get their points.
I see no reason why Rangers can't do double retention, they have what they would need to do it and as been said here that was reported by Elliott that that is how its gonna go down. He wouldn't make them better all by himself but let's be real he certainly wouldn't NOT help them in that regard.
It all comes down to cost and chemistry. We won't have any real idea what cost NYR should be willing to pay for Kane, with double retention mind you, and what he brings both good and bad, until we are a few months in, if not the TDL itself. I cant imagine it not being a VERY expensive rental, who knows if it would really be worth it before the season even starts?
Well of course this is all based on what we see in front of us right now. Things change or don't change between now and Feb that's just how seasons go. As far as cost, I don't see it being as expensive as people think. Giroux deal + the cost for Arizona to hold onto just over 2 mill of cap space and roughly a couple hundred thousand of real dollars for a month and a half.
I'll grant you its hard to say what the cost will be but Giroux is not a good comparable IMO.
The comparable isn't in the points, it it in the NMC, his UFA status and extremely small amount of suitors that will be actually able to trade for him. Those are all factors that severely lower a trade value in any case. Kane picks his destination.
Well, I'd say the cost for the player is in fact VERY much tied to how well he has been playing. So a player A with okay stats and B with great stats, all else being equal, are not going to have a comparable cost.
Its part of it, but trade clauses really rule the day in these situations. That’s the precedent that has been around this league for years now.
Bunting couldn’t make the Arizona coyotes roster… they cut him.
so I’m hoping you’re assuming that Kakko busts out and is sitting at like 10 points /60 games in Feb because if he’s anywhere near .60-75 points per game, which isn’t that big a jump, you’re looking at moving a former second overall for “defensive depth”
He's not scoring 50 again in his career let alone 52. 50% of his goals came from the PP anyway, and 3 SH, where he won't be losing his spot anytime soon.
Disagree. This is how many years in a row that fans of a couple of different teams thought, "if only Gauthier...."
Jimmy Vesey today: "Kreider and Mika play simple straight line hockey"
