Mostly concur, rare disagree w GMJG.
Should have bought out Staal, and with G losing his NMC into partial NTC, then dealt him for a conditional 7th.
There is no hockey trade to be made here.
There may be a $ deal.
Detroit seems cooly detached bordering ambivalent about its cap situation, esp since they can throw Franzen on LTIR. But that not withstanding, they are still 3 and hair over the cap.
RD Green 6.0 expiring
G Howard 5.2 expires next season
RD McIlrath 600k + change
total 11.8+
LD Staal 5.7 x 4 but buyout candidate next yr
G Pavlec 1.3 expiring
F DeSharnais 1.0 expiring
F Tambellini, elc close to 800k
total 8.8
net gain to Wing = 3.0
that's their $ for AA
Tambo has outside 20% chance to make 4th line
DD conceivably movable
Rangers upgrade backup G this year + next, unless they move Howard next yr for younger guy who pushes him
Green moved as a rental when injury surfaces, recover cap
and McIl back is available enforcer at the A, plus, sticks it to AV.
don't get why hasn't happened yet, or may not at all
Did you guys hear the Rangers lost 212 pounds this off-season?
Is ok bb, Girardi is gone. He can't hurt you anymore. (So is Glass, so you can join me on the Kevin Hayes hate train)
Hayes going to put up 50+ points but with terrible underlying stats and make everyone mad
(and then flop in the playoffs)
Down with Hayes!!
Dilly Dilly!!!!
Aside from the fact that the Rangers would probably not trade guys that they just signed, this isn't actually a terrible proposal. Gotta give it to you bern.
That Howard buyout isn't terrible either.. $2.45M in 2018-19 and $1.41M on 2019-20.
Still not sure what Detroit is trying to do though. They have enough bad contracts, I don't think Staal helps that situation
I think Dylan may have even had a good career even in today's game if he didn't have two significant knee injuries before he got to the NHL.
NHL career aside the kid is a great guy and a natural leader. I hope he finds a place in the game even if it is not as a player down the road.
Thing is that when he was drafted, McIlrath was also considered to be a good skater "for his size", and in some ways he is...he's not super lumbering and slow, but there's a certain element of quick feet and lateral movement that he lacks which worked against him, along with the knee injuries. IMO he's probably not worse than a whole lot of 3rd pairing defensemen in the league but again you have the guys who have been in the league awhile and get the benefit of a doubt, and then you have the new players who in some ways are held to a higher standard and expected to be more modern with their game. He got kind of stuck inbetween there.
e: I kind of wonder how a lot of those prospects the Rangers had back in the day would have panned out these days. Novak, Smrek, even guys like Berard, etc. Not bigtime offensive players but not your classic stay at homers so they didn't fit into those categories teams were looking for back then. e2; Pock, Rachunek, Lampman...Joel Bouchard! hah e3: Kondratiev!!!
And wow, looking at some of the early 2000's rosters...blast from the past. I was in college watching early versions of NHL center ice and seeing the Rangers stink it up...
Not really, if it allows us to move a 5.7 guy w/NMC who is blocking other guys.5.2 for a back up? Lol
Laugh all you want, whether or not you keep your gluteus maximus.Stick it to AV? Lmao
Why be rigid minded about doing that if, as I demonstrated it is not unavoidably necessary?Not retaining any salary on Staal? Delusional
Is that some kind of new German MH mumbo jumbo for...As long as you can score defence is optional?![]()
Laugh all you want, whether or not you keep your gluteus maximus.
AV serves the interests of the club, which is obliged to serve the fans, without which there would be no support.
Not the other way around.
He goes off on an ego trip, he deserves to get called out.
New theory on Pavelec- mentor to Georgiev/Shesty
He's going to mentor a player who's not here?
He's here to bridge the gap for a year or two. The only ready goalie among the prospects is signed in Russia, the rest aren't yet ready. In a year or two, I think they'll be some movement on Pavelec. Its entirely possible he sucks and they bring in someone else before that, but if he does an okay job, I think most likely two years.
Georgiev is here now, is projected to be a callup this season. I think Shesty is in Hartford in the next year or two at most.
Disagree. I think Hayes would be a lot better suited between Nash and Zucc. The one thing that combo would be better at than if JT was centering it would be puck protection.
Georgiev is here now, is projected to be a callup this season. I think Shesty is in Hartford in the next year or two at most.