Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIV (To trade or not to trade is the question)

[DanielBrassard]

Drury would have never had the guts to go in a different direction in net because it would have been too risky and cost him his job most likely. Now the rangers are f***ed.

 

[Atax]

Now that both of these things are done, let's see the team come out and play like they actually care.

Sorry. Best we can do is a 6-2 loss.

 

[McRanger92]

If it's only 11.5....thats a discount and a pretty good deal. Don't shoot me.

Brady T aint coming here with Quick and Garand in nets folks.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The Rangers just called up Robertson.

Wait is this real?

 

[lakeshirts37]

Just gonna enjoy this until Drury ruins it by giving Igor a ridiculous contract with the money he just freed up.

 

[TominNC]

Good

 

[17futurecap]

Wait is this real?

Mollie says just to have an extra.

 

[DanielBrassard]

If it's only 11.5....thats a discount and a pretty good deal. Don't shoot me.

Brady T aint coming here with Quick and Garand in nets folks.

Not a discount in the slightest.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I hate to break it to the Igor slobberers on this board but Igor is a slightly above average goaliewhen you exclude his vezina year and not god. this contract is f***ing indefensible and I will be the most annoying mother f***er on the planet every time he gives up a goal he shouldn't have. put me on your ignore list now because i'm going to be INSUFFERABLE.

Media narrative got absurd and the agent looked to capitalize on it.

 

[GAGLine]

If it's only 11.5....thats a discount and a pretty good deal. Don't shoot me.

It's not a discount when all the other comparable goalies are making at least 2 mil less, but whatever. It's done and the cap will be going up significantly in the next 2 years. We have bigger issues to worry about.

 

[Atax]

The Igor stans are going to be insufferable. He's going to have awful stretches and all that will be posted is "Dont worry, hes money in the playoffs!"
Reminds me of Mika May.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Mollie says just to have an extra.

Since when was this a rule?

 

[CLW]

This organization has relied on goaltending for so long, it is afraid to even consider a different philosophy

There is literally zero creativity. Everything is a spinal reflex that doesn't connect to the head.

 

[will1066]

You nailed it. This roster isn't good enough to be investing $11.5M into a goalie. Full stop.

I think he sees what it will be, to be fair. That's his job

 

[Peltz]

It’s not even about the contract.

It’s the idiocy of literally just repeating the exact same mistakes of the past. Igor on a huge contract will take up too much cap at a position that is at least 30% a crap shoot while ensuring that we always have a better record than we should, thereby ensuring we continue to field shit rosters that are artificially propped up by all-world goaltending and we will be every single bit as mediocre as we were during Hank’s tenure.

We just f***ed ourselves. Igor is a great goalie. It’s not about Igor. This roster ISN’T good enough, period. Igor could be the greatest goalie to ever lace them up, make people forget Hasek, etc. even existed, and he still won’t drag this roster to a Cup. But now we’re guaranteed to do nothing but draft in the 15-25 range for the next decade and improve f*** all. He just signed on to waste his entire career as well. Money clearly more important than winning, because otherwise I’d be asking 12M from NYR and willing to take 10M from Colorado, for example. We just committed to being losers for the next 9 years.

Alright everyone. This is a lot of drama for not THAT bad of an overpayment, particularly if it can be moved in the latter stages.

Let's wait to hear the details. I don't mind paying Igor top dollar during his prime years.

 

[noncents]

i don't get why y'all are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that this team can't win with Igor at 11.5. This team got to the ECF with entirely mediocre and oftentimes truly ineffective players up and down the lineup. If the team becomes just marginally good, there's as good a chance as any.

Now what's true is that this probably prevents us from tanking. the floor is just too high.

 

[McRanger92]

It's not a discount when all the other comparable goalies are making at least 2 mil less, but whatever. It's done and the cap will be going up significantly in the next 2 years. We have bigger issues to worry about.

In 2 years Panarin will be gone and the cap will be at 100mil. What are we crying about?

 

[LokiDog]

Alright everyone. This is a lot of drama for not THAT bad of an overpayment, particularly if it can be moved in the latter stages.

Let's wait to hear the details. I don't mind paying Igor top dollar during his prime years.

What prime years? Contract starts 3 months before he turns 30. This organization is asinine and deserves nothing but failure. I couldn’t be more disappointed.

 

[New York RKY]

I swear the only reason the Rangers exist is to test my loyalty and patience. I’m so sick of this shit.

 

[GAGLine]

Since when was this a rule?

Drury doesn't like not having spares. Someone could get hurt in warm ups.

In 2 years Panarin will be gone and the cap will be at 100mil. What are we crying about?

Not crying, just calling it like it is. It's an overpayment, but one that won't matter much with the rising cap.

 

[McRanger92]

Not a discount in the slightest.

It's a discount on what he wouldve gotten on the open market. Its not nearly the disaster it could have been. I wouldnt have done it personally, but Drury was jumping out of a plane with no parachute if he traded Igor.

 

[RangerLifer]

So the trade was made for Igor with this free cap space is going to Igor right?

The team is still stupid enough to build around a goaltender. Yup, they proved it.

 

[noncents]

It's not a discount when all the other comparable goalies are making at least 2 mil less, but whatever. It's done and the cap will be going up significantly in the next 2 years. We have bigger issues to worry about.

the forwards are not great but if healthy are fine. good, even. the D needs work. get after it CD.

 

[RangerLifer]

It's a discount on what he wouldve gotten on the open market. Its not nearly the disaster it could have been. I wouldnt have done it personally, but Drury was jumping out of a plane with no parachute if he traded Igor.

So now the cap space we had is gone so we can't improve in the areas we really need to. They should have let him walk. I'm so pissed right now I want to puke.

 

[LokiDog]

i don't get why y'all are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that this team can't win with Igor at 11.5. This team got to the ECF with entirely mediocre and oftentimes truly ineffective players up and down the lineup. If the team becomes just marginally good, there's as good a chance as any.

Now what's true is that this probably prevents us from tanking. the floor is just too high.

They got to the ECF with Igor making under 6M and every single player on that he roster except for Cullye has gotten worse since. So paying Igor twice as much and fielding a worse roster is going to get better results?