Speculation: Roster Building Thread XIV

[NYR Viper]

Seattle absolutely needs to retain money in any Giordano deal tho

The Rangers don't need anyone to hold money. They can absorb that entire contract. He has 1 year left.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Strome for Giordano is awful asset management so hopefully Carp is wrong

Blackwell has no place on this team if he’s not being glued to Panarin and Strome

Seattle passed on so many centers, my best guess is that Strome has to be going back. Wonder what the whole deal looks like.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

One of our third rounders for Giordano and Blackwell seems fair to me. Who says no?

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

The Rangers don't need anyone to hold money. They can absorb that entire contract. He has 1 year left.

It doesn't mean they should, they can find someone MUCH cheaper to do the same thing

 

[Thirty One]

One of our third rounders for Giordano and Blackwell seems fair to me. Who says no?

Them lol

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Paying to keep Blackwell is...not what I would do

 

[RangersFan1994]

if the Kraken selects Blackwell they can't trade him to NYR.

would they do a 3 way trade, would this be allowed.

 

[duhmetreE]

Gio was still playing 22minutes a night. He's in phenomenal shape.

Gio - Lundkvist

 

[Harbour Dog]

Giordano is cooked. Involving Strome in order to keep Blackwell and acquire him, would be terrible.

Maybe just a counter-rumor to Ottawa being so aloof.

 

[pld459666]

Giordano is low-key a great fit for us actually

Tell me why?

I don't always agree with your opinion on players, but I respect it.

What am I missing about a soon to be 38 year old defender on the 18th hole of his career?

 

[NYR Viper]

It doesn't mean they should, they can find someone MUCH cheaper to do the same thing

Maybe. It depends on who that player is. I'm okay getting Giordano at full cap hit if it lowers the cost to acquire.

 

[RangerBoy]

The Rangers will have a difficult time building a contender and keeping the team together with some of the contracts on their books. The upper limit is expected to be $81.5M for the next 4-5 seasons. The NHL players owe the NHL $1 billion.

The Rangers already have over $26M committed to Panarin, Trouba and Kreider. Eichel will add $10M to that number. If it's Eichel, Drury better have a trade lined for Zibanejad because the Rangers can't afford him beyond this season. Mika has a NMC so he controls that process. The Rangers have to pay Fox. Say that number is $8M per for the next 5 seasons starting in 22-23. That is $44M in 5 players. Panarin, Trouba, Kreider, Eichel and Fox. Add $5M or so for Shesterkin. Nearly $50M in 6 players. $49M. Add $3M for Lindgren. $52M. $3.6m for Goodrow. $55.6M in 8 players. That number will be less for 21-22 with Fox still on his entry level deal but it is only for one season.

Even if the Rangers don't trade for Eichel and they extend Zibanejad for $9M per, the Rangers are still in a tight situation. They can manage the cap but something will have to give with the number staying at $81.5M for the next 5 seasons.

The Rangers signed some of the contracts believing the cap would go up with the new NHL TV contract.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Would that mean another Rangers D is on his way out in an Eichel trade?

 

[Machinehead]

Paying to keep Blackwell is...not what I would do

I would look at it as trading for Giordano primarily

 

[Raspewtin]

Giordano is still really good so getting him would be very nice, but that tweet is so strange. i can’t imagine what that move looks like

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Weird deal with the Rangers and a weird deal with Chicago? We're gonna see the Strome Line out there aren't we

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Giordano is cooked. Involving Strome in order to keep Blackwell and acquire him, would be terrible.

Maybe just a counter-rumor to Ottawa being so aloof.

No he isn't.

He's not Norris level anymore, but he's still good.

 

[EdJovanovski]

if the Kraken selects Blackwell they can't trade him to NYR.

would they do a 3 way trade, would this be allowed.

From my understanding they haven't picked him yet and are going to pick someone else if the trade goes through

 

[NYSPORTS]

Wonder if Buch to Seattle for some grit is possible. Forward and defenseman?

 

[EdJovanovski]

Weird deal with the Rangers and a weird deal with Chicago? We're gonna see the Strome Line out there aren't we

GIVE ME ZADOROV

 

[duhmetreE]

Would that mean another Rangers D is on his way out in an Eichel trade?

I'm confident Eichel will NOT be a Ranger

 

[RGY]

Not cooked.

 

[AirGut]

See here's the thing, we really have no need for a D like Giordano. Sure he's a vet but a vet that hasn't won anything AND we have Lindgren-Miller deadlocked for our top 2 LHD. Gio doesn't make any sense at the moment tbh

 

[Gardner McKay]

From my understanding they haven't picked him yet and are going to pick someone else if the trade goes through

But if trades can't be announced until Thursday then how does it work tonight?

 

[haveandare]

My guess is we get Gio and they take ADA, not sure what we pay for that though