Speculation: Roster Building Thread XXXV: Calm Before the Storm

[PuckLuck3043]

It seems like this year there has been very few leaks. Very tight lipped. We are less than 18 hours from tdl and I have no idea if he is going to sign or get traded, and if he gets traded, to which team and what comes back.

 

[UnSandvich]

If we re-sign Kreider, I think within 3-4 years people will be talking about how awful his contract is. Especially with the NMC/NTC it's almost sure to have. It won't be worth it, plain and simple.

Especially since he's a knee injury away from being borderline irrelevant, considering how much of his game is built around power & skating

 

[Good Intentions]

Final prediction...

Kreider situation goes beyond 3pm - and he shockingly stays. No trade. No resigning. No assets coming back. Talks promise to resume after the season...Shocking.

Skjei is traded

Fast is traded

Both Lundqvist and Georgiev stay

Buchnevich stays - thereby potentially keeping the 20/93 connection together...

 

[NYRangers0723]

I honestly think Kreider loves it here and wants to stay. That said I can’t blame him for taking some time to think it over. He is obviously a bright guy and has plans after hockey but obviously having security is great. I still feel he would take less but the question is how much less are the Rangers asking him to take. I think Edge mentioned they are ok with 6.5 per for 6 years and would possibly push it to 6.75. I think that’s pretty good. We shall see

 

[Kovalev27]

Don’t you actually smell, and not hear smoke?

I have heightened senses this time of year

 

[RangersFan1994]

Final prediction...

Kreider situation goes beyond 3pm - and he shockingly stays. No trade. No resigning. No assets coming back. Talks promise to resume after the season...Shocking.

Skjei is traded

Fast is traded

Both Lundqvist and Georgiev stay

Buchnevich stays - thereby potentially keeping the 20/93 connection together...

That would be awful

 

[egelband]

He also mentions that Kreider will have until mid morning tomorrow and if he doesn’t agree Gorton will take afternoon to hammer out trade

(I’m paraphrasing but you get the gist)

Rangers doing a nice job with this, if true.

 

[JT Kreider]

Really? Because Panarin left about $4-$6 million on the table...

Panarin left way more than that.

The most is SJ offering Tavares $13 million x 7 (what a bullet they dodged there)

 

[Fitzy]

Really? Because Panarin left about $4-$6 million on the table...

Probably more, but if it was me, the difference between 39 and 49 million is a lot more than the difference between 81 and 90 million.

 

[Gresch04]

Just comes down to whoever binks first

I read this as whoever BRINKS first. Which also works in a back up the truck kind of way.

 

[NYRangers0723]

Rangers doing a nice job with this, if true.

Agreed. It does show that they really want to keep him. I never got that sense with Hayes or Zucc

 

[JCProdigy]

While Kreider would be leaving money on the table if he didn't get a 7th year, he would likely recoup some of that back if he is still a somewhat productive player by his 6th year. What will be the going rate for an middle six mid thirties winger in 2026?

Not saying he would/should look at it like that. It is a calculated risk though.

 

[RGY]

If we re-sign Kreider, I think within 3-4 years people will be talking about how awful his contract is. Especially with the NMC/NTC it's almost sure to have. It won't be worth it, plain and simple.

Especially since he's a knee injury away from being borderline irrelevant, considering how much of his game is built around power & skating

Sooo now were just assuming he is going to sustain a serious knee injury...

 

[Kovalev27]

Just that there more be more to this Hank to colorado thing than we thought

 

[itsPLkielbasa]

If he does resign... does he get the C?

 

[offdacrossbar]

i dont have the time to look but does anyone have any comparables for CK to see where the sweet spot might be for a deal ?

i continue to believe gorton has told kreiders team that the term is the issue

hes taken a ton of heat over the girardi and staal deals. he does not want another albatross contract.

5 x 7.75
6 x 6.5

thats gotta be the offer. its under 40 m

 

[UnSandvich]

Sooo now were just assuming he is going to sustain a serious knee injury...

Uhhhh, where'd you get that? My point was that if that happens, there's a good likelihood that he never comes close to his current level again

 

[JT Kreider]

i dont have the time to look but does anyone have any comparables for CK to see where the sweet spot might be for a deal ?

i continue to believe gorton has told kreiders team that the term is the issue

hes taken a ton of heat over the girardi and staal deals. he does not want another albatross contract.

5 x 7.75
6 x 6.5

thats gotta be the offer. its under 40 m

Anders Lee 7×7, depending on who you ask Kreider is either way better or way worse than Lee

 

[bl02]

Panarin left way more than that.

The most is SJ offering Tavares $13 million x 7 (what a bullet they dodged there)

True then they were hit with a bazooka after the trade for then signing long term of EK.
Very happy we didn't go for either of those guys.

 

[duhmetreE]

I have heightened senses this time of year

are you like those autistic people? that hear color and see numbers

 

[Richard Banger]

If he does resign... does he get the C?

Definitely.

 

[Richard Banger]

are you like those autistic people? that hear color and see numbers

Taste color and hear numbers.

 

[JT Kreider]

Uhhhh, where'd you get that? My point was that if that happens, there's a good likelihood that he never comes close to his current level again

Knee injury or not I still fear that whoever signs Kreider will regret it by year 2-3, that's just how these things work. As soon as his speed goes he is done since he doesn't have some great hockey IQ to rely on

 

[duhmetreE]

If he does resign... does he get the C?

More than likely.

Zibs looks up to him so it wouldn't make much sense to give it to him

 

[Kaapo Bustfreniere]

Don’t you actually smell, and not hear smoke?

It is called synesthesia. Look it up