UAGoalieGuy
Registered User
One thing I can tell you is that the Rangers will not be trading two of their top D in a trade.
Edmonton fired Steve Tambellini and replaced him with Craig MacTavish. Scott Howson will have a role in the Oilers front office. Howson joined Edmonton as a pro scout after losing his job in Columbus. MacT spent a lot of time scouting the Rangers approaching the deadline. Howson is big DZ guy. The Oilers need a D. The Rangers need a top young forward.
I would jump for joy if the Rangers could get one of Eberle, RNH, Yakupov, Hall for MDZ. Literally. Jump.
Del Zotto, Girardi (a L-R pair), Boyle, Andersson, Klassen, Columbus 3rd
for
Yak, Oilers 1st, Klefbom, Marancin, Gernat, Pitlick
The DZ Howson craves. Real 1b D on top, Boyle for pivot depth/defense on bottom 6, Andersson a solid prospect; Klassen, one time bust somebody in some post said was half decent chance to make bottom 6 somewhere, or to that effect; a third
Yak, a first overall for that top young F you specify; 1st this year; three really nice tall, mobile D prospects not far away; Pitlick a speedy C who could compete for 4th C soon.
Then do Staal + NY 2013 2nd + Eminger to Carolina
for
Canes 2013 1st + Justin Faulk + Jamie McBain
Carolina gets Staal unification, we get another 1st and two more D pieces
Rangers D
Ls Rs
McDonagh Faulk
Moore McBain
Marancin Stralman
Gernat McIlrath
Gilroy
Our D is younger, we moved contracts for more ELCs and we have 2 picks and a lefty sniper to boot (even though he plays RW)
Meh...the only person i'd want from EDM is Hall and im sure that he'd be the last of the big 4 to be moved. Plus a 6 mil cap hit which we cant take on unless we move significant salary back. Im content with our roster and id like to ride it into next season
What? Who in their right mind wouldn't want Eberle, RNH or Yakupov on the team?
Let me rephrase that, there good players in their own right, but if were going to give up something of significance for one of the big 4, i'd want it to be for Hall. He fits a positional need for this team where as the other guys we seem to be good for now. Not that i wouldn't want them...id just prefer Hall over everyone else
I don't think lack of big moves is the reason.The Rangers need to make a bold move too. One really good year surrounded by years of mediocrity.
Which I think is about our average with Sather as GM.We've made 2 bold moves within the span of 7 months.
A 12 player deal followed by a 6 player deal?
Correctimundo, further adjustment.Eminger will be UFA once again this summer.
Yikes. I'll adjust that as well.Rangers have already traded this year's 2013 2nd rd. pick.
Edmonmton will rightfully so, ask for our best dman, Ryan McDonagh.
I feel so confident that Hall will be a superstar player in the same realm as an Ilya Kovalchuk type. The Rangers will never get one of these young superstar players.
McDonagh + McIlrath + 2014 1rst for Hall + Petry.
Hagelin-Stepan-Nash
Hall-Brassard(stop gap)-Callahan
Clowe/Clarkson-Richards(stop gap)-Zuccarello
Powe-Boyle-Asham(entire line is stop gap)
Staal-Girardi
MDZ-Petry
Moore-Stralman
If the Rangers are confident in Moore, then they should look to trade one of the LH D guys for help up front, mainly on LW and C.
The Rangers aren't trading McD
I REALLY don't want to trade McDonagh, but I'd do this. I'd prefer if we could get them to take Staal instead, but in the end I'd do it. Hall's only weakness is his injury proneness. His contract is a bargain for what he brings.
I'd switch Zucc and Cally though:
Hagelin-Stepan-Nash
Hall-Richards-Zuccarello
Clowe-Brassard-Callahan
Powe-Boyle-Asham
I would jump for joy if the Rangers could get one of Eberle, RNH, Yakupov, Hall for MDZ. Literally. Jump.
Love MacT saying he's going to be making "bold moves" and then saying "I'm not trading any of the young kids" on TSN right now.
Real bold...