Speculation: Trade / Roster Speculation Thread XXXI: As the bell gently tolls...

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It's already confirmed that St. Louis wants another contract. So he'll have the year and a half we are trading for plus probably another 2-3 years. And I doubt he rakes us over the coals with a contract.

Is he still going to feel that way 2 summers from now? Is he still going to want to play for the Rangers? The guy is going to be 40 when his contract is up, and I'm sure he'll get butthurt if we buy out Richards. Or does Sather keep him to appease MSL?

This is a bad idea no matter how you slice it. We aren't winning a cup with MSL this year or next, and after that there are no guarantees.

This is just the same old, same old with the Rangers. Go for the big names instead of having patience and building a team that can compete for the cup year after year. It's always about winning now.
 
I agree with this, but they are also built because they went through years and years of being lottery pick teams like pittsburgh, chicago, and st louis. Or trading you assets like Phil Kessel, Jeff Carter.

You are either a top team an re-tool or a bottom team and rebuild through the draft

Boston, Detroit, New Jersey, LA, San Jose. Always good, never piled up years of lottery.
 
David Pagnotta

@TheFourthPeriod
Looks done... "@LavoieRenaud Je vous confirme que Martin St-Louis est échangé aux Rangers contre Ryan Callahan."
 
Shiny new toy syndrome applies to draft picks too

They could be anything?

Or like most picks they could be nothing
 
Yes. MSL is a better player than Cally and will be cheaper. I don't want to pay Cally that kind of money 4 years from now, regardless of what the cap is.

And when we don't win anything with MSL and he walks in 2015 and we get nothing for him, what then?
 
We just traded a UFA to be who wants an insane contract, a late 1st, and a late 2nd for the reigning Art Ross winner and the scoring leader in the NHL who is one of the top players in the league today who makes less than Cally, is under contract, and wants to be here. That's a pretty good deal in my opinion. What are the odds that the picks turn into good players?
 
Is he still going to feel that way 2 summers from now? Is he still going to want to play for the Rangers? The guy is going to be 40 when his contract is up, and I'm sure he'll get butthurt if we buy out Richards. Or does Sather keep him to appease MSL?

This is a bad idea no matter how you slice it. We aren't winning a cup with MSL this year or next, and after that there are no guarantees.

This is just the same old, same old with the Rangers. Go for the big names instead of having patience and building a team that can compete for the cup year after year. It's always about winning now.

We have been building a team. That's why the team is made up of a ton of home-grown guys. How much longer should we be building a team? The time is right to make a move like this. It's a mediocre draft and we aren't going to pay Callahan what he wants.
 
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Best news this month.
 
We just traded a UFA to be who wants an insane contract, a late 1st, and a late 2nd for the reigning Art Ross winner and the scoring leader in the NHL who is one of the top players in the league today who makes less than Cally, is under contract, and wants to be here. That's a pretty good deal in my opinion. What are the odds that the picks turn into good players?

A late first and a late 2nd? We are a couple points away from being a lottery pick.
 
We just traded a UFA to be who wants an insane contract, a late 1st, and a late 2nd for the reigning Art Ross winner and the scoring leader in the NHL who is one of the top players in the league today who makes less than Cally, is under contract, and wants to be here. That's a pretty good deal in my opinion. What are the odds that the picks turn into good players?

Who said they will be late picks, we are a few points away from not making the playoffs.
 
Congrats Rangers fan's.. you'll enjoy it when playoff time comes...
 
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