We all know what type of player Cally is. He is they guy who will go through a wall for you. He can score, he is decent on the pp (especially in front of the net) and he is a great pk'er. That said, I don't see him as a fit in our top 6 this year, next year or going forward. For that reason alone, the Rangers should not pay him the kind of money he is looking for. You can take $7 Million and pay $4 to a 2/3 liner with offensive upside and $1.5-2 M on a defensive 3/4 liner. Resign Taco, Moore, Boyle, Stralman. You'd have largely the same team which is competing and they'd have another year of chemistry. Maybe a trade comes along that allows us to add a top notch offensive talent. Maybe a free agent doesn't find the market they envisioned and comes to NY. There are a lot of uncertainities sure, but at least we're not tied into a contract that a lot of us are very worried about coming back to bite us in the butt later.
Kreider-Stepan-Nash
Taco-Brass-MZA
Hagelin-Miller/Richards-Fast?
Boyle-Moore-Carcillo
Maybe Lindberg/Hrivik can make a jump. Maybe Richie is bought out. Maybe maybe maybe...
McD-G
Staal-Stral
Moore-Klein
McI/Allen/Falk/FA