The blind infactuation with unproven US college kids (Nieto is the latest hype - totally green little guy with a mere 26 NHL games and6 points as of yet - but ready to replace a player with 170 games played and 86 points= 0,5 PPG in the league) here to owe favor to homegrown Europeans on the Rangers is a bit disturbing to say the least. Otoh what might guys like Zuccarello and Hagelin realistically be able to net right now? They are both pending RFAs within 2 years and will not break the bank, they carry a mere combined cap hit of 3,3 M. They are on pace for 54 and 41 points respectively for an 82 game season. I am all ears if this kind of deal actually could improve the team. They might hold very good value. The sad part is the rest of the team is still there, they are sucking it up to entirely different cap levels and are not as easy to move. No?