Contract Termination: Nikita Gusev

[HugeInTheShire]

Devils vs Rangers will always be like comparing working hard and earning your $ and being born with a silver spoon in your hand
the Rangers have always been a place players want to go
zero players are like " I'd really love to go to New Jersey"

New Jersey never gets handed players ( Fox) simply because that's the team he wanted go to
New Jersey never signs high-end UFA's ( Panarin ) because they'd rather go to New York

Devils always have to work to get a better team, the Rangers get handed a bunch of talent and feel they've earned it

 

[VVP]

And the award for the most ignorant comment of the week goes to.....
As a devil fan I am willing to admit that if I had the opportunity to change rosters and futures that the rangers are in right now I would do it faster than you can say Rangers Suck.
Devils have some nice pieces and I am comfortable with the rebuild. But the rangers have one of the best young group of prospects and young players I have seen in my whole life time.

Rangers are not very much better, however they will likely make the playoffs this year as well as next year. They do have good pieces to make playoffs. Getting past first round is a different story since they will just collapse like a house of cards when they face playoff hockey. In any case this is all off-topic here.

 

[banks]

Am I in the wrong thread? I thought this was about Gusev. Not some ridiculous complaining competition about draft picks.

Anywhoo... I think it's especially telling that NJ would cut ties with Gusev even after they traded Zajac and Palmieri. They should be starved for scoring forwards, and they're tossing Gusev away.

I'd be happy if he lands on a different team. But this sounds, to me, like it's over for him in the NHL.

 

[cwede]

Must be rough having less cups in around 100 years than the expansion team that “deliberately” lost.

No its not rough.
Love NYR since a kid.
A great Cup, and great runs to Cup Final numerous others, many conference Finals, and multiple multi-year playoff runs.
And I dont begrudge teams that win
Not even Cup winning expansion teams in Phila, Pitt, LA, Dallas, StLou, Long Island, Calgary, Anaheim, DC, Tampa or my lifelong beloved home state of Jersey.
Why should I? Winning it all is hard. But sweet.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Great question and I agree with you. I am not really sure what the plan is here, because in theory the timeline moved up the second Panarin was signed. Instead of focusing on the future, the plan changed to now compete in the prime years of the most talented player the franchise has ever had.

That is why getting Lafreniere was a god send last summer (or whenever the draft was). Gorton was actually able to get away with not having to face the problem every other middling team had to. Not being good enough to be a true contender but not being bad enough to get the franchise changing high end young talent at the top of the draft.

Uh, Gretzky played for the Rangers.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Am I in the wrong thread? I thought this was about Gusev. Not some ridiculous complaining competition about draft picks.

Anywhoo... I think it's especially telling that NJ would cut ties with Gusev even after they traded Zajac and Palmieri. They should be starved for scoring forwards, and they're tossing Gusev away.

I'd be happy if he lands on a different team. But this sounds, to me, like it's over for him in the NHL.

Move does 2 things for Jersey. Firstly, it opens up cap space to become a player to take on a cap dump for assets, or become a 3rd team in a trade requiring retention. Secondly, it opens up another contract slot to potentially take in younger signed assets without having to move more items out to compensate. The way gusev was playing, even with retention, they wouldnt have seen a great return. Seems jersey is ramping up to weaponize cap space this dl more than anything else, this move gives some certainty towards what else they can do.

 

[LT]

Let's keep this on topic.

 

[Seachd]

This is probably a good move for Gusev. I’m sure some playoff-bound team will be happy to have him, especially if they miss out on others.

Whether Gusev deserves it or not is another issue, but it seems he’s giving up a decent chunk of change for a chance in the playoffs. Could pay off, or could be his last opportunity.

 

[untouchable21]

I’d roll the dice on him if I were the Jets as an added depth piece and who knows how long Wheeler might be out for.

 

[mouser]

I’m curious about this too. Is there compensation going to the player? Or just a clean break?

No compensation outside of the contract is allowed on a mutual termination. Otherwise some teams would be doing financial backflips to somehow remove contracts like Neal and Loui from their cap.

 

[I am Canadian]

Interesting that he'd take the contract termination. With the Devils having gone through ~2/3rds of their season and owed $4m this year, that's leaving around $1.3m on the table.

If he's willing to sign for the minimum I would think that plenty of playoff teams would be happy to sign him on for depth. For the price of free, plenty of teams would be willing to give a guy with his upside a shot.

He probably wants a chance to prove himself yeah - his play for the remainder of this year likely is more valuable than 1.3M

 

[These Are The Days]

At the risk of starting a bunch of crap, if the Leafs really are in on a forward for the TDL they might as well just go for Gusev for absolutely free as opposed to giving up assets

 

[Bologna 1]

Someone should sign him cheap for rest of season and playoff push. All upside if he can find some form with really no risk.

 

[Headshot77]

Screw it, let's sign him for league min and throw him on Malkin's LW for a few games.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Am I in the wrong thread? I thought this was about Gusev. Not some ridiculous complaining competition about draft picks.

Anywhoo... I think it's especially telling that NJ would cut ties with Gusev even after they traded Zajac and Palmieri. They should be starved for scoring forwards, and they're tossing Gusev away.

I'd be happy if he lands on a different team. But this sounds, to me, like it's over for him in the NHL.

Apparently you haven't watch Gusev play this season.

 

[Rob Brown]

Panthers front runners as per Chris Johnston.

 

[Todd1a]

Panthers front runners as per Chris Johnston.

Tampa?

 

[banks]

Apparently you haven't watch Gusev play this season.

My assessment was "done in the NHL". You disagree?

 

[TOGuy14]

An ultra soft player hits the market. Dubas, your move.

what are you even talking about?

 

[New Jersey Devil]

Rangers are not very much better, however they will likely make the playoffs this year as well as next year. They do have good pieces to make playoffs. Getting past first round is a different story since they will just collapse like a house of cards when they face playoff hockey. In any case this is all off-topic here.

No, they aren't!

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Tampa?

Kuch couldn't talk JBB into signing Ozhiganov and he's probably not going to talk them into signing Gusev, either.

 

[CartographerNo611]

what are you even talking about?

What it takes to get to the 2nd round of playoffs and how Dubas does the complete opposite every year. Might have to go to a Toronto nursing home to see a fellow leaf fan that understands what I’m getting at. It’s been a hot minute for you guys.

 

[ViD]

Would be incredibly stupid for Minnesota to not try him

 

[TOGuy14]

What it takes to get to the 2nd round of playoffs and how Dubas does the complete opposite every year. Might have to go to a Toronto nursing home to see a fellow leaf fan that understands what I’m getting at. It’s been a hot minute for you guys.

Did you just wake up from a coma?

He added Simmonds, Bogosian and Brodie this offseason, not exactly finesse players. Not only that but he moved out soft forwards in Kapanen and Johnson

 

[CartographerNo611]

Did you just wake up from a coma?

He added Simmonds, Bogosian and Brodie this offseason, not exactly finesse players. Not only that but he moved out soft forwards in Kapanen and Johnson

Brodie is considered tough now? I agree he was a solid pick up but he never had a reputation for being tough to play against... ever.

Bogo toned down the tough guy act once "allegedly" him and Trouba went to rehab for the nose filler. Nick Ritchie will be mortified by the Bogo stick.

Tavares has more hits than Simmonds this year along with Reilly... 2 players that intimidate everyone...