Speculation: Offseason thread #8 Trades Ahoy!!! But not the Rangers...

[HatTrick Swayze]

I agree, but look at what they had to go through before they realized what they needed to do. They were not attaching good prospects to Umberger in order to move him, it took time to get rid of the dead weight, which it will for the Rangers as well.

Any attempt for the Rangers to make this current roster "improved" for this up coming season is likely to turn out somewhat similar to when they signed Lecavalier

I would argue the realized what they need to do when they sold Richards and Carter for futures in 2011. They realized they had a good but not Cup contending group.

The sucked it up and drafted in the 10-20 range for a few years and kept their picks.

Philly model would be great to emulate. It does require some drafting luck.

But riding the NYRs players into the dirt is the worst idea.

 

[NYR Viper]

weirdos

he doesnt leave. he's 27 and a local kid.

you work out a deal.

staal gone girardi gone or bought out.

makes too much sense and he's too good a player that addresses needs

and i disagree, with mcdonagh as his mate, that would be a great 1st pairing.

i absolutely love

mcd shatty
skjei kleiner

top 2 pairs.

Which do you prefer?

Mantha + Smith + Shattenkirk

or

Shattenkirk

 

[Tawnos]

I'm really not a fan of teams handing out huge contracts to guys coming off ELC instead of using bridge deals during the VERY small window that teams actually have leverage and can control cost because it drives up and inflates the salaries of everyone else...

but ekblad is an absolute stud and is one of the guys you can understand making an exception like this

On the other hand, maybe this kind of thing is a step in an evolution to drive UFA costs down. The Panthers just paid for the most productive years of Ekblads career. Better to pay a lot for that than the reward him for his previous play later.

 

[darko]

Weber and Radulov reunited.

 

[NYR Viper]

Yost is pretty legit, no?

Normally I like to wait to totally believe anything until multiple sources confirm

 

[Tawnos]

Normally I like to wait to totally believe anything until multiple sources confirm

Yeah, none of the big guys have this yet. Not saying it isn't true. Just saying it isn't really confirmed.

 

[Off Sides]

I would argue the realized what they need to do when they sold Richards and Carter for futures in 2011. They realized they had a good but not Cup contending group.

The sucked it up and drafted in the 10-20 range for a few years and kept their picks.

Philly model would be great to emulate. It does require some drafting luck.

But riding the NYRs players into the dirt is the worst idea.

I agree partially, but they lost their way after they traded Carter and Richards and ended up signing some really bad contracts.

 

[BBKers]

He is all yours
But not very wild

 

[chosen]

Yes, I have been to the city, it's quite awesome, but their fans when it comes to hockey, they are just super egotistical.

Montreal fans=Yankees fans

 

[Avery16]

Which do you prefer?

Mantha + Smith + Shattenkirk

or

Shattenkirk

Or nothing, and facing him every time we play Boston for the next 7 years?

 

[darko]

Montreal fans=Yankees fans

Yeah ... nah.

 

[BBKers]

ok

 

[chosen]

Money not being an issue, the guy I would love to get from free agency is Okposo. I know it can't happen, but I think he is an underrated player.

 

[NYR Viper]

Or nothing, and facing him every time we play Boston for the next 7 years?

If he goes to Boston as UFA than why wouldn't he have done the same exact thing if they traded for him?

 

[BBKers]

Weird Bergevin is insane

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Money not being an issue, the guy I would love to get from free agency is Okposo. I know it can't happen, but I think he is an underrated player.

Yeah, he's a great fit for our forward group, but I'm definitely not interested in giving him $6.5M per.

 

[NYR Viper]

Weird Bergevin is insane

That's a good deal. If all else fails, they recoup assets at the deadline as I am sure some team will give up something for him as a rental.

 

[NYR Viper]

Aaron Ward ‏@NHL_AaronWard 40s40 seconds ago
Alexei Marchenko resigns with Detroit Red Wings.

Marchenko resigned

 

[cd211]

Weird Bergevin is insane

His ass is on the line.. They have to contend

 

[Mac n Gs]

Much more palatable than $7.5M for Radulov. You can't deny his skill, but will he put in the effort? They ran Semin out of town last year

 

[darko]

Watch Radulov bolt back to Russia at first sign of trouble.

 

[nevesis]

New thread timeeeeeee

 

[Mac n Gs]

Nielsen, Martin, and Okposo leaving the Isles. That's a pretty damn big hit to that team

 

[NYR Viper]

Nielsen, Martin, and Okposo leaving the Isles. That's a pretty damn big hit to that team

Strome, Barzal, etc. They have players to fill those roles

 

[BBKers]

Own thread?