Are the Rangers really going to lose Lindberg or Fast in expansion? That would really suck. Gorton needs to move Nash to free up a spot and/or make a deal with Vegas to have them pick another player. Fast and Lindberg are also group II's. Arbitration eligible. Move Nash. Protect Fast. Trade Lindberg for a younger player. Keep Nash. Make a deal with Vegas. Halverson and another young piece to Vegas so they don't pick one of the Swedes. Vegas wants to collect goalies. They can select up to 7 in the draft. Halverson is exempt so maybe they work out a trade. McPhee wants to build with young players. Put a competitive team on the ice but also build the organization. He apparently had a trade worked out with Tim Murray in Buffalo. Murray lost his job. Gorton has probably talked to McPhee.
I wouldn't let Vegas take Raanta if the Rangers could acquire some high picks for him... a 1st or 2nd rounder for THIS DRAFT would probably be on par with us losing a guy like Fast or Lindberg. Cupboard needs to be restocked, a cheap UFA could replace what Lindberg is bringing on the 4th line, or Nieves could be ready to take that spot.
Or you trade Nash and then protect Lindberg. That's ideally what I wanna see done.
We can keep Fast, Lindy, Grabner, etc
buy out Staal trade Raanta Nash
after exp draft, trade Klein, Holden, Stepan
discounted McD + Zuc + Halverson + picks
for
Sam Reinhart, EKane + better picks
not a slam dunk, but if Sabes bite we should
would help w/exp dr
if we did that, we could also try to get Dumba either for picks, or w/a + for Buch
more importantly, we are always complaining about lack of a dif maker since we don't finish low enough to draft high.
Reinhart right now is a very poor man's extremely lite Schiefle
but Blysma + other factors did not help
worth the risk