Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXII

[Trxjw]

the only scenario it would make sense IMO is if there is absolutely zero interest around the league and we can't even trade him for a 7th round pick so then you make a trade for a 2C before tuesday and let him walk...but what are the chances that he has zero trade value? i'd say none.

Could be a timing thing. Say the teams acquiring him want to see what else shakes loose in free agency and the Rangers are working on a deal that would eat up Strome's cap space. They give him the QO and the trade market fizzles out. Trade goes through and Strome gets an arbitration award they can't walk away from and are now in cap trouble.

 

[duhmetreE]

Feels like management dislikes Strome about as much as most of us do. They see thru the points

I dont think they dislike Strome... but they sure as hell dont like him at $5M caphit...

If they're eyeing a guy like Lindholm with a similar cap hit, it seems like poor value.

We're nearly at the cap limit with bonuses... Is Ryan Strome worth dead cap space next year?

 

[Thirty One]

 

[DanielBrassard]

Incredible

 

[Trxjw]

somebody mentioned Monahan is lazy. May have been Bob

Some people like Monahan and some aren't a fan. I don't think he's lazy though.

 

[Trxjw]

We need this kind of attitude to shape the kids. We should sign those guys.

 

[LokiDog]

We need this kind of attitude to shape the kids. We should sign those guys.

I heard we were thinking of bringing this Swedish veteran Henry Blumqvist over for league minimum to replace Georgiev. No cap circumvention.

 

[bobbop]

 

[Kovalev27]

I dont think they dislike Strome... but they sure as hell dont like him at $5M caphit...

If they're eyeing a guy like Lindholm with a similar cap hit, it seems like poor value.

We're nearly at the cap limit with bonuses... Is Ryan Strome worth dead cap space next year?

If they don’t want to give a 70 pt center that has chemistry with panarin 5 million it’s because they don’t like his game. That’s a bargain. He’s just an awful player in every other aspect

 

[Kupo]

We have Gorton as GM. Not Sather.

Gorton has been terrific at managing his assets. He’s not going to let Strome walk for free.

Some of you guys are getting your panties in a bunch for no reason lol.

 

[GAGLine]

Giving him a QO retains his rights. You don’t have to offer him anything beyond his QO, and he doesn’t have to sign his QO. In that case he just sits out until either he accepts his QO or you trade him. He doesn’t count against the cap for his QO because he hasn’t signed it. There’s no reason to allow him to become a UFA and not retain his rights. Strome is a 27 year old who just had 59 points in 70 games. There may be doubts about his ability to produce at a 60 point pace consistently and or his overall game, but - especially if the Rangers retain his rights and he has no choice but to accept his QO or sit - there’s almost no way someone wouldn’t roll the dice on a one year 4.5M deal for Strome at the cost of a 3rd or 4th pick, WORST case scenario.

The QO counts against the cap during the offseason, which is 81.5 mil + 10%. That's not an issue though, as we won't get close to that. If he doesn't end up signing a contract, then yes, it doesn't count during the season. The problem is that he is arbitration eligible, and will almost certainly elect arbitration. That means he will be awarded a 1 year contract by an arbitrator if we can't work something out. If the award is high enough, we can walk away, but if not, we're stuck with it. So if we QO him and we can't trade him, then he'll very likely end up on the cap.

 

[bobbop]

Just remember this...

Last summer we hoped to get Fox, thought we might get Trouba or Panarin (not both) and hope to win the Lottery. Gorton pulled off an inside straight and get all four.

I don’t think he is going to be satisfied with going through the summer and Signing Eric Haula.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

We have Gorton as GM. Not Sather.

Gorton has been terrific at managing his assets. He’s not going to let Strome walk for free.

Some of you guys are getting your panties in a bunch for no reason lol.

This is true, but not qualifying him while the others got QO's is a bit of a brow raiser.

 

[Thirty One]

Just remember this...

Last summer we hoped to get Fox, thought we might get Trouba or Panarin (not both) and hope to win the Lottery. Gorton pulled off an inside straight and get all four.

I don’t think he is going to be satisfied with going through the summer and Signing Eric Haula.

Best GM at lotteries for sure.

 

[duhmetreE]

If they don’t want to give a 70 pt center that has chemistry with panarin 5 million it’s because they don’t like his game. That’s a bargain. He’s just an awful player in every other aspect

theres a difference between being a 70pts center and scoring on a 70pts pace playing with Panarin

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

I know he was linked to us about 69 times but was it all pre-Gorts?

edit: Gorton has been GM since 2015? Man, time flies/I am so bad with time

 

[NYR Viper]

 

[LeetchisGod]

I know he was linked to us about 69 times but was it all pre-Gorts?

edit: Gorton has been GM since 2015? Man, time flies/I am so bad with time

Johnson does nothing for me.

 

[SA16]

i don’t want him on the ice next year wearing a Rangers Jersey. I don’t know how much clearer I can make that lol

Which is why you can give him a QO and trade him...before the season. Not giving him a QO makes zero sense.

 

[duhmetreE]

I thought they would move Palat but if they can find a taker for Johnson with 4years/20M still owed, that'd help them a lot.

 

[SA16]

Just remember this...

Last summer we hoped to get Fox, thought we might get Trouba or Panarin (not both) and hope to win the Lottery. Gorton pulled off an inside straight and get all four.

I don’t think he is going to be satisfied with going through the summer and Signing Eric Haula.

I think there was probably less than 8% chance that all four of those events occurred.

 

[Kovalev27]

theres a difference between being a 70pts center and scoring on a 70pts pace playing with Panarin

what are you arguing exactly? That they like him they just don’t want him? I don’t get it. If they liked him 5 mil is not a crazy number for him. They don’t

 

[GAGLine]

Which is why you can give him a QO and trade him...before the season. Not giving him a QO makes zero sense.

And what if no one wants him?

 

[NYR Viper]

Still could see Montreal going for Tyler Johnson.

 

[SA16]

And what if no one wants him?

I believe the likelihood that nobody would trade even a 7th round pick for him at ~4.5M to be essentially zero (and that is before considering we could retain 50% on the deal to up the return). I am perfectly willing to take that risk.