BBKers
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Old Thread getting Pretty loaded. I think things start moving after This 4 game road trip. Other teams waiting to accrue every available penny, but The Rangers do not Need to wait as They got $pace galore…
It's basically been a bunch of AHL goalie trades, the Nick Ritchie cap dump, and the Toffoli trade, which was an actual trade.
The Band-Aid has to get ripped here at some point.
I think there will be quite a lot of wheeling and dealing. Do we pick up a LTIR contract to use next year?
On another note - I am picking up a Ukrainian refugee Mother and her 6-year old child in 2 hours at a hotel here in town (Bialystok) via a local charity organization. They do not speak Polish, English or any of the other 6 languages I can communicate in. Will be interesting. They can stay here in our house as long as they need to. Terrible, terrible human tragedy. It is hard to imagine. We live only 30 miles from the Belarusian border and around 120 miles from both the Russian (Kaliningrad enclave) and the Ukrainian borders. We have helicopters circling above our house every hour like a surreal scene outta Apocalypse Now cuz there is a fueling station about a mile away at a small airport. The military presence here has been overwhelming the past weeks with scores of tanks, canons, missiles and all types of camouflaged vehicles passing through all the time. Fighter jets passing by too. After CoVid pandemic came war, who could imagine… 2020s are not the best of times.
I wonder if Drury is looking at goalies right now, in case Shesty and Geo won’t be allowed to play.
at least there's no need to have their teeth scanned to make sure this bearded guy is a 17yrs 364 d old yuta Ukrainian refugee Mother and her 6-year old
While by no means enough to freely communicate, Russian (which I'm sure they speak, in fact more likely than Ukrainian, tho that they prob speak as well ofc) has quite a few very similar words/phrases. Might be at least of some help, if only on a *very* basic level.They do not speak Polish
Or like a shockingly real scene from very recent Australian beach life...helicopters circling above our house every hour like a surreal scene outta Apocalypse Now
No way it gets to this.. OTOH I thought the same about the possibility of what's going on rn..If there’s a chance Igor and Panarin won’t be allowed to play in the playoffs, I’d rather the Rangers do nothing at the deadline.
I think there will be quite a lot of wheeling and dealing. Do we pick up a LTIR contract to use next year?
In terms of MMA, Fedor has been close to Putin as they both have a Sambo background. Interestingly, Emelianenko is Ukrainian.I wonder if Drury is looking at goalies right now, in case Shesty and Geo won’t be allowed to play.
Nobody in the NHL wants it, arguments can certainly be made against it, but the atrocities have only just begun and the only ones that can do something about it is ultimately the people of Russia.
MMA has a great number of Chechen/Russian fighters friendly with the dictator there. These guy are started to be targeted. AO is close by. He and his family are part of the establishment. If AO is ousted, where do you draw the line? Panarin did his part.
After a week one million refugees are fleeing Ukraine. Civilians are targeted in indiscriminate shellings. Trump described it as a holocaust.
Hasek:
Dominik Hasek: NHL should suspend Russian players amid Ukraine war
That is very kind of you and your family to do this. Very inspiring. We should all follow your lead to try to be better to each other.I think there will be quite a lot of wheeling and dealing. Do we pick up a LTIR contract to use next year?
On another note - I am picking up a Ukrainian refugee Mother and her 6-year old child in 2 hours at a hotel here in town (Bialystok) via a local charity organization. They do not speak Polish, English or any of the other 6 languages I can communicate in. Will be interesting. They can stay here in our house as long as they need to. Terrible, terrible human tragedy. It is hard to imagine. We live only 30 miles from the Belarusian border and around 120 miles from both the Russian (Kaliningrad enclave) and the Ukrainian borders. We have helicopters circling above our house every hour like a surreal scene outta Apocalypse Now cuz there is a fueling station about a mile away at a small airport. The military presence here has been overwhelming the past weeks with scores of tanks, canons, missiles and all types of camouflaged vehicles passing through all the time. Fighter jets passing by too. After CoVid pandemic came war, who could imagine… 2020s are not the best of times.
My family is from Belarus and my great-grandmother was Polish. Im dating a Ukranian girl (soon to be fiance hopefully) who still has some family friends back there. I thank you for doing what you can man, people like you are what we need at this time. Certainly give them some access to your liquor cabinet haha.I think there will be quite a lot of wheeling and dealing. Do we pick up a LTIR contract to use next year?
On another note - I am picking up a Ukrainian refugee Mother and her 6-year old child in 2 hours at a hotel here in town (Bialystok) via a local charity organization. They do not speak Polish, English or any of the other 6 languages I can communicate in. Will be interesting. They can stay here in our house as long as they need to. Terrible, terrible human tragedy. It is hard to imagine. We live only 30 miles from the Belarusian border and around 120 miles from both the Russian (Kaliningrad enclave) and the Ukrainian borders. We have helicopters circling above our house every hour like a surreal scene outta Apocalypse Now cuz there is a fueling station about a mile away at a small airport. The military presence here has been overwhelming the past weeks with scores of tanks, canons, missiles and all types of camouflaged vehicles passing through all the time. Fighter jets passing by too. After CoVid pandemic came war, who could imagine… 2020s are not the best of times.
AM I totally misinformed that a LTIR Player allows the team to go over the cap ceiling by the extra amount that contract counts for? This year would be irrelevant as you state. But for the next 2 years it could provide decent wiggle room, no?Adding an LTIR contract only helps us if we are sending out cap at the same time. Other than Nemeth, we don't have any cap dumps.
I will arrange för work in due time pending state of mind and qualifications. Someone got me into the Chamber of Commerce here so I think there are connections to fix this. School for child first priorityat least there's no need to have their teeth scanned to make sure this bearded guy is a 17yrs 364 d old yut
While by no means enough to freely communicate, Russian (which I'm sure they speak, in fact more likely than Ukrainian, tho that they prob speak as well ofc) has quite a few very similar words/phrases. Might be at least of some help, if only on a *very* basic level.
Or like a shockingly real scene from very recent Australian beach life...
Good luck. I imagine I'd do the same... Though according to my inner beliefs I'd start thinking about something for them to settle more normally. Like work for the mother. However that's a tall order for one citizen to organize for an immigrant in an alien country. Probably that'll be some government agency business in this case..
I’ll say what I’ve said since last Summer.
2 needs:
1)A #2 C. (preferably LH, needs to win FOs, needs to play defense).
2)A #2 LD - slides Miller down, gets Nemeth , etc al on the taxi squad.
surprised you're even looking into this. Kudos! The way to go.I will arrange för work in due time pending state of mind and qualifications. Someone got me into the Chamber of Commerce here so I think there are connections to fix this. School for child first priority
I like the idea of Rakell and Lehkonen as the adds at forward
Only issue with Rakell is you want him in the top 6 so either Laffy or Kakko is coming out. I wonder if Rakell would work well with Panarin and Strome as the sniper on that line and they set Rakell up.
Anaheim fans seem to think their GM would have more interest in Kravstov than the Rangers first for Rakell
Maybe Kravstov for Rakell and 2nd and Gauthier for Lehkonen? Idk
Being realistic, we’ll never get true value for Kravs unless he swallows his pride and comes back to prove himself with this org. But I’d still rather hold out hope for that than trade him for a pure rental.
If Rakell was willing to sign a reasonable extension and you know Kravs isn’t coming back this year, then I think I would pull that trigger. I was thinking the same thing about plugging him in with Panarin and Strome…I’d love for Kakko to take that spot, but Panarin seems to have trouble sharing the ice with another highly talented winger for some reason. That’s not a knock on him…Crosby has thrived with average Joes on his line his entire career. Just seems to work better for some guys.
I think Rakell might be a perfect fit for that RW spot. Then you slot Kakko in on the 3rd line with some combo of Chytil/Gauthier/Goodrow/Barron and have 3 really good lines with a 4th line banger.
Just add in a vet LHD like Giordano for a conditional 2nd and mid-tier prospect and we’re buttoned up for this year.
AM I totally misinformed that a LTIR Player allows the team to go over the cap ceiling by the extra amount that contract counts for? This year would be irrelevant as you state. But for the next 2 years it could provide decent wiggle room, no?
in other words we can't add... which incentivizes to add a player to LTIR with a maximum possible hit?LTIR enables the team to exceed the cap, but the player on LTIR still counts against the cap. So if we're at 81.5 mil and we add a player making 5 mil and put him on LTIR, we're then allowed to spend up to 86.5 mil, but we are already spending 86.5 mil due to that player's cap hit.
in other words we can't add... which incentivizes to add a player to LTIR with a maximum possible hit?