Confirmed with Link: Antti Raanta signs new contract

[nevesis]

 

[NYR Viper]

That's beautiful. Really like this deal.

Fabulous trade by Gorton last year for Haggerty

 

[Miller Time NYR]

Awesome, love him as a backup. Every bit counts towards the % we have to expose come expansion draft.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

1mil for a proven back up? Thank you very much!

 

[Loff]

Steal.

 

[Inferno]

perfect.

 

[Irishguy42]

Amazing deal.

Good job, Gorton.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Perfect deal. Hire Gorton!

Good because if they didn't Antti'd up he would've gone on a Raanta.

Ayyyyyyy

 

[MysticLeviathan]

Perfectly fine with this deal. Glad to see it done, glad Raanta likes it here, glad it's a nice, low cap hit.

 

[RangerBoy]

$1M salary counts towards the 25% needed to be exposed in the expansion draft. You will see plenty of 2 year contracts this summer with the player getting a slight bump. It gives the player more $ and helps the team reach the 25%.

 

[NYRFAN218]

$1M salary counts towards the 25% needed to be exposed in the expansion draft. You will see plenty of 2 year contracts this summer with the player getting a slight bump. It gives the player more $ and helps the team reach the 25%.

Are we sure expiring contracts don't count towards the threshold?

 

[Atax]

Awesome deal. Now move the rocks.

 

[TheTakedown]

Are we sure expiring contracts don't count towards the threshold?

we don't know, though I presume they don't... why would an Expansion team make a claim on a guy only to have to renegotiate a new contract with him, risking him walking? (Side note, using this logic, expiring NMC's shouldn't count either).

however, the expansion draft should be in 2017, so Raanta's contract would still be active.

 

[rangers1314]

Wonderful start.

 

[TheTakedown]

Maybe, maybe not... Teams will look to move goalies with value (Tampa's situation comes to mind - without looking up what their respective contract status' are, they could get a nice return on Bishop or Vasilevskiy). Think they'd do do the same with fringy forwards/d-men instead of losing them for nothing.

Expansion drafts have historically led to a lot of "handshake" arrangements, too. I hope the NHL doesn't outlaw or regulate that.

they shouldn't, especially if it's a way to help the expansion team become competitive

 

[RangerBoy]

Are we sure expiring contracts don't count towards the threshold?

The NHL has not revealed all of the details.

 

[Glennsoe]

 

[FLYLine27*]

That's beautiful. Really like this deal.

Fabulous trade by Gorton last year for Haggerty

Sather was still GM when that trade was made.

 

[Trxjw]

Should be a good backup for Lethonen.

All kidding aside, he was a solid backup. Definitely some inconsistency there, but we were spoiled with Talbot for a couple years.

 

[NYR Viper]

Sather was still GM when that trade was made.

Was he the 'GM' or the GM?

 

[Captain Lindy]

I dunno, having a capable back up to 34 year old Hank isn't a small thing in my book. It's critical to any success this team may have that the back up play ~25 games and give them a shot to win.

Absolutely! He can't sit around getting rusty. I think they played Hank way too much this past season.

 

[Irishguy42]

Was he the 'GM' or the GM?

Depends on when Gorton took charge.

The Haggerty/Raanta trade happened at the end of the day on the second day of the Entry Draft last year. I believe Sather was still in charge, not "in charge"

 

[rangers1314]

Not sure I agree with the above. Last year was the first year Hellberg played over 50 games as a pro, he just turned 25. Keep him for depth. Unless of course someone overpays for him...

 

[FLYLine27*]

Was he the 'GM' or the GM?

Depends on when Gorton took charge.

The Haggerty/Raanta trade happened at the end of the day on the second day of the Entry Draft last year. I believe Sather was still in charge, not "in charge"

Well Sather was the man that was on the telephone at the draft, so i'm going to say he was "in charge". Gorton officially took over on July 1st.

 

[Vitto79]

Good because if they didn't Antti'd up he would've gone on a Raanta.

You anti kidding. So anywho good deal . Backups need to take less for job security . 1 million is nice under this cap