Buyout Girardi?

[One Winged Angel]

I actually think that Sather's 1st round draft record from 2005-on is pretty good.

Staal, Del Zotto, Kreider, McIlrath, Miller, Skjei are all, or look to be, solid NHLers, with McIlrath being the highest pick in the group. Jury is still out on Skjei and McIlrath, but by indications, all of them are top-6 F or top-4 D.

Sanguinetti is the only bust, and of course Cherepanov was tragic. The problem hasn't been the quality of drafting in the 1st round. It's been drafting in the first round at all.

Cherepanov is the one that hurts the most. We would have an in-prime superstar scorer that would have probably helped us not trade for Nash.

 

[egelband]

i put the 'no' side over the top - for the moment.

 

[rangerrat]

I actually think that Sather's 1st round draft record from 2005-on is pretty good.

Staal, Del Zotto, Kreider, McIlrath, Miller, Skjei are all, or look to be, solid NHLers, with McIlrath being the highest pick in the group. Jury is still out on Skjei and McIlrath, but by indications, all of them are top-6 F or top-4 D.

Sanguinetti is the only bust, and of course Cherepanov was tragic. The problem hasn't been the quality of drafting in the 1st round. It's been drafting in the first round at all.

Sorry Bro your almost correct on Sathers record but he blew it on McIlrath when Cam Fowler was available! Heads and Shoulders a better allround D man!

 

[Trxjw]

Said something similar in the roster thread, but it makes more sense to retain salary and hope a team is willing to take him on. Retain $2.5M and see what the market is. Cap hit is higher for the first two years, lower for the final two. Avoids carrying dead cap for the 4 years that would be added from a buyout.

 

[Edge]

Cherepanov is the one that hurts the most. We would have an in-prime superstar scorer that would have probably helped us not trade for Nash.

The last, and most tragic, of three really good prosects we lost in a ten year span before they ever really got started.

Being a fan of this team is almost surreal at times.

 

[Tawnos]

The last, and most tragic, of three really good prosects we lost in a ten year span before they ever really got started.

Being a fan of this team is almost surreal at times.

I tend to think of it as 4, although Lyashenko wasn't our draft pick, nor do I necessarily think he was of a caliber of the other 3.

 

[Beacon]

If we retain his salary, I'm certain a team pays to take him from us.

 

[Ghost of jas]

I tend to think of it as 4, although Lyashenko wasn't our draft pick, nor do I necessarily think he was of a caliber of the other 3.

I would put Sauer as the 4th. He and McD were on their way to being a dynamite pairing.

 

[Tawnos]

I would put Sauer as the 4th. He and McD were on their way to being a dynamite pairing.

Sauer is outside the 10 year period he's referring to. 1998-2008, we lost Cherneski and Blackburn to injury and Cherepanov and Lyashenko both died.

 

[rangers1314]

Sauer is outside the 10 year period he's referring to. 1998-2008, we lost Cherneski and Blackburn to injury and Cherepanov and Lyashenko both died.

God, I totally forgot about Lyashenko.

I remember reading that he left a note saying that he had "an incurable disease", but his autopsy found him to be totally healthy....

 

[rangers1314]

Sauer is outside the 10 year period he's referring to. 1998-2008, we lost Cherneski and Blackburn to injury and Cherepanov and Lyashenko both died.

God, I totally forgot about Lyashenko.

I remember reading that he left a note saying that he had "an incurable disease", but his autopsy found him to be totally healthy....

 

[Rangers in 7]

cherapanov still hurts more then any of the others...would have been a legit star in this league

 

[Edge]

Cherneski probably would've been in the same vein as Morrow.

Blackburn would've been a quality NHL goalie, though he wouldn't have been able to hold off Lundqvist. A healthy Blackburn means we don't draft Montoya, though we probably would've ended up with Olesz.

Cherapanov was going to be a star.