If DeAngelo wants more money the rangers don’t have space . Ducks look to have lost out on Faulk because could use a RD
What can they offer ? Rangers could use a RD back but I don’t see a fit. Can’t take salary back so a good prospect ?
What’s the best draft pick offer ?
Rangers don't need a stopgap RD while waiting for their top RD prospect perhaps a year-ish down the road. Hajek can play either side, and unfortunately, we seem to have committed to Staal for 3LD or 7th, so we want to give mins to Lindgren, who appears ready, and Rykov, who we think is ready. We also can't keep Skjei and his 5.25 cap hit ongoing, so we should move him for top mark of fair market value and accept that moving him and Deangelo sooner than later is best for long term interests.
Need to pare down to a core. Depth is important, but we can juggle/add that later, we need to get value for surplus vets and try to shed deadwood.
Answering your ?
until Fox technically plays 30 games, our 2019 3rd goes to CAR, but at 30 mark morphs into a 2nd. Relevance here is those are out of play for now.
So methinks for a former 19OA who has demonstrated he is here to stay, still trending upward, rfa controlled, righty RD, righty in demand, the return commands a 1st as a base.
Could be partially protected, and more picks on both sides not 2020 possible for more precise balance.
