Early Predictions for who will still be on the roster next season?

[nyr2k2]

I don't see us getting rid of Boyle as long as he accepts a reasonable contract. Would be idiotic to let him go unless he wants a lot of money.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him get paid in free agency. He can do everything Gaustad can do and scores at a higher rate.

If the price is right, I'd like him back. As 31 says, though, some team will probably pay too much for him.

 

[NewLife]

Some cuts will be announced today right?

 

[SlapshotTheMovie]

Honestly I think we have some youth we didnt last season and now have a little to much depth we can afford to pick and choose. I would like to see if we can package some of it up and move it for a legit second line scorer. They are not a dime a dozen so I get that its a pipe dream but MDZ and Boyle to a much lesser extent have value. A team with the depth issues we had last year but be willing to let someone go near the trade deadline.

 

[Thirty One]

Some cuts will be announced today right?

Released from PTO (1): Johan Hedberg
Assigned to AHL camp (5): Ryan Bourque, Josh Nicholls, Michael St. Croix, Shawn O’Donnell and Brendon Nash
Assigned to Pittsburgh (1): Henrik Lundqvist

 

[nyr2k2]

Some cuts will be announced today right?

Brendon Nash, Josh Nicholls, Ryan Bourque, Michael St. Croix and Shawn O'Donnell were cut earlier today. Beyond those moves? Who knows.

 

[Blue Blooded]

If the price is right, I'd like him back. As 31 says, though, some team will probably pay too much for him.

Agreed.

And I'll be happy for him, really likeable guy - but replaceable. If someone overpays for him, it couldn't happen to a better guy.

 

[haveandare]

Forwards
Callahan, Ryan re-signs
Brassard, Derick re-signs
Boyle, Brian Gone
Pyatt, Taylor gone
Kreider, Chris re-signs
Pouliot, Benoit gone
Zuccarello, Mats re-signs
Powe, Darroll gone
Moore, Dominic re-signs
Asham, Arron really?? GONE
Kristo, Danny re-signs
Jean, Kyle re-signs
Bourque, Ryan gone
Mashinter, B. re-signs
Haley, Micheal gone
Wilson, Jason gone

Defensemen
Girardi, Dan gone
Del Zotto, M. gone
Stralman, Anton gone
Falk, Justin gone
Moore, John re-signs
Johnson, Aaron re-signs
Bickel, Stu re-signs
Syvret, Danny gone

Goaltenders
Lundqvist, Henrik Gone so fast there is smoke & fire coming from the tracks he left behind
Biron, Martin gone
Missiaen, Jason who?
Stajcer, Scott re-signs....hello to our next NYR starting goaltender.

Who plays defense with half of the current guys gone?

 

[Trxjw]

Rangers will have a ton of money coming off the books, and a ton of spots to fill. The interesting thing will be to see if the PP fails to blossom this season. If that's the case, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers forego giving a new deal to Girardi, and instead offering a big deal to Phaneuf should he hit the market. Big shot, prefers the right-side, and has long been linked to the Rangers in one way or another.

 

[JohnC]

Rangers will have a ton of money coming off the books, and a ton of spots to fill. The interesting thing will be to see if the PP fails to blossom this season. If that's the case, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Rangers forego giving a new deal to Girardi, and instead offering a big deal to Phaneuf should he hit the market. Big shot, prefers the right-side, and has long been linked to the Rangers in one way or another.

The fan base would collectively explode and HFNYR would be flooded with posts about Michael Sauer

 

[Trxjw]

Folks, if you don't care about the topic, there's no need to come in here and state that.

 

[Trxjw]

The fan base would collectively explode and HFNYR would be flooded with posts about Michael Sauer

They signed Brashear after he smoked Betts in the playoffs. This organization has never let that sort of thing get in the way of bringing in the players they want. Also, despite the incredibly unfortunate result, there was nothing wrong with the Phaneuf hit on Sauer. Passing on a guy who potentially fills a big need because he accidentally ended a guy's career with a clean hit? Not Sather's style.

 

[JohnC]

They signed Brashear after he smoked Betts in the playoffs. This organization has never let that sort of thing get in the way of bringing in the players they want. Also, despite the incredibly unfortunate result, there was nothing wrong with the Phaneuf hit on Sauer. Passing on a guy who potentially fills a big need because he accidentally ended a guy's career with a clean hit? Not Sather's style.

Not saying I disagree with you, just calling how it'd go over here

 

[Ola]

Put this question into some kind of number cruncher to provide us with a likely scenario based on our history in NY, and we probably get a result no body would guess at...

 

[Trxjw]

Not saying I disagree with you, just calling how it'd go over here

Very true.

 

[Dalagaze]

Forwards
Callahan, Ryan re-signs
Brassard, Derick re-signs unless Richards puts up 300 points
Boyle, Brian depends
Pyatt, Taylor gone
Kreider, Chris re-signs
Pouliot, Benoit depends
Zuccarello, Mats depends
Powe, Darroll gone
Moore, Dominic depends
Asham, Arron gone
Kristo, Danny probably re-signs
Jean, Kyle depends
Bourque, Ryan depends
Mashinter, B. hopefully re-signs
Haley, Micheal depends
Wilson, Jason gone

Defensemen
Girardi, Dan hopefully re-signs, depends on cap situation
Del Zotto, M. hopefully re-signs
Stralman, Anton hopefully re-signs, may be gone if Dmac is ready
Falk, Justin depends
Moore, John re-signs
Johnson, Aaron depends
Bickel, Stu probably gone
Syvret, Danny depends

Goaltenders
Lundqvist, Henrik re-signs
Biron, Martin gone; replaced by Talbot
Missiaen, Jason depends
Stajcer, Scott depends

Richards is also probably gone unless he has a 100 point season and leads us to a President's Trophy and Stanley Cup.

 

[vipernsx]

Seriously. Given the cap recapture consequences, Brad needs to hit PPG and lead the team a minimum of three rounds deep into the playoffs before I even THINK about keeping him.

Nah, even then he's gone. You can't even trade him to a team hard up for a center. 5+ million for 3 years of recoup, just doesn't seem doable. Even if the avg player salary is that amount by then.

Unless Slats doesn't care about stiffing the next GM of course. I expect him to retire before Richards does.

 

[Mikos87]

Forwards
Callahan, Ryan- Re-ups 8 x 5.6 Ball park of Dustin Brown Money
Brassard, Derick- re-ups at 3 x 4.2 b/w David Perron- Sam Gagner
Boyle, Brian- Prices himself out as UFA probably 4 x 3.25
Pyatt, Taylor- gone
Kreider, Chris- Re-ups on 2 year bridge 2 x 2.3
Pouliot, Benoit- Re-ups 1 yr, under 2M
Zuccarello, Mats- Traded
Powe, Darroll- gone
Moore, Dominic- Prices himself out as UFA
Asham, Arron- gone
Kristo, Danny- re-ups 2 year bridge
Jean, Kyle- SPC casualty
Bourque, Ryan- traded to Boston
Mashinter, B.- gone
Haley, Micheal- gone
Wilson, Jason- gone

Defensemen
Girardi, Dan- back at Callahan money
Del Zotto, M.- back at 4 x 4.2
Stralman, Anton- Prices himself out as UFA, hits term at 3M+
Falk, Justin- gone
Moore, John- back on bridge deal
Johnson, Aaron- gone
Bickel, Stu- gone
Syvret, Danny- gone

Goaltenders
Lundqvist, Henrik- Back as highest paid tender in the league
Biron, Martin- retires
Missiaen, Jason- gone?
Stajcer, Scott- gone

 

[NYR Viper]

Forwards
Callahan, Ryan-Back
Brassard, Derick-Back
Boyle, Brian- Gone
Pyatt, Taylor- gone
Kreider, Chris- Back
Pouliot, Benoit- Back
Zuccarello, Mats- Back
Powe, Darroll- gone
Moore, Dominic- Back
Asham, Arron- gone
Kristo, Danny- Back
Jean, Kyle- Back
Bourque, Ryan- Back
Mashinter, B.- gone
Haley, Micheal- gone
Wilson, Jason- gone

Defensemen
Girardi, Dan- Back
Del Zotto, M.- Traded
Stralman, Anton- Back
Falk, Justin- gone
Moore, John- Back
Johnson, Aaron- gone
Bickel, Stu- gone
Syvret, Danny- gone

Goaltenders
Lundqvist, Henrik- Back
Biron, Martin- retires
Missiaen, Jason- Back
Stajcer, Scott- Back


Projected line-up:

Hagelin-Stepan-Nash
Kreider-Brassard-Zuccarello/Kristo
Fast/Hrivik-Lindberg-Callahan
Kantor/Yogan/UFA-Moore-Dorsett

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Stralman
Moore-McIlrath

Hank
Talbot

 

[Blue Blooded]

Forwards
Callahan, Ryan-Back
Brassard, Derick-Back
Boyle, Brian- Gone
Pyatt, Taylor- gone
Kreider, Chris- Back
Pouliot, Benoit- Back
Zuccarello, Mats- Back
Powe, Darroll- gone
Moore, Dominic- Back
Asham, Arron- gone
Kristo, Danny- Back
Jean, Kyle- Back
Bourque, Ryan- Back
Mashinter, B.- gone
Haley, Micheal- gone
Wilson, Jason- gone

Defensemen
Girardi, Dan- Back
Del Zotto, M.- Traded
Stralman, Anton- Back
Falk, Justin- gone
Moore, John- Back
Johnson, Aaron- gone
Bickel, Stu- gone
Syvret, Danny- gone

Goaltenders
Lundqvist, Henrik- Back
Biron, Martin- retires
Missiaen, Jason- Back
Stajcer, Scott- Back


Projected line-up:

Hagelin-Stepan-Nash
Kreider-Brassard-Zuccarello/Kristo
Fast/Hrivik-Lindberg-Callahan
Kantor/Yogan/UFA-Moore-Dorsett

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Stralman
Moore-McIlrath

Hank
Talbot

Going by your projected lineup, I guess we traded Del Zotto for picks?

 

[Blue Blooded]

I don't want to speculate what I think will happen, but instead what I want to happen.

Re-Sign:
Brassard
Zuccarello
Pouliot
Kristo
Kreider

Strålman
Moore

Trade:
Girardi to Montreal for Gallagher
Callahan in a three-way with Buffalo and New Jersey for Mark Fayne and Mark Pysyk (We'd never deal directly with the Devils, and there is no way I'm seeing Callahan in red)

Compliance buyout Richards

Hagelin-Stepan-Nash
Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello
Kreider-Lindberg-Gallagher
Fast-Miller-Kristo

McDonagh-Strålman
Staal-Fayne
Del Zotto-Moore

Lundqvist
Talbot

High-skill, high-energy team. Every line should be able to outpossess and outscore their matchup.

I don't think the relative smallness of the lineup would be a problem. Nash, Pouliot, and Kreider are huge, as are Staal ad Fayne. The smaller guys are all very intense and have no issue initiating contact or playing in traffic.

The only issue may be a lack of PK guys, but I think 1-2 of Gallagher, Fast, Miller, and Kristo can learn to PK really well. All fast and intense players.

The squad is young and could see a small dip in performance i 14-15 after an extremely successful 13-14 season. But I believe that team would grow into a Chicago-like powerhouse.

 

[NYR Viper]

Going by your projected lineup, I guess we traded Del Zotto for picks?

picks/high end prospect close to, but not NHL ready.

 

[SlapshotTheMovie]

Half way through the season. What are people thinking now?

 

[QJL]

What I want.

Callahan - trade
Brassard - gone
Zuccarello - keep
Kreider - keep
Boyle - keep
D. Moore - gone
Pouliot - gone
Kristo - keep

Girardi - keep
Stralman - keep
MDZ - gone
J. Moore - keep
Falk - gone

 

[Kakko]

What I want.

Callahan - trade
Brassard - gone
Zuccarello - keep
Kreider - keep
Boyle - keep
D. Moore - gone
Pouliot - gone
Kristo - keep

Girardi - keep
Stralman - keep
MDZ - gone
J. Moore - keep
Falk - gone

Why are we not trading Brassard and MD?

 

[theFiGS]

What I want.

Callahan - trade
Brassard - gone
Zuccarello - keep
Kreider - keep
Boyle - keep
D. Moore - gone
Pouliot - gone
Kristo - keep

Girardi - keep
Stralman - keep
MDZ - gone
J. Moore - keep
Falk - gone

Why do you have kristo listed? And why would we let brassard walk? I think brassard might be perfect for this system. With us buying out Richards we'll be weak at center so you have to resign brass for 2 years till miller comes into his own and we can find a player to replace brass if he doesn't work out. Coin flip for me between D Moore an Boyle, Moore is faster and more offensive but Boyle is amazing defensively