He who laughs last.....
called for bs
whether or not his roster spot was going to someone else in the larger scheme of things, it does not change the fact that a 20 goal scorer was unloaded overnight to get instant cap relief.
Rangers had decent cap position, tho failure to unload Namest, Smith and others came home to roost. Once Pana and Trouba signed, we needed extra cap IMMEDIATELY.
Necessary in the situation sacrifices were made, and sacrifices cost/have pain.
That is the correct point.
Under better timing, we would not have moved Vesey for only a third. For what little he cost, while an incomplete player, he was good value of production v. salary.
If we lose out on breadman, we don't give Vesey the bum's rush.
You make an ad hominum point without any substantiation.
You are entitled to your opinion, in this specific instance, due to your own failure to substantiate, it is more bs.
An extended Kreider is more valuable to Rangers than any other scenario, other than him being traded for huge profit to NY. However, logic dictates a trade partner offers more if he is under contract for more term at decent or better $. Chris' current situation is he is expiring to be UFA. He, not the club, is in the driver's seat. Therefore it is more likely a club will not max pay at present. So whether it is to utilize his production, or to trade him down the road, it behooves NY to extend him as soon as possible. Thankfully Namest is buh bye, and one or two more moves and that will happen. If NY did not raise the cap space by cutting deadwood such as Namest, etc., and fails to follow through, with another repurposing/recovery of player salary, then another sacrifice or two such as Vesey was will be in order. Possibly even Buchnevich.
This is parallel to McAvoy.
Bruins wanted him long term at affordable money and could not generate that construct. They are lucky McA decided to make nice and they got a couple of years out of him at a steal level of pay.
