Ranger signings/walks that you hated

[AVsTimeOut]

To build off of the worst NYR trades thread, how about the pick-ups that you thought were the worst? Whether it may be UFA pickups, contract extensions, or guys you hated to see walk in Free Agency. We know the consensus ones like Glass, Girardi/Staal's extension, etc... But how about one's that personally piss you off. For me, Verbeek leaving for Dallas is up there.

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[eco's bones]

I know Glen was just giving this kid a chance to redeem himself and have a career but I would have never signed Billy Tibbetts.

 

[nyrleetch]

Signing Brashear wasn't very fun.

 

[Cassano]

Taylor Pyatt.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Wade Redden. Never understood who Sather was bidding against.

 

[silverfish]

Signing Brashear wasn't very fun.

Oh, good one. But, I was mad about that because I thought we had a much better option in Orr that we let go for nothing. Well, that and because I hated Brashear for breaking Betts' face.

One of my favorite post-lockout memories is Shanny fighting Brashear at center ice.

This is a tough thing to answer, hindsight being 20/20 and all. Good thread idea!

 

[Off Sides]

Nylander walking was bad.

Trying to replace him with Gomez, Drury to play with Jagr was worse.


The list is just too long.

 

[OrbitalDynamics]

Holik,Kamensky,Cullen,Hatcher...so many train wreck signings.

 

[Florida Ranger]

Signing Brashear and letting Betts go.

 

[NYR Viper]

Redden was my #1

Brashear was a bad one after what he did to Betts the year before

Never understood letting Jagr go

 

[Rangers ftw]

Letting Stralman go to sign Boyle, nothing comes close in recent time imo.

 

[MacTruck27]

Letting Hagelin walk - I know it would have been difficult (nearly impossible) to fit him under the cap, but I really miss that guy, especially on the PK

 

[Tomas Sandstrom 28]

Before the 1997 season, after Messier left, we signed Brian Skrudland and Mike Keane. While these guys were not expected to replace Messier's pruduction, they were supposed to be gritty veteran leaders. The only thing of note Keane accomplished while he was a Ranger was injuring teammate and fellow off-season acquisition, Pat LaFontaine.

On the bright side, Keane and Skrudland were later traded for fan favorite, though constantly injured, Todd Harvey.

This year is also what I would consider to be the start of the "Dark Ages"

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Before the 1997 season, after Messier left, we signed Brian Skrudland and Mike Keane. While these guys were not expected to replace Messier's pruduction, they were supposed to be gritty veteran leaders. The only thing of note Keane accomplished while he was a Ranger was injuring teammate and fellow off-season acquisition, Pat LaFontaine.

If I remember correctly, the thought after losing Messier (and Sakic) was they were going to be more of a trap team. So they got Keane and Skrudland. But they still weren't equipped to play that way. It was a slap-dash, sloppy about face that obviously didn't work.

 

[OverTheCap]

Lots of the ex-Devils signings pissed me off... Driver, MacLean, Holik (what a massive joke of a contract that was). I didn't mind the Gomez signing that much at first but quickly grew to hate it.

 

[007]

I know Glen was just giving this kid a chance to redeem himself and have a career but I would have never signed Billy Tibbetts.

This. It actually caused me to loose a little of my passion for the Rangers for a while. I'm all for giving guys second chances, but he had no business being in a position where kids would look up to him.

 

[GraveyTrain9]

Still pissed about letting Jagr walk... He was great for this organization and clearly had some good seasons left in the tank.

And of course letting Stralman go to replace him with Boyle was absurd

 

[RangerBlues]

Letting JD leave the organization.

 

[trench23]

Kamensky is A#1 on my list.

I would also add Zarlie (sp?) Zalapski was a quick fail since he left before even playing.

Brashear was not fun, but adding Rich Pilon off of waivers made me cringe.

I also remember Grosek being likened to his early days with so much potential and that he was going to be the rangers next big thing. That could be a little revisionist history, but i remember him being pretty highly touted at one time. Can't remember if he was a FA signing or trade though.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Letting Hagelin walk - I know it would have been difficult (nearly impossible) to fit him under the cap, but I really miss that guy, especially on the PK

He didn't walk, he was traded.

 

[Mikos87]

There have been several that fit the criteria.

Walk
Stralman
Nylander- He was old but that created the Drury signing, not saying Gomez since that equals McDonagh
Messier- Rangers window would have stayed open for a year or 2 with him then
Brian Boyle- Team needs him. Very good role player.
Prust- Not advocating losing him at that price, but man he took the black and blueshirt identity with him
Jagr- maybe he needed some time off, but the guy as unhappy he seemed at the end of his tenure here, laid it all on the line during those playoffs

 

[cwede]

Jim Dorey, was the right tough depth guy as Flyers Broad Street Bullies were emerging, but WHA was paying really well

personally i think these worst trade/walk topics belong in the off-season

but i understand that its enjoyable and distracting to look away from this falling-apart season

 

[cwede]

Still pissed about letting Jagr walk... He was great for this organization and clearly had some good seasons left in the tank.

after the '05 lockout, Jagr planned all along to return to Siberia while he could still play well , he wanted to play closer to friends and family for while, and he said he had really enjoyed his lockout season there

 

[Tawnos]

I always thought letting Zherdev go was a mistake.

 

[JMR27]

how about pat verbeek?