Confirmed with Link: Rangers re-sign Vlad Namestnikov (2 years x 4.0M)

[Hunter Gathers]

It's never really money. It's always term and NMC.

A contact is never bad because of cap-hit as long as it goes away.

I like Namestnikov, but assuming the absolute worst, this goes away.

NO WORST DEAL EVER $4M WTF IS GRATON THINKING

 

[Machinehead]

The **** are you talking about?

Like, this take is so God damn hot that I need to walk outside in this 100 degree day and lay down on the pavement just to cool off.

That was funny

 

[Hunter Gathers]

That was funny

I can't believe some of the dumb shit being said lately.

 

[Kupo]

8M investment vs 26M.

Thank god Gorton is running this team instead of some of you guys.

 

[kovazub94]

Rebuilding vs contender, 2 years vs 5, $4m vs $6m adjusted for state taxes. Took me 30sec to write.

 

[silverfish]

I can't believe some of the dumb **** being said lately.

"lately"

Please, I've been here 10 years.

 

[Machinehead]

3 years is sort of the cutoff point where you have to go "ok, we'll have to think about this potentially with a different team"

We know the outlook for the rest of this contract, or at least we should.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

"lately"

Please, I've been here 10 years.

Some of this stuff is far dumber than even Pasha's garbage. At least when Pasha was around, it was one guy saying dumb shit. Not it feels like it's a board half filled with Pashas.

 

[Ghost of jas]

"lately"

Please, I've been here 10 years.

Are you saying that’s how long there’s been dumb stuff said on this board? I don’t remember it eleven years ago.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Some of this stuff is far dumber than even Pasha's garbage. At least when Pasha was around, it was one guy saying dumb ****. Not it feels like it's a board half filled with Pashas.

It's a bunch of sock puppet accounts shitposting for the past four months. It's been brutal.

 

[silverfish]

Are you saying that’s how long there’s been dumb stuff said on this board? I don’t remember it eleven years ago.

 

[hi]

I was probably suggesting naming Prucha captain in 2008

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I was probably suggesting naming Prucha captain in 2008

The Prucha >>> Crosby thread is the single greatest thread of the last 12 years or so.

 

[Good Intentions]

Terrific news. I've consistently been in the "resign Namestnikov, let Spooner go" camp.

He did not mesh with AV. We saw that. We know that. He's better than the 20 games in March/April. Quality two-way, high IQ forward, will serve as a leader to acclimate Buchnevich and the Russian forces to come. Get ready for Kravtsov, it's happening.

Love this re-signing.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

The only dumb stuff is when people are attacking fellow posters who disagree with a move that the team made. And then they whine how dumb all the posters are and how they need to learn NHL.

 

[Ghost of jas]

The Prucha >>> Crosby thread is the single greatest thread of the last 12 years or so.

Remember when Hockey Rodent was suggesting that Prucha could be an important part of a deal for Ovechkin if the Caps couldn’t bring him over?

Remember the the Prucha-for-Seabrook rumored deal?

Prucha was an HF meme legend.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Remember when Hockey Rodent was suggesting that Prucha could be an important part of a deal for Ovechkin if the Caps couldn’t bring him over?

Remember the the Prucha-for-Seabrook rumored deal?

Prucha was an HF meme legend.

What ever happened to Rodent

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Terrific news. I've consistently been in the "resign Namestnikov, let Spooner go" camp.

He did not mesh with AV. We saw that. We know that. He's better than the 20 games in March/April. Quality two-way, high IQ forward, will serve as a leader to acclimate Buchnevich and the Russian forces to come. Get ready for Kravtsov, it's happening.

Love this re-signing.

How about we just re-sign both of them for 2 years and then trade both of them after next year

 

[Mac n Gs]

What ever happened to Rodent

He live-tweets games now and posts on his blog occasionally. He's probably still the best play-by-play and game analyst there is for the Rangers.

 

[Mikos87]

Interested to see how he does, I dont think he's worth $4M but you have to like the term.

Not sure if he's a guy you win with, so he's a good filler player that can plug into a lineup.

Very trade able contract if it comes to that next year or this even.

 

[bobbop]

Good bridge deal.

This is not a bridge deal. A bridge deal comes when the player is coming off ELC and the team gives them shorter term rather than a 5-7 year deal that buys out free agent years.

This is a put up or shut up deal. In two years Vlad is a UFA. Before the second year he will either be extended or traded.

 

[nyr2k2]

The only dumb stuff is when people are attacking fellow posters who disagree with a move that the team made. And then they whine how dumb all the posters are and how they need to learn NHL.

When you come in and make asinine statements about RFA contracts that are almost exactly at the predicted market value, and are objectively fair, even if you dislike the player, it's extremely annoying. You said Gorton was insane and Namestnikov was now an un-tradeable contract. These are both objectively false.

If you don't like a player that's fine. If you don't think the deal should have been made, that's fine. But when you come in, guns blazing with ridiculous hyperbole without evidently even being aware of what Namestnikov would be worth...then, yeah, people will treat you with ridicule.

 

[Polar Bear]

This is not a bridge deal. A bridge deal comes when the player is coming off ELC and the team gives them shorter term rather than a 5-7 year deal that buys out free agent years.

This is a put up or shut up deal. In two years Vlad is a UFA. Before the second year he will either be extended or traded.

However you want to term it, I like the way it's structured.

 

[bobbop]

I, on the other hand, prefer Vlad at center.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Riley Nash the UFA just signed for 2.75 mil, he put up 40 points mostly on 3rd line. Namestnikov the RFA after putting up 40 points on Tampa's top line and then nosediving with the Rangers gets 4 mil. both former 1st rounders.