Slats is renowned for his lop-sided trade victories, which were often countered by horrific free agent signings, but he's actually done some good work on that front. Gaborik (two-time 40-goal scorer), Zuccarello, Girardi (undrafted), and others were all signed by the ol' cigar aficionado.
Who, in your opinion, was his absolute best signing?
"Everyone says you should be a good loser. If you’re a good loser, you’re a loser."
- John Tortorella
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- Christopher Hitchens
Gomez.
Lead team in scoring and fetched us McDonagh
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Gomez.
Lead team in scoring and fetched us McDonagh
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"Everyone says you should be a good loser. If you’re a good loser, you’re a loser."
- John Tortorella
"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence."
- Christopher Hitchens
Tom Renney
Martin St. Louis
Gave us clutch moments especially the goal in game 6 of the 2014 ECF and gave TBL key draft picks
WE GOT KAKKO AND THE BREAD MAN! LET'S GO RANGERS!
#DRIVEFORFIVE
He was a trade, not a free agent signing.
"Everyone says you should be a good loser. If you’re a good loser, you’re a loser."
- John Tortorella
"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence."
- Christopher Hitchens
A terrible trade at that
Sather was mediocre at best as gm here.
Zuc, easy.
Top scorer on the team last 3 season, been the heart of the team (with Hank) and a big fan favourite.
...and cheap as chips, and is likely to net us a #1pick when he goes.
Not sure he's the best but it can't be far off.
He got Henrik to sign and come over. Does that count?
Lias Andersson for #AJT2019
Nylander/Straka/Shanahan
Gaborik/Zuccarello
Stralman
Lias Andersson for #AJT2019
All this,+Frolov.
Not the best but honorable mentions
Pouliot
Grabner
Rozsival (although hated at the end of his tenure, his first contract was a steal)
Gaborik
While not Jagr like, he transformed a mediocre offense into a significant threat for a few years.
Zucc is at the top of my list
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Curly
I think Gaborik is far and away the best signing, it's really a race for second.
I'd go with Girardi. He soured at the end of his time here, but people forget that he was really good for a decade, and was a major part of the culture change around the organization when Renney was here.
Gabby is still paying dividends in the players we got for him. Players like Brass who contributed mightily to the finals run and who ultimately yielded us Z.
Zuc was a great signing and solid resigning. G was a great signing and terrible resigning. Stralman was a great signing and awful no-attempt at resigning. Fuck Slats, he was not good enough and was lucky to continue here after the lockout. He redeemed himself some, to his credit with a lot of help, but ultimately failed. He had to hand over a good chunk of his kingdom to Gorton because he knew he could not keep up with the job any longer. He was getting his ass kicked by other GMs and everybody including his colleagues and subordinates knew it.
Gaborik. Rangers have missed having a game breaker since he left, as Nash never filled that role.
GORTON 2020
And still not sure if that was a good trade
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