All great points on both sides but the real test for JG starts now on how he handles their cap crunch. Ideally he moves some middle 6ers for a bag of pucks and a buy out of Smith. Keeping Kreider and keeping Trouba in a reasonable contract. Getting the players on board to playing here is one thing but getting them signed within the cap seems much harder. I think that teams are keenly aware of the leverage they hold on the Rangers and will take some of our young prospects that nobody wanted to see go. The fuckin cap. Uhhh.
Here's the keys to your 1999 Cadillac with 140,000 miles on it, good luck.
Any chance a guy like georgiev could get packaged with a smith to a team like say, columbus, that might need a goalie and someone that fits a torts style. I assume a bit of saalry retention even though they have the space. Still though.
Also.....whats bri boyle doing for a 4th line center role, slide up if necessary, leadership, trade value if the time cmes and we arent in a playoff position, say 2x2 or so?
If Smith ends up getting buried in Hartford, and decides he doesn't want to play in the AHL for the rest of his contract, what are the odds that he accepts to go go unconditional waivers for the purposes of terminating his contract so he can maybe sign in Europe somewhere? I mean that is almost $9mil he'd be walking away from so I doubt it, but maybe we can get some serious cap relief that way
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Flyers give Chris Stewart PTO.
That would have been a good move by the Rangers
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I’m guessing that’s sarcasm
I think if they’re after Boyler it’s a 1 year deal in all likelihood, no?
There’s some chat the Rangers are looking at him.