Rangers Interested in D Ben Hutton

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

With retention, Ottawa?

I noted them in my initial description of who I didn't include in the list of teams with cap room. I just don't think Melnyk wants to add $ Any million to the salary books. But even if he was ok with it, I don't think there's any reason for a team that is going absolutely nowhere to add a spare part on a 1 year deal making a few million bucks that does nothing for them moving forward

[rmc51]

I still think Namestnikov will be moved for peanuts.

Agreed. I think they probably want to get Lemieux and/or DeAngelo on longer than 1 year terms. Especially DeAngelo. And they don't have the cap space to do so right now. Requires a cap dump. Namestnikov is the logical player to trade here.

[Phil in Absentia]

I noted them in my initial description of who I didn't include in the list of teams with cap room. I just don't think Melnyk wants to add $ Any million to the salary books. But even if he was ok with it, I don't think there's any reason for a team that is going absolutely nowhere to add a spare part on a 1 year deal making a few million bucks that does nothing for them moving forward

Namestnikov (retained) + Ryan Lindgren for 2020 mid-round pick-type deal would, I'd hope, grease the wheels for a deal. The incentive is Ottawa gets a decent hockey player to pretend they're icing an NHL roster, a mild bump in the cap at little out-of-pocket cost, plus a cost-controlled asset. Rangers get better roster flexibility and added cap room.

[So Nashty]

Just under a million, I think.

edit - Burying Smith makes his cap hit 3.275M, so it's 1.075M in savings; Beleskey saves us around another 825k. Basically add 2m to our current cap space assuming both of those outcomes.

Had no idea.. thought when a player is sent down the majority of their salary gets buried if not the whole thing.

Learn something new every day.


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[Phil in Absentia]

Had no idea.. thought when a player is sent down the majority of their salary gets buried if not the whole thing.

Learn something new every day.


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It used to. It was done away with after the Rangers buried Redden. It was colloquially referred to as "the Redden Rule," in fact.

[CCCP]

Namestnikov (retained) + Ryan Lindgren for 2020 mid-round pick-type deal would, I'd hope, grease the wheels for a deal. The incentive is Ottawa gets a decent hockey player to pretend they're icing an NHL roster, a mild bump in the cap at little out-of-pocket cost, plus a cost-controlled asset. Rangers get better roster flexibility and added cap room.

Wont happen. Ottawa has an internal cap of around $40M. They’re not adding salary

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

Namestnikov (retained) + Ryan Lindgren for 2020 mid-round pick-type deal would, I'd hope, grease the wheels for a deal. The incentive is Ottawa gets a decent hockey player to pretend they're icing an NHL roster, a mild bump in the cap at little out-of-pocket cost, plus a cost-controlled asset. Rangers get better roster flexibility and added cap room.

I don't think it's worth it to lose Lindgren for that. Maybe if we were dumping a contract like Staal or something with multiple years remaining I could see it. but Vlad has one year left and could potentially get us an asset at the deadline. no need to rid ourselves of a prospect. We have a great pipeline for our Defense, which maybe could make that a little easier to stomach, but why risk giving up a good young prospect to clear a contract thats coming off the books in a year anyway

[Future]

Namestnikov (retained) + Ryan Lindgren for 2020 mid-round pick-type deal would, I'd hope, grease the wheels for a deal. The incentive is Ottawa gets a decent hockey player to pretend they're icing an NHL roster, a mild bump in the cap at little out-of-pocket cost, plus a cost-controlled asset. Rangers get better roster flexibility and added cap room.

What?

Just trade Namestnikov retained for a 2059 7th-rounder or AHL fodder. You don't need to get value back. The value is dumping the contract.