Why would McDavid want to come here? Lets be reasonable about this... lets say we move on from Bread and Kreider... what would attract McDavid to come to MSG Edmonton has been to back to back finals.. he is closer to winning a Cup than this team never mind taking away the top scorer and a guy who had an off year but still put in 22 goals in a down year...and are you saying lets just throw away this coming season in order to free up enough room for McDavid and some other free agent?
Messier and Gretzky in his ear and the best goalie in the world when a coach gets a defense to play real hockey in front of him. Stick it up your ass Al. No offense.
McDavid surely has no interest in playing for the Rangers organization. McDavid coming to the Rangers is the quintessential pipe-dream. It won't happen. A couple things wrong with dump's argument....there is no reason to believe Messier and Gretzky are petitioning anyone to play for the Rangers. Igor is not the best goalie in the world. By the time the Rangers assemble a top level defensive system complete with capable players McDavid will have already signed his multi-year extension with the Oilers.
Never say never, but I'd be absolutely shocked if McDavid is a Ranger, I fully expect him to re-sign in Edmonton for a long-term big money deal. Drury can build a very good winning team here without McDavid. While of course he'd be great to have, he isn't a must have.
Edmonton is paying Draisaitl $14 mil so I disagree it's a given that the Oilers will match any offer, $30+ mil is a lot to invest into 2 players even with the cap increase. The Rangers won't be the only team going after Connor next year. McDavid is going into the last year of a $12.5 mil contract, he's a true phenom the offers will easily surpass $17 mil. Panarin is also gone after next year, I don't see the Rangers resigning him so if Drury keeps the team as is the Rangers will definitely be in the bidding for McDavid with money to spend. If the Oilers are not going to break the bank to match offers they'll be left with nothing like the Fstix with Tavares.
Per the CBA, Edmonton is the only team that can offer McDavid an 8th season, so that puts them very much in the driver's seat, the extra year means extra money and a larger overall financial package. I simply do not see a world where the Oilers are going to say, we cannot give McDavid $17M per season (a $5M per raise) for 8 seasons because we have Draisaitl making $14M per. Let's also remember the cap is going up a lot each of the next few seasons and the Oilers have Kane ($5.125M), Arvidsson ($4M), Henrique ($3M), Ekholm ($6M) all coming off the cap after next season. So big cap rise AND $18.125M off the cap, that is MORE than enough to give McDavid a $5M raise per season. If you look at it, the Oilers are in a great spot cap wise to give McDavid a $5M or $6M per raise from his current AAV. Everyone is certainly entitled to focus on McDavid, I happen to think it's a pipe dream, and I hope Drury is not going to hurt the team today to maybe have a long shot outside chance to sign McDavid next summer. My guess is before we get to next year at this time, McDavid is re-signed in Edmonton. The good news is we'll know in a year or less, so we'll see how it plays out.
If you want to have pipe dreams for next year, Eichel is probably more realistic than McDavid. Drury has tried to acquire him before, and our front office/coaching staff now exists solely of guys from the Boston hockey scene. Including Eichel’s former college coach. I half expect them to sign Matt Grzelyk for LD2 next month. I think both McDavid and Eichel resign where they are, and we would need to get out of Zib’s contract, but I can see Drury making a push for Eichel.
I remember being opposed to the idea of the Rangers pursuing Eichel following his neck-fusion surgery....ugh was I off on that.
You werent alone. It was a huge risk at the time. Literally had never been done before for an NHL player. But paid off for Vegas in a big way.
While still a longer shot, I agree Eichel is more realistic than McDavid. I have seen Gavrikov, LD from the Kings, mentioned as a possible D target for Drury.
Why would Messier, who wanted to be either Coach or GM and got passed over by current ownership, whisper anything to do with NY to McDavid? Hey Connor, leave Edmonton where you are perennial favorite out west and come to NY where the team missed the playoffs, do not have as much talent as your current team does..oh and btw.. once you do sign we probably wont have enough to bring in additional talent... nevermind that the Oilers can give an 8th year where we cant.
Several insiders have brought up the Rangers having interest in Gavrikov, including LeBrun again today. That is not by accident. Keep getting the message out there indirectly so that he thinks twice about resigning before FA hits. The chatter all year was that the Kings were a lock to resign him. By middyear. Then by the TDL. It never happened. He is a bit old for the 7 year deal he will get but would 100% be an improvement and would compliment Fox on the top pair well. Much, much prefer him over Provorov who seems to be the other realistic FA target for a 1LD.
Use the money for a fuckin difference maker please. No more of these fuckin blue collar American kids. Get size. Not going after the messanger but Donato? He’s a bottom 6 player who scored 30g on the horrible blackhawks. He is not going to make a difference . No to Gavrikov too, no reason to overpay for a soft defenseman
Al, you don't know jack shit like the rest of us about why a player would want to leave some place or play in another. The Rangers have historically been regarded as a team that treats it's players like royalty. That's the exact reason why several pussies on the team last year cried and sulked when Drury played hard ball with Goodrow and Trouba. I think Drury wanted to keep Goodrow but he had to sign Lafreniere who sadly turned into lazy fuck last season. Trouba was useless as tits on a bull his last year here. He didn't hit anybody. All he wanted to do was paint. 8 million down the shitter. He got what was coming to him. When you don't show up in NY, your ass is history. If you listened to Messier back in the day never directly came out and said if you win in Edmonton, nobody gives a shit. If you win in NY you are a God and never pay for another meal in the city the rest of your life. However, if you read through the lines it's exactly what he said. That's why he would want to come here. Nobody gives a shit if you win in almost all the NHL cities. NY is one of a rare few where that isn't the case. Toronto would be a huge deal because they haven't won since 1967 I think. However, it would die off soon after. Something about NY with the Rangers. You win here you are a God to the fans for life. They have the goalie. Edmonton does not. They are starting to build the size and toughness. They also are starting to draft smart, physical, stay at home d-men. You put McDavid on this team. They are the cup favorites and he fucking knows it. Also, taxes in Canada suck more dick than even the worst state in our country.
Duchene or Boeser will probably end up here for your Canadian guy Struds. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't go after Donato. Ehlers is still a guy I think they should look at.
These scenarios of McDavid coming to the NY Rangers are so fantastical....it's laughable bullshit. I guess it's nice to play pretend but don't hold your breath. Or go ahead and hold your breath, what the fuck do I care?
Kinda different with Messier cause 1940 vs 1994.. before youtube..tiktok, snap chat.. no one knew anything about other teams... coming to NY made you a media darlin...its not the same anymore... Do players actually think this way anymore? Would you say most care about being paid and winning? Edmonton is a lot closer to winning a cup than the Rangers. Adding McDavid does not make them a cup favorite. BTW..the top tax bracket in Canada was 33% vs our top rate of 37% Alberta's top tax bracket is 15%...while NYC is 14.776% so no...it wouldnt be any benefit tax wise to live and play in NY either
I love when people are so fucking arrogant they think they know where a player will go. I hate to break it to you know it all’s but a lot of it has to do with the player’s woman. If his woman loves New York, he’s fucking coming. Pussy has mind control powers. Hurley got offered a shit load of money to go to the Lakers and his woman said fuck no I ain’t going and that was the end of that.
