Totally agree, but the question still stands, if Igor wants $11M +, let alone $12M +, do you do it for 7 or 8 years? That is really the question, not do you trade Igor. 0.000000000% of people think the Rangers should trade Igor if his salary demands are reasonable, think in the low to mid 10's, but if they are not do you re-sign him for $11M + per?
Like Lundquist, he probably will be at a high level until almost 40, but 12m is quite a bit, even with the cap steadily going up. I have a feeling it ends up at $11.5m per for 8-9y.
8 years is the max a contract can be signed for if you stay with your current team (7 years if you are leaving your current team). $11.5M is a whole lot of money for a goalie. I wouldn't go a penny more than $11M flat, which is 12% of the potential $92M cap in 2025/2026 - I said in the 10's, but if symbolically Igor wanted to hit $11M I wouldn't bail because of 100 K. I would try my best to keep it at $10.6M to allow Igor to set the new AAV record for goalies if that matters to him.
This should make some folks happy, take Kane off the list as he re-signed with the Wings on a one-year deal for $4M. I am not surprised he stayed in Detroit; I am surprised he stayed for only a one-year deal and for a reasonable amount. I would have guessed if the Wings only offered a one-year deal he would have preferred NY in that situation. With Guentzel and Kane off the board, guys like Toffoli, Marchessault, DeBrusk, Reinhart, Stamkos, and my favorite Bertuzzi may be the targets. Stamkos is a name I'd watch, that seems like a Rangers type move.
“As I said on our draft broadcast, the Jacob Trouba stuff is real,” Kaplan posted via X. “Believe family considerations are huge - and that could be hold up with potential Red Wings trade. “We’ll see what transpires over next few hours before his trade protection kicks in, but his future with NYR is in limbo.”
No surprise, the Lightning signed Guentzel, not sure for how much yet, have to figure 7 or 8 years for somewhere between 8-9 million per. Today is the moment of truth for Mr. Drury. Will Trouba go, will Kakko go, who will he sign to play with Kreider and Zibanejad, if Trouba goes who do they sign on D to replace him (Roy, Dillon, and Zadorov are some of the handful of names I saw mentioned). The man is on the clock, is he up to the task, we'll see.
Moving Kakko and Chytil frees up another $7 mil in cap space to get a RW. Any replacement for Trouba will be a downgrade on an already suspect defensive unit. The main issue this postseason was lack of offense, Drury can address this and get rid of two pieces of roster deadwood. We've waited years for these two to emerge and Chytil's promise is overshadowed by his head injuries, Kakko is a hump. I'm glad Kane is off the board.
I don’t agree at all that losing Trouba will be a downgrade to the defense. Schneider can play on the second pairing where he belongs. Third pairing defenseman should be physical, steady defenseman, who don’t turn the fucking puck over in more limited minutes and can play on the PK unit.
Guy scored 17 total points all season, including playoffs. At least he can win faceoffs though I guess.
Carrick is a whatever guy. Scored double digit goals twice (11 max), misses a lot of games, and is okay on faceoffs - 51% with Anaheim this past season, 49.4, and 49.3 the two prior seasons (he was a very good 63.1% in 16 games after he was traded to the Oilers last season - 53.3% in 10 playoff games with the Oilers). To me very underwhelming. A 4th line C for only $1M so not going to go crazy, but he is at best a little better version of Bonino as I see it, barely played for the Oilers in the playoffs for a reason I would say. Trouba is going to be a 3rd pair dman making $8M, that does not work. Similar to Goodrow, not worth the money for the role he will play. He will need to be replaced with someone big and physical though I think, which after you factor in retained money may be close to spending $8M anyway, but at least the player themself won't be as costly (maybe $5M per +/- if I had to guess). We also need to see a Trouba trade actually happen, seems like a foregone conclusion considering everything is out in the open now making it not ideal for Trouba to stay a Ranger, but a trade still has to officially happen.
Completely useless, unless it's for the AHL team. You can't contend for a cup with that guy on your big club. These idiotic, scrub signings are what Drury has done for years that chip away at the cap space. WTF is he doing giving this dipshit 3 years?
Yeah, can bury full amount in minors with no cap implications, but I agree doesn't really add much insurance even. A total whatever move without a big impact, so again not going to make a big thing out of it.
Just saw official numbers on Guentzel, 7 years $63M, so a cap hit of $9M per. Also, first four seasons full NMC, and the final three seasons a 10 team NTC. Happy we were not involved in that.
Drury looking like he’s Cashman right now. Lots of hype going into the offseason and trade deadline, but bringing back nothing but dumpster fires. Very early yet, but the signs all point to running it back with a worse squad than this past year.
