NFT: Rangers Free Agency Thread

which stinks, because I think his contributions last year were underrated. Another casualty of the Girardi/Staal/Glass contracts, just to give the dead horse another smack.

#teamPirri

They were dolts not to buy him out.

worth watching until there is a trade

and god help me if it's steps...

In comment 13017065 koko2315 said:

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worth watching until there is a trade and god help me if it's steps...

I think the main impetus for trading Stepan is that he has a NTC that kicks in next year. Sather really handed out those NTC like they were candy corn on Halloween.

In comment 13017062 Phil in LA said:

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They were dolts not to buy him out.

There is a second buyout period triggered if any player accepts arbitration, which will happen (just accepts -- they can settle and preserve the 2nd period). The period opens shortly after your last arbitration is decided/settled.

gets one more shot this season before buying him out next season, similar to what they did with Richards. That turned out to be the right move as Richards had a decent bounce back season and we went to the final. But I'm not hopeful with Girardi and I worry it could get really ugly next season. On the ice obviously, but also in the media and with the fans.

No interest whatsoever in him

figured i would move it over...

Couple NYR points...

All the armchair GM's are hating on him for not making moves, I am hating on him, but not for that reason. He made a big stink about shaking the team up, no one is safe, all that lip service. So now the fan base has completely turned on Nash, Staal, and G, they are going into next year in an uncomfortable position (just wait until one of them takes a penalty, or Nash goes 3 games without scoring-- reality in New York).

Not only that, but we trot out some team that is 95% the same with the only big difference being the Russian. I think that is a great fucking idea, basically put all the pressure on him to be the difference between a shitty team who lost in the first round and a team with a legit cup shot?

At this point, the only way we get rid of Staal or G is if Kreider or Stepan are paired with one of them. I really would love to move one of those contracts but it is not reality. I would rather keep them if it means we trade 20 or 21 for anything besides a giant return. And at this point, what is the point of clearing a bunch of cap room?

This team is too loyal and it ALWAYS FUCKS THEM, as it is now, as it will in a couple years with Hank. Staal and G contracts were insane and should have NEVER been given to them. This team because of Hank, and because they are an NY team, CANNOT REBUILD. We just can't not be competitive. Well in the NHL, that completely fucks you. Us fielding a team with no real shot of the cup is the worst case scenario. It would be better if we blew it up and started again, but with Hank that will NEVER happen.

Here is my grim, grim, grim prediction. We field a similar team next year, maybe finding a Nash trade partner, but no chance we move G or Staal unless it is a buyout. They miss the playoffs and then are faced with a ridiculous crossroads. It is at this point that Hank waves his NMC next offseason to go to a contender, we blow it up and start over. A season and a half too fucking late.

the fly does NOT work, and it led to AV's demise in Vancouver, and it will lead to his demise here.

His stubbornness is going to cost him this year. My further predictions:

AV fired mid season.
Hank traded next off season.
We will shop everyone on our roster making over $4 million or over the age of 25 next off season.
Then we stink for 2-3 seasons.

I institute a "no NMC" policy moving forward. Especially with the cap being flat, he can't tie management's hands years into the future with that crap.

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Larry Brooks ‏@NYP_Brooksie ...Rangers have hired Jeff Beukeboom as assistant coach, Post has learned. Announcement expected today.

Expect Matty Martin and nothing else

we are NOT signing MM, no way no how. He's gunna get $3M+ a year.

the players that the Rags will be toting don't deserve to have a thread here. Second you could easily keep this on NHL thread. I just bust balls bro. Its what I do.

You don't bust balls. You - Fish - lightly tongue balls, while caressing the shaft, then the balls bust on you.

In comment 13017364 B in ALB said:

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then the balls bust on you.

Fish fuckin loves to make balls bust.

In comment 13017364 B in ALB said:

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You don't bust balls. You - Fish - lightly tongue balls, while caressing the shaft, then the balls bust on you.

Damn, son.

Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

what's happening bud?

Teach this corncob suckin, cack ski-pollin, herp-infested anal fissure some manners, would ya please?

Fish pwned.

But yeah gotta admit when i saw this thread for this particular year... i just assumed....

before Rangers made any moves we'd have to see a trade first. Seems more like they are going to keep away from the big FAs and look for depth though.

the Rangers being forced to sit out free agency this year. Some crazy money being thrown around.

Their time for a trade might come once the dust settles with teams with space that got left out in free agency.

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=championship

Two way deal

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Metumtam

We should have kept Stalberg.. 1/1.5 is all he got?

In comment 13017698 arcarsenal said:

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We should have kept Stalberg.. 1/1.5 is all he got?

Glass'd

the Rangers have sat in the gate

Locking up Hedman too

bunch of dirtbags here. Yet this thread is separate from the NHL thread because why....

Trying too hard, Fish. Go fuck yourself a few times and give it another go.

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In comment 13017698 arcarsenal said: Quote: We should have kept Stalberg.. 1/1.5 is all he got? Glass'd

Saw it coming. I hate our management team oh so much.

Apparently we signed Grabner. Meh

In comment 13017779 arcarsenal said:

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Apparently we signed Grabner. Meh

For 2 years, 1.6 per. One year and 100k more than Stalberg.

Shorter than Zucc!

He sucks at pretty much everything else. It's been three or four years since he was worth a shit.

In comment 13017794 Greg from LI said:

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He sucks at pretty much everything else. It's been three or four years since he was worth a shit.

He's good for one missed breakaway a game.

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I'm assuming they didn't pay much for him, and having someone even shorter could only help Zuccarello's self-esteem.

Gerbe
Grabner
Glass

Shall be named "Gerabass".

Good signing for them. 7 yrs- 42 m

Grabner is a good PK'er at least. He's like the Fisher Price version of Hagelin. Not a terrible signing. It's whatever.

game like? I've heard of him but, haven't watched much of him.

In comment 13017805 B in ALB said:

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Gerbe Grabner Glass Shall be named "Gerabass".

Salutations, amigo. All good here, enjoying the opening strains of summer. You still gonna be moving?

I vote you call this line "Grabasse" (the extra e for Gerbe).

Gerbe is a guy everyone hates to play against. Sawed-off little agitator, also draws aother of calls for guys retaliating. Capable of scoring, not prodigiously but knows his way to the net. Not a bad depth pickup at all.

Bottom 6 depth, speed, PK ability, and cheap. Not bad

It's not gonna win us a championship but we could have done much worse today

Not sure how that autocorrected.