The last thread was still active yesterday, but is buried as it was started 3 days ago.
I've been racking my brain trying to figure out a way to keep Kreider (just for this year, not even getting into extension talk, that is another issue). And it isn't easy. With the projections for the 4 RFA's (Trouba 7.5, Buch 3, D'Angelo 2.75, and Lemieux 1)...we still wouldn't quite get there with putting Smith in AHL and trading Namestinkov's full salary. We'd be a little over 1 million short. I really wouldn't want to buy out any of the d-men, due to dead money going forward.
One of the only things I could come up with was also having to trade Fast's 1.8 salary. Not something I would want to do, as he is a perfect bottom 6 player on a reasonable contract. But just trying to come up with scenarios.
Only other way I see it happening, without buying out a d-man which should really be last resort, would be trading one of them while retaining salary. But how much relief would we get dealing any of them? Are there teams who would even want any of them for 2 mill/year for the next two years? I don't know.
I guess they could. I don't see why they can't. I just worry Kreider has a lot of wear and tear on his body.
the NHL calculates cap hit on AAV, not when you get paid. You cannot backload an NHL contract to avoid a current year cap hit as far as I know.
Kreider makes our 2nd line formidable. Without him we have a hole on the left side unless Kakko plays on the left wing. I see both KK and Kravtsov as natural RWs.
How they solve their cap issues will be interesting to watch. My hope is that they can trade Nemestnikov and Shattenkirk but I don't think any team is knocking on the door to land Shatty now.
But they could also get a deal in place with Trouba but not finalize it until the deadline, hoping that Shatty has a great first half and actually has suitors then.
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Clearly I'm missing something but why can't they sign him to a 6-year with an AAV of 7.5 and have the years be 5, 8, 9,9,8,6??
the NHL calculates cap hit on AAV, not when you get paid. You cannot backload an NHL contract to avoid a current year cap hit as far as I know.
Thanks PJ. I knew there had to be a simple answer. My way to good to be true :)
Would Ottawa trade Bobby Ryan to us for Mark Stahl, Nemestikov, and a draft pick? Would free up 2.5 million. Brendan Smith would still need to be bought out.
That would be total of what 7.5 mil plus 8 mil we already have.
Would Ottawa trade Bobby Ryan to us for Mark Stahl, Nemestikov, and a draft pick? Would free up 2.5 million. Brendan Smith would still need to be bought out.
That would be total of what 7.5 mil plus 8 mil we already have.
What happens to Smith's salary if he is at Hartford.
Ambivalent about Fast -- want to retain some character vets to build the culture. Apparently he is much admired and a fave in the locker room.
Any buyout should wait one more year, and should be a last resort.
Let's say Buch goes to arbitration and the Rangers walk away from whatever the arbitrator sets the salary? Then he's a free agent and no cap issues?
Frees up 3 million
Well, two things:
1) IIRC, both Kravtsov and Kakko were penciled in at LW during Developmental Camp.
2) Kaapo Kakko's position in his 45 Liiga games for TPS this season
LW: 14G, 7A, 22GP
C: 4G, 1A, 4GP
RW: 7G, 8A, 19GP
Kravtsov's season in the KHL.
Total: 8 goals, 13 assists in 50 games
LW: 6 goals, 10 assists in 25 games
RW: 2 goals, 3 assists in 25 games
Small sample sizes, but I'm curious why you think they're better on the right
That's interesting information; I didn't know that the two of them played LW in camp. I knew that both are LH shots, but I didn't know about camp, or their international breakdowns.
Seems to me that we have a lot of top 6 options.
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Possible to trade Fast to tha Flyers without taking salary back as Fast is seemingly a Vigneault favorite.
Would Ottawa trade Bobby Ryan to us for Mark Stahl, Nemestikov, and a draft pick? Would free up 2.5 million. Brendan Smith would still need to be bought out.
That would be total of what 7.5 mil plus 8 mil we already have.
What happens to Smith's salary if he is at Hartford.
Ambivalent about Fast -- want to retain some character vets to build the culture. Apparently he is much admired and a fave in the locker room.
Rangers only save one million from Smith's cap # if he is buried in Hartford. It's something and may be enough to help, but it certainly isn't a big #.
Frees up 3 million
This is completely wrong, misinformation.
that Kravvy clip posted by the Professor, very similar to a KK goal scored in the IIHF Worlds, also from the right wing, dragged between/behind his legs, deke, score. Vitali has more bend, more quickness in creating room for his shot, KK fend, more power, ability to keep the defender away from his shot.
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That way, only the league minimum plus $375,000 counts towards the cap.
Frees up 3 million
This is completely wrong, misinformation.
You have this opposite. the salary cap RELIEF is league minimum + 375k. So maximum relief on ANY contract this year is $1,075,000
Thanks.
I think Quinn was a great hire!
Maybe it would be hard to dump Strome in a salary dump. Spooner and Strome had similar contracts so it was a "change of scenery" type trade.
Otherwise Strome and Namestnikov are the most obvious candidates (plus Strome is an RFA and Names is a UFA after the season), but neither probably has the value of their contracts even on a one year deal, so either the Rangers may need to retain salary or sweeten the trade.
Can you give me the link that shows Smith’s assignment to the minors that was made official? Thanks for your help
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A buyout is a horrific idea - will be really disappointed if chasing the shiny this offseason leads to that.