(2024 le zone des calmes, deuxième partie)
Yawn. Yawn.
Remaining dates of note: None
Perhaps the photo of pond hockey from days when winter was cold enough to freeze fresh water will serve to cool people off the rest of August. Also inspiration for use of your flooded back yard!
272 responses to “2024 Summer Doldrums Part II”
first time , FIRST!!!!
wohooooo!!
Are we there yet?
Hey guys been a while. I hope everyone is well having a happy healthy and safe summer.
I wonder if the Rangers should take a flyer on DeAngelo and sign him to a PTO. Can’t hurt. The guy has talent…..brains?…..well🤷
NotAGamechanger,butHe’sAsGoodAsAnyoneHereOtherThanFoxy.
WhyDoesMyWordPressNotSpace?
Tony in an election year? when pigs fly
it’s been one if the fastest years in my life wow does time fly. I hope all the boneheads out there are having a great summer. Only 2 more mos. Rosen is moving on. This will be his last year. Anybody think of any great replacement. Really miss hockey.
An encore for fan favorite TDA! what could go wrong? Maybe bring back Trottier behind the bench and Denis Potvin replace Joe in the booth too 🤣 🤣
Rich surprised to learn through your comment that Tony is still unsigned actually. On paper I sure as shooting like him a year at league minimum better than 30yo Brady Skjkjkjgk for 7×7. The GMs seem to agree he does not belong back on nhl ice though.
Might be time to bring back Scott Arniel. Nobody in management or the coaching doesn’t anything anyway.
I agree Tony D by his immaturity and acting out has truly damaged his own career but seems to me from the recent interview he did he is owning up to his faults. As far as I know he hasn’t killed anyone so can it truly hurt to give him a PTO to see what gives? It’s just a thought. Smarter people than I have seen fit to ignore him so he’s probably on his way to Russia. I can’t conceive of anything that might go amiss over there.
Frank Vatrano is coming.
Didn’tHeCoachBasketballatIona?
If there was an NHL all-d*ckhead team Beverley would probably be its power play QB…
Closer to training camp time someone will sign him on a PTO or for a year but it won’t be anyone he’s played for before or the Avalanche.
CoachesDon’tLikeHavingToDealWithTheD’AngeloOrAveryTypes.WhoWould?MonetarilyUnreimbursedAgita.
Unless you want to bring D’Angermangement back as a 4th line winger, I see no future for him on the NYR, probably not anywhere in NHL either.
2016/17 ARI 39 GP
2017-21 NYR 167 GP
2021-22 CAR 64 GP
2022-23 PHI 70 GP
2023-24 CAR 31 GP
The Filthy friend has a brother in NC. Guy could not wait for TDA to go, “terrible at defense”. He’ll be 29 at the start of the season and still is not good at his listed position.
If I’m a good team any extra offense he might provide (probably on PP) is offset by the need to play him as a 3rd pair. If I’m a bad team, why do I want to waste a spot on an old guy that isn’t good at his position when I can play a kid for less money and have some future upside?
Coos do you have a dislike of spaces?
“…Rosen is moving on. This will be his last year. Anybody think of any great replacement…”
Erm… Leah Hextal?
I am so sad to see the Sam era end and I will relish in every game he calls this year
the NHL should allow him to call every playoff game the rangers are in as well
this will be sad like seeing Rick Jeanneret leave the Sabres
or rizzuto/mercer leave the Yankees
vin scully
etc
there are few times where voices become ubiquitous with a teams history and Sam is a legend
glad my children will remember him
I find it crazy that GMs think the Tony D’s or Kevin Shattenkirks of the world can be helpful to there teams. None of these guys can actually play defense and there offensive skills are limited. But every year you see these guys on the 5th or 6th pairing somewhere. It just shows you how diluted the NHL game has become.
The sad thing about Shattenkirk is he has his name on the Stanley cup and old Rangers like Gilbert,Park and Ratelle don’t. Go figure.
About 1 month till training camp opens.
LGR
Tony D might get a sniff around training g camp, but I am betting his career continues overseas somewhere. And given the Euro political correct environment, he probably ends up in Russia.
Diluted!
D’Angelovich?
CCCP the Ducks rumor mill seems to have gone very quiet and sure looking a lot more as though Vatrano will be a deadline move rather than a training camp one?
Jb there shouldn’t even be a debate who moves up to the TV box next year and his name starts with a Kenny and ends with an Albert, unless he’s got so much going on away from his NYR gig that he doesn’t want the commitment – or unless Dolan in his infinitely wisdom gets involved somehow.
Kenny’sOkay,ButJustAnotherShill.
ONLYThisSiteRefusesToSpaceMyWords.AnyAdvice?
Sorry coos, I have no solutions. Space just may be the final frontier.
coos it must be the Annoy.Coos.Plugin that CCCP installed 😉
try logging out of wordpress, clear browser cache and then log back in
TonyD supposedly Gave Recent Interview Saying That He Hollered At Georgie In The Tunnel,’Make A Save Once In AWhile.’He Sez Georgie Head-Butted im,Causing Small Wound,Where upon Tony Sez that He’Tapped’Georgie On The Mask With His Stick.Sez He Liked NY But Knew Right Then That He Was Gone.
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AllSoundsTrue,ExceptPerhapsThe’Tap’Part.
Coos – are you using a 1/phone 2/tablet 3/desktop? Apple/Android/Mac/Windoze? Chrome? Safari? Edge? Firefox?
IStandWithCooscoosInSolidarity,FreedomForTheKerningDisadvantaged
YankeesHat?
Desktop/AppleM1,14.6.1Firefox
Coos Rempe said he’s signing your swag with no spaces 🤣
KEARNING!
I’llKickHisAssFor$25.00.MustPovideOvernightHotelandBreakfast.
This is tech support. We recommend you reboot. And install a more recent Firefox, perhaps this Firefox 128.0esr? You appear to be the only one having this problem. When you type your comments into the box do the spaces show up?
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/128.0esr/mac/en-US/
Also, why is everything you type coming out caps every word?
UpToDateFirefox,129.0.1-I’mDoingTheCapSpaceForEasierReading.NoSpacesWhenIType.Reboot?DoYouMeanRe-start?
lololilolololololol funny!!!
Can Kreider help interpret? I hear he’s proficient in coos
Tryingagain,nogo.
Rempe is out for the season………………… as a result of carpal tunnel from signing 10,000 autographs.
The only way that I’d care that about D’anger, is if Zito signs him for the Panthers. Everything he does turns to gold.
Oilers making a lot of moves to make room for at least one of the offer sheet signings. I’m guessing it’s Broberg, since they just shipped out Cody Ceci. Which sucks because I would’ve loved to have seen the Blues poach him.
Hello,Ziti?ThisIsFagioli.AlfredoThere?
I see the hockey writers are so bored they are writing about potential trades for digruntled players without any substance…. so far this week its Patrick Laine (for a 1st and Kakko with the BJ’s retaining 50% ) the other was Oliver Bjorkstrand (Kakko, Chytil and a 1st)….roll on September when there are training camps to report on
The same sports “writers” who said it would cost edm a 1st Rd pick to move Cici
Guys got to make a living. At least they ran out of Trouba stories.
Coos did you check that Reddit thread? They suggested you re-start your iSteve in safe mode and try again. It is not happening to me (or anyone else) and I also use Firefox but on windoze.
I post exclusively from my android.
Rangers better hope Riley Smith finds the fountain of youth before the puck drops in Oct.
rebootedToNoAvail.
Beez-IGoogledISTEVEbutItCameUpAsAnAutobiographyOfStoneColdSteveAusti
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Coos the only other suggestions I have are 1/ Try with Chrome or Safari and/or 2/ Go to Apple store for support. You might also want to check keyboard settings and disable any auto-complete or similar features.
But I am not part of the iCult so really can’t offer you much more beyond those. Good luck!
ThanxSincerely
coos I am unable to like a post with Firefox. I have to use Chrome. So there’s that.
Did any college UFAs sign with any teams?
Trying Chrome, Seems to work.
as I was saying, classic Gorton
Coos I submitted a bugreport to the Firefox developers, will advise if anything comes of it, otherwise suggest you continue with Chrome for the blog and continue Firefox for the rest of your needs.
well,at least Rangers did not overpay for him. About 5 years ago I thought he might be a player. Wonder what happened to him. Oh well. Not our problem. LGR
It’s crazy that the Blue Jackets had to include a second rounder to trade a guy who was known to want out. It’s not like they were anywhere close to the salary cap.
Laine has been a malcontent in two places now. Does he speak French?
Finnish is very similar, they both start with “F”
columbus trading a 2nd is like some teams trading a 1st just a couple of spots back
JD loves Gorton for whatever reason
Coos – I’m working with the firefox people on your issue – can you clarify/confirm: when you type into the comment box while using Firefox you have no spaces between words. Because of that, you have been making each word capitalized intentionally.
are they doing any preseason touneys with rookies?
The #Oilers have announced they will not match contract offer sheets presented by St. Louis to Dylan Holloway & Philip Broberg.
Beez-WhileI’mWriting.
Walter’s hot Dog Stand turns 105! Told my daughter in London that this is our idea of historic places. 🙂
Coos, mail. Everyone else, probably spam.
Oh no.. turmoil in cheesesteak land!
All the creeps and thugs from throughout Flyer history and they jump all over THIS guy?
Think the Filth thing revolves around a faked injury
Roenick: ‘Moral Turpentine’
another contract (Beniers) that points to Lafrenière getting between 8 and 10.
Lafrenier is the contract I would be looking to get done right now, not Shesterkin. Let Shesterkin test the market, can’t imagine anyone giving him 13 mill, and if they do, let him go. We’ve already done the goalie taking up to much of the cap thing. It doesn’t work.
I’ve seen Beniers play, so I kind of get it, but on paper that guy’s got the same numbers as NYR former future HOFers Pete Prucha and Mike York
Beezle-your better than my work IT Help desk and I don’t think you’re in India.
i think in next couple of years more than trouba will be leaving for cap reasons. thinking kreider the year after trouba and possibly miller as well
although lindgren is also likely to walk as ufa
If someone wants to pay Miller a crazy amount of money,OK . Same with the goalie. Over the last 20 years has the highest paid player guaranteed a deep playoff run or let alone a Cup? Connor McDavid and Austen Matthew’s are two very good and very well paid players with the same amount of rings.
As Ranger fans we have seen throwing money at the wrong players gets you nowhere. It looks like we will go through another season of pretty good hockey only to come up short in the playoffs’. I do not see This team doing anything except disappointing us. I could be wrong,but I do not thinks so.
ORF – thanks, though I do enjoy a good beef korma or lamb vindaloo 😁
my firm belief is as an organization you don’t give away negotiating leverage. give Laffy a fair contract for where he is at careerwise. If another team wants to offer sheet him with a big contract, match it or take the picks. The league is just hurting itself long term with these early mega-awards.
I couldn’t agree more. Bettman and ownership shutdown the league multiple times to establish the rules and give them leverage over players early in their careers. Owners than unilaterally ignore the rules and give players above market contracts which then establish the basis for future negotiations and arbitration. The net effect is every teams is pushed against the cap and no one can hold on to.players to build a great team.
Beezle, what do you consider a fair contract? BTW, what these teams are doing handing out the big contracts when the players are young, is smart. Pay for the prime years. Pay them for what they are going to do, not for what they already did.
ORF
That is exactly what Buttman wants.
UTB – a reasonable bump to 4M, maybe 4.5. Have to disagree on paying for ‘prime years’ when so many of these contracts are being given to guys (kids?) 19-23 on expectation that one good season, or even an upward trend, becomes 8 years of “elite” play. Seattle now on hook for 7.1M cap hit for a 21/22 yr old who scored 15 in 77 games last season for the next 7. Hope it works out for them.
To me the prime years are the 26-32 period, which is when most would become UFAs. Obviously the Crosby/McDavid type exceptions. Certainly the evaluation should be a lot clearer age 24/25, the last RFA contract, at which time a team should consider if effectively buying out those last two seasons to lock-in 4 to 6 on the UFA side is the right move for the team, and not just narrowly at the one position in question.
And as previously, if some does come in with a big offer, OK then you decide if you really want to pony up the coin but why force your own hand early?
respectfully Beezle, that’s a bad way to do business. Developing a player for another team to benefit, is not a strategy I can get on board with. For every Chris Kreider contract, there are 10 Mika Zibanejad contracts. Pay for their prime years. You may have to buy a year or two early to do it, but you get the payoff long term.
10:19. – Malcolm X?
Roenick just heard some politicians want to eliminate ICE, and opined: “Where we gonna skate?”
I don’t think its developing a player for another team to benefit. You have leverage until they are a UFA, use it. If the kid really is a star and someone puts up an offer sheet then you can match it, otherwise wait until the last RFA contract to decide if they are worth extending for big money. If you give a 24 or 25yr old a six or even eight year extension, you’ll still be working in their prime years, certainly until age 30. Just don’t do a Mika NMC for the entire term. I generally am not in favor of big money and term for the 28-30 yr old contingent as the back end is too problematic.
It seems like owners want to pay them more in hopes that it makes them a player worth what they are paying them rather than the other way around. Paying Eichel what Edmonton paid McDavid didn’t make him as good a player. The cap was supposed to stop owners from doing stupid things, but they keep on doing them.
I didn’t think the Oilers wouldn’t match. I guess and 2nd and a 3rd is a good as they thought they could do.
I assume the owners are largely clueless and it’s not the GMs money so what do they care + being a good businessman never seemed a prereq for that job.
Sather in Edmonton: “If I had NY’s money to work with, I’d win every year.” LOL.
Back when, the Yankees payroll was well under 1 mil per year TOTAL and the owners said they were minimally profitable. The lying hasn’t stopped and one day it will all come out.
ORF, Edmonton also got a 5th round D prospect and a 3rd round pick in 2028. Bowman said he wouldn’t match if St. Louis sent him that.
Also, anyone that doesn’t think another team would pay 13 million a year for Shesterkin doesn’t remember the almost-cautionary tale of Sergei Bobrovsky, a goalie who got 10 million clams for 8 years back in 2019. That was 5 years ago. 13 won’t deter any team now, that has the money and needs a goalie, from trying to sign a more recent Vezina trophy winner who is considered the best or second best goalie in the entire league at the moment. Bob wasn’t even near that precipice when the Panthers signed him for the following 8 seasons.
And, even though it took him 5 seasons, Bobrovsky eventually lifted the cup so the usual excuse for not signing Igor for that much doesn’t work as well as it used to.
EV I don’t think anyone would be off the wall shocked if Igor got 13 as a UFA somewhere else. End of day more cups are won by goalies who are not the highest paid in the league.
Let me ask you and anyone else who feels like responding:
What % of the cap should go to each line, defensive pairing, goal and spare parts? A range is fine but try to make the mid point total 100%.
McGroarty will light up the Rangers. I hate the pens!
Drury just traded a calzone for a cannoli. We want the cup!
here’s my numbers:
Forwards
1st line 20%, 2nd line 15%, 3rd Line 12% 4th line 6% Total 53%
D:
1st pair 15%, 2nd Pair 12%, 3rd Pair 5% Total 32%
Goalie 11%
Spares 4% (Only 2)
I think that adds to 100%
ORF – very similar to yours but a little less for goalies and spares, a little more for top two and 3rd pair
line 1: 22% line 2: 17% line 3: 12% line 4: 5% total: 56% ($49.3M)
pair 1: 15% pair 2: 11% pair 3: 6%: total 32% ($28.2M)
goalies: 10% ($8.8M)
spares: 2% ($1.8M)
(dollar figures rounded, cap is $88M)
Clearly having some skilled kids with early contracts can give more flexibility which is why its important to still have a pipeline coming up.
Anyone up for joining my hockey fantasy keepers league? I might have one spot opening up…
It’s only $250 to get in—cheap for the amount of trash talk and epic ballbusting that comes with it! You’ll have a blast, and who knows, you might even win… or at least not come in last!
It’s scary how close the numbers are. No rocket science involved. I went a little heavier on goal to give them a chance on signing Igor. It probably give them $8.5 for him. We should compare our numbers to where they actually are. Another thing to look would be how many dollars per minute of ice time they are spending.
i think the numbers depend on what players are actually on your team.
Are you going to pay the same percentage of the cap for San Jose’s first line as you would for ours?
Speaking of San Jose. They just traded a possible first pick overall for a goaltender that hasn’t even played a second in the NHL. Smh
new song out: ‘Do You know ‘Oy Vey to San Jose?’
SJ did not trade their own first rounder. I believe it’s Colorado’s.
it’s Vegas first rounder.
this is the kid who said he wouldn’t report if he didn’t make the team out of training camp, right?
Still crazy. Established goalies don’t usually get back a first. Markstrom is the only one that got one back that I can remember.
i just checked and was surprised to find that he’s actually played in 3 NHL games. 2 games this past season and 1 the season prior. Still shouldn’t command a first. Drury probably would’ve done the same thing in the same situation though. That’s likely a reason not to.
EV – theoretical exercise for sure but it does illustrate perhaps more starkly the choices that must be made when one line/pair is a big ticket item. Call it ‘in an ideal world’
Will kick ass of Remp for$25. Transportation, dinner, over-night accommodations extra.
could not disagree more. If you are SJ, you just acquired a goalie you control, and fits the age group of your rebuild. It cost a first thats wasn’t yours, and a prospect who wasn’t yours. Big picture thinking by Grier.
Was Carp paid by the NYTimes to never again associate with us over here? Just axing.
coos
Is it possible that he never liked any of us in the first place?
Eli. – I HOPE smiley face applies. 🙂
coos
😊
So, nobody wants to join my league? I guess most of you are too busy napping to remember how to have fun anymore! 🙂
We have fun after you go to bed.
No, HE has fun after he goes to bed. 🙂
are wwe having fun yet?
From back when Pop Music Made Sense –
http://disq.us/t/4qcl0ns
uh, wrong attempt
Is that Pete Alonso’s dad?
Duke now a Fishstick. His 214th NHL Team.
Carp definitely got that right.
AlsoSaidMcDonutsWouldBeARangerForLife-SoH’sOneForTwo.
Half right? Wasn’t he supposed to score a lot of goals while playing for a lot of teams?
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/Zk1c6S6mAwPqWhiK/?mibextid=oFDknk
You score a lot of goals for a lot of teams means that you are in some way beaucoup problematic.
Whoever stole all that stuff from Pitino’s office at St. John’s stole stuff that was already stolen.
Hey nnow you’ve got Jagr, Recchi, and the Duke
Someone is bored
“Duke now a Fishstick…”
TSN’s Gord Miller had a conniption on TwitterX because Duke had to cut his dreadlocks due to Lamoriello’s rules.
I assume the Duke new that before he signed.
knew that
Gnu That.
Nude Tat
Flyer-Rangers prospect games 9/13-14/2024
https://www.pplcenter.com/events/detail/new-york-rangers-vs-philadelphia-flyers-rookie-series
Flyer ranger prospects 9/13 &14. I posted a link.
“Anthony Duclair is on his ninth team in 11 years”
That has to be some kind of pro sports record. I assume he just lives out of a couple of suitcases in a hotel.
wasn’t he also a 3rd round pick with first round talent. Problem from young age.
TL;DR: #14
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/ranking-every-nhl-teams-2024-25-prospect-pool-from-1-32
NHL teams DREAD to LOCK Duke into a long-term contract.
LOL to NFL players whose hair covers their name. Great marketing.
Johnny Unitas – now there was a haircut you could set your watch to
Rangers drafted the Duke, Buch and Jeff Tambellini in the 3rd round one year. Not bad.
Going up in the 50’s and 60’s we all had the Unitas look.
I bring all the important hockey news!
Eli – back in the day when fathers would tell the barber to buzz-cut their kids to prolong time between haircuts.
That’s the best hockey news we have for a while unless we get some footage of Rempe stepping out if a pool.
Its dead, Jim
There are unconfirmed reports that Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and a family member have passed away as a result of a bicycle accident with a car, possibly a drunk driver, in South Jersey.
Looks like it could be Johnny and his twin brother.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets/2024/08/30/columbus-blue-jackets-johnny-gaudreau-dead-bike-accident-crashnew-jersey-calgary-flamesnhl/75009208007/
horrible news. their sister was getting married and he has 2 young kids.
reminds me of a guy i used to play hoops with that also lost his life while biking
https://www.aol.com/columbus-blue-jackets-forward-johnny-115717063.html
played with kreider 1 year at boston college
What horrible news. A terrible way to break the news doldrums.
Saddest story in a while. Oh my gosh.
horrible
driving aggressively while drunk is a special kind of evil. Trying to pass on the right of a rural road. Total dirtbag.
Unimaginable tragedy. Everything about this is hard to believe and impossible to process. The Gaudreau family wrecked by an asshat driving while impaired. What a sad day.
Terrible news. Just for the record my comment yesterday was a Star Trek joke directed at a day of no posts on the blog.
Sad, sad news…but as of now, SUSPECTED drunk driver, definite reckless driver.
I had a frightening situation similar to this on Saturday on rt 100. Eventhough there is a bike lane, an out of stater decided it would be “safer” to pass a couple bikes by going completely in the northbound lane (my side) at most a 1/10 mile head of me. I was quite prepared to ditch in the field after going as far in the bike/shoulder area as I could. Luckily the as*hat pulled back in to his own lane in time. Mind you, this is a 50 mph road, one travel lane in each direction.
FYI – In Vermont it is legal to pass on double yellow but is at your own risk with all responsibility for anything that happens. Expect the unexpected.
this makes me physically sick. what a nightmare
Terrible, and the day before their sister’s wedding. Can’t imagine what the family is going through.
Tragically sorrowful news. The must be broken hearted.
Did not flee the grizzly scene as most drunks would do. ONLY thing he might have in plus column.
8:30 at night reportedly.
horrible stuff… stick taps for Johnny Hockey and his brother
The latest story says a vehicle moved to the left as it was passing the cyclists and the guy behind it tried to pass the vehicle on the right and struck the cyclists. He admits to 5 or 6 beers. He will be a guest of the state of NJ for a few years.
So Johnny left behind a wife and child, Matthew had a child on the way. The sister is/was supposed to be married this weekend. So many lives destroyed because an asshat couldn’t be patient for 15 seconds.
So if/when convicted, perp faces min 3 1/3 yrs sentence, guideline is 5-10yrs and up to $200K. For multiple counts court can make sentences consecutive. Parole eligible after 85% of sentence.
Interesting story about new Jarvis contract:
Jarvis agrees to new contract with deferred compensation
Alleged drunk driver who killed NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, brother Matthew is US Army major who worked at rehab center: Linkedin- NY POST
I could never understand why people who drive drunk and kill are treated so leniently. First of all they have shown a complete disregard for their fellow humans by getting behind the wheel of a car after drinking. Then an innocent person is killed. I don’t care that ” they didn’t mean to”or “they are sorry”.
They have destroyed a number of lives. 15 to 20 years in prison seems like a slap on the wrist to me,and I know almost no one gets that kind of time.
How heartbreaking for some many people. It really sucks.
jesper fast expected to be out of season. had neck surgery
it’s time for my weekly Lafrenière is getting between 8 and 10 comment. Seth Jarvis is the latest to get a big deal.
UTB you need to make sure you get a little off the top if he does!
you have to wonder if the Rangers are going to be able to fit Shesterkin, Lafrenier, and Miller contracts under the cap next year, without tearing the team apart to do it. There is zero chance they can afford Trouba in 25/26. He’s gone. Regardless of the kind of season Kakko has, he’s gone. But do the cuts run deeper? Do they move Kreider? Lindgren is probably playing his last season as a ranger. Maybe you keep two of the three? Choose 2 of Shesterkin, Lafrenier, and Miller. I know most would keep Lafrenier and Shesterkin, and move on from Miller. I won’t argue that, but I would choose Miller, and Lafrenier.
I hope Drury has been working his spreadsheet to see how much he can pay Igor. If he really is looking for $12+MM it’s time to move on. But that’s next year after they win the Cup.
shesty being in walk year could impact his play this year. and not for the better in my opinion
If we’re going to jettison Shesty, bring in Tony D to kick his azz and humiliate him to send him off with NY memories.
hope Shesty gets signed before season. Don’t want contract weighing on him
Can’t be 12mil though
If Shesty only wants crazy money, let him walk. If Kakko manages to have a great year, they should keep him. Had Miller’s defensive play improved I’d say try to keep but so far it has stagnated so I’d be ok if they tried to sell high and move him. Close eye on Fox too this season as that 9.5M becomes locked in next year.
Drury can not pay 👁gor 12 million.
…ditto, ditto, Beez, Eli.
Igor picked the wrong sport. He could bank double the 12 in baseball, maybe triple it in Hoops. Or in Politics, he could net quadruple.
199 bottles of beer on the wall, 199 bottles of beer…
At end of the day, Igor can’t be both the reason why we could win a SC and the reason why we could not. That pretty much was Hank’s fate, don’t want a repeat.
Who is replacing Foxy?
Jones.
in all seriousness, the Rangers D was already on the small side. If Jones is a full timer (I’m not convinced) like most think is going to happen, they get even smaller. I’m hoping one of, Robertson, Scanlin, or Harpur, beat out jones.
is summer over? Temps feel like Fall.
Eye-gore under 10 or walk
Laffy 8×5 should do it
Kakko has to decide if he wants to make real money in this game 25-25-50 gets him 6×5
Miller is the conundrum; not a fan of his D in front but the league forwards say he is difficult to get play against w reach
Is Trouba’s wife letting him play this season??
or mackey on d instead of jones
SN, a big year from Kakko, and he prices himself out. A mediocre year, and you move on. I think Kakko is gone after this year no matter what. He and Vesey are the most likely in season trade candidates. Especially if Othmann forces the issue. I’d try to get Lafrenière signed now. If he continues his upward trend this season, his price is going to go up substantially.
None of those guys would be an upgrade over Jones
Leon draisdel contract has nothing to do with how the rangers pursue our goalkeeper next contracts. We saw what Henry contracts did for us and we have to learn .Let someone else make him the top paid goalie and see how many Stanley cups that gets them. If he can’t be signed for 10 million.,let him walk.
The DeeJays contract is starting to look better
If only the DJ did.
Hank’s $8.5M contract was 12.3% of cap. His $6.9M contract was 12.1% of cap. According to Puckpedia, carey price (13.2%) is the only goalie to sign a contract that was >12.5% of cap (Bob at 12.3%).
what’s the right # for Igor? assuming $92.5M cap next year the rangers should keep it $10M or under. 11% cap might be doable but Drury will need that money elsewhere on the ice. Hellebuyck’s extension was 9.7% of cap and what’s Igor got that he hasn’t got besides one less Vezina trophy?
Drury is saving up for McDavid
Love for Kakko to break out and have that problem on Drury’s hands on what his actual market value is. To note, unlike every other top picks on struggling franchises; Laffy, Kakko and Flip have gotten zero prime PP time which has both hindered their productions and kept them more affordable.
Dreary playing 3D chess with the Cap implications for roster management.
Look at Draisaitl; has 201 ES goals over 11 seasons; not exactly worth $12M per esp with McJesus setting him up.
Leon’s ES Goals last 3 seasons;
21-22 – 31
22-23 – 20
23-24 – 20
Rumor has the Rangers hiring Marc Stahl as a developmental coach. I must assume we are starting a shuffleboard league.
17 seasons. 1136 reg season games 128 playoff games
pretty dang impressive
Will work with Hartford kids. Glad to have him in the Org
Pete, LOLLOL.
Staal’s NHL competition knew well that if you let him alone, he’ll let you alone. Anger him and you had your only problem. At least, his pacific protegee, Miller, works up the occasional wet loogie.
Staal ….gamer
Staal now signs $150,000 contracts. Always thought he would retire to his parents’ farm in Thunder Bay and find employment there as a $20,000 scarecrow.
Hockey Press exalts a bunch of mediocre players because they are nice to them and they will always answer a question and hand-out sub rosa information.
Where’s Troutwig? Dolan’s secretive coterie could work for Putin.
Eli! We’re getting Welfare Checks. By mail, or Direct Deposit, one wonders.
Welcome back Marc Stall to the New York Rangers family. 17 year and a hell of a lot of games. What would his career had been without injuries. And most importantly, he come from ” a great Family”
LGR
Training camp opens soon?