Things remain quiet in Rangerland ten days after the opening the free agent signing period, with the club having used up most of its salary cap space retooling itself dramatically for next season. One of the players who was a…
Browsing Uncategorized™
Comings and Goings — Mostly Goings
A quick post-mortem
Again, thanks to everyone for participating in the live chat. It was certainly popular, although one glaring problem was that not all of your questions got through.
With that in mind, know that we’re trying to figure out a way to avoid that moving forward, or at least to find a way to pick questions more [...]
Live Chat with Sam Weinman
Thanks for joining us for our inaugural Rangers chat, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. Bear in mind this is our first go-round so we ask that you be patient if there are any technical glitches.
Should you not be able to make it live, the archive of the chat will be available immediately afterwards.
Rangers sign defenseman Denisov
Defenseman Vladimir Denisov has represented his native Belarus in several international tournaments, including the 2007 and 2008 World Championships.
New York Range…
Jaromir Jagr: New York Nyet, Siberia Da …
Jagr Didn’t Want a One-Year Deal
Jaromir Jagr is gone, but his story refuses to go away with him. One reason for that is a good reason — with his NHL career at an end, paeans are coming in, as they should, the latest at NHL.com….
First Rangers Report live chat tomorrow at 10:30
So the great meeting of the minds today at Journal News/LoHud.com headquarters has led us to the decision to launch our first live chat tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Tell your dog! Tell your dentist! Tell your dog’s dentist!
Actually, bear in mind that tomorrow’s chat will be something of a dry run, so while I don’t [...]
Rangers-Phoenix poaching continues
Yesterday it was the Rangers announcing they had signed on former Coyotes GM Mike Barnett as a special adviser to Glen Sather. Today I spoke to Frank Effinger, who was a Rangers pro scout until this month, but is now the Head Pro Scout for Phoenix (Frank, as I’ve written about before, also has the [...]
While waiting for the other shoe to drop (or not)
A number of you have contacted me asking when the Rangers’ next major move is, the thinking being there’s no way this is the roster they’re pushing forward with in September.
Well, you’re right in that the odds are decent something else will happen, especially when you consider that there are still some restricted free agents [...]
Where we stand today
If the season were to begin tomorrow, the Rangers are a drastically different team than last season. Over at The Hockey News, I spoke not too long ago about the possibilities going into Free Agency of the Rangers changing their culture and identity.
That clearly happened.
Assuming both Nigel Dawes and Freddie Sjostrom sign (since both are RFA’s) and Dan Fritsche settles at or before arbitration, here is the projected roster:
Centers
Blair Betts
Dan Fritsche
Scott Gomez
Chris Drury
Brandon Dubinsky
Left Wings
Markus Naslund
Petr Prucha
Lauri Korpikoski
Aaron Voros
Nigel Dawes
Right Wings
Nikolai Zherdev
Patrick Rissmiller
Ryan Callahan
Colton Orr
Freddie Sjostrom
Defense
Wade Redden
Michal Rozsival
Dan Girardi
Marc Staal
Dimitri Kalinin
Paul Mara
Tomas Pock
Notice too many players? Well in fact the Rangers will still need to make some moves. Perhaps Aaron Voros gets sent down to Hartford, but I would think that the likes of Betts and Hollweg are probably going to be shown the door.
Who could they fetch for them? If they are able to move them for non-roster players then there still remains some free agents worth considering. Ladislav Nagy, unless I am missing something, is still unsigned and may be worth a shot as a second line winger. A less expensive option could be a player such as Mike York, who could play wing or center. If not via free agency, you have to think some teams are going to be willing to move players.
Tampa Bay seems to be over-stacked a bit. Could Jason Ward make a comeback on Broadway? I wouldn’t mind that. Unless of course the Rangers could package for Martin St. Louis. Hollweg and Betts make a combined $1.2 million. Sweeten the deal with a Dawes or Prucha and you could free up another $1.5 miillion plus, making the deal swapping $5.2 in St. Louis for $2.7. Add a higher round pick and it could be interesting.
Other teams needing forwards include Chicago, San Jose, Calgar, and Anaheim. You could potentially swing a couple roster players for one in return.
Nonetheless, the Rangers still have work to do and with limited cap space. What do you forsee?
- - - Buy tickets to any game all season long!
- 12/20 - D - Matt Gilroy Called up from minors, from Hartford-AHL
- 12/20 - D - Matt Gilroy Called up from minors, from Hartford-AHL
- 12/19 - D - Bobby Sanguinetti Sent to minors, Hartford-AHL
- 12/19 - D - Ilkka Heikkinen Sent to minors, Hartford-AHL
- 12/19 - D - Ilkka Heikkinen Sent to minors, Hartford-AHL
- Lundqvist Stones The Devils
- - - Buy tickets to any game all season long!
- Resilient Rangers continue to be road warriors
- Post-practice interviews
- Serby’s Sunday Q&A with … Brian Boyle
- Rangers’ Prust could face discipline for elbow
- Rangers shut down Devils’ power play
- Rangers seize control of Devils series with Lundqvist masterpiece
- Crushed Ice: Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh chip in offensively; John Tortorella encouraged by third-period confidence
- Analysts wrong to credit Capitals style for playoff run
Latest In Transactions
- - Buy tickets to any game all season long!
12/20 - D - Matt Gilroy Called up from minors, from Hartford-AHL
My WP Themes
Archives
-
- May 2012 (426)
- April 2012 (531)
- March 2012 (409)
- February 2012 (431)
- January 2012 (514)
- December 2011 (430)
- November 2011 (371)
- October 2011 (480)
- September 2011 (353)
- August 2011 (144)
- July 2011 (253)
- June 2011 (304)
- May 2011 (269)
- April 2011 (630)
- March 2011 (472)
- February 2011 (452)
- January 2011 (485)
- December 2010 (415)
- November 2010 (367)
- October 2010 (385)
- September 2010 (277)
- August 2010 (85)
- July 2010 (210)
- June 2010 (168)
- May 2010 (104)
- April 2010 (217)
- March 2010 (334)
- February 2010 (272)
- January 2010 (321)
- December 2009 (308)
- November 2009 (272)
- October 2009 (335)
- September 2009 (260)
- August 2009 (165)
- July 2009 (237)
- June 2009 (224)
- May 2009 (148)
- April 2009 (514)
- March 2009 (403)
- February 2009 (444)
- January 2009 (382)
- December 2008 (377)
- November 2008 (392)
- October 2008 (516)
- September 2008 (281)
- August 2008 (87)
- July 2008 (229)
- June 2008 (67)
- May 2008 (41)
- April 2008 (99)
- March 2008 (92)
- February 2008 (25)
- January 2008 (3)
- January 1970 (145)
Recent Feedbacks
- dvandebo in Message Board Now In iamaranger.com



COOL!