Rangers Analysis: Trades on the horizon?

Pass on Cogliano. The guy can’t get off the 3rd and 4th lines of Edmonton. But I’m interested to see if Sather tries to make a splash by bringing in another big time forward. Let’s hope Silverhair doesn’t train our kiddie pool.

most of the ranger fans i’ve talked to seem nervous about any trades, and not for a bad reason. we finally have some TREMENDOUS prospects that we don’t want to see moved, so anytime a trade rumor or speculation is brought up, ranger fans are getting a little worried and anxious, but its actually a very good thing and a good sign about the pipeline.

 the bad part is that slats is the GM, and anything is possible. but his trades are as good as his FA signings are bad, so theres probably nothing to worry about even if anything goes down. i’d say kreider and stepan are basically untouchable, and bourque and mcdonagh are prob pretty guarded as well. also, he has been firm in not pulling the trigger with guys like dubi, cally, and staal, so unless a HUGE name is coming back (Mr. Kovalchuk, possibly?), i don’t see any of our broadway gems going anywhere.

i am so tired of giving up future shit to squeak in 7th or 8th just to say they made the playoffs and add some revenue because of the playoff games. Think about last year we gave up a 2nd to Toronto to get Antropov and while he played well and we almost beat Washington, they let him walk (rightly for what he wanted) and we lost a 2nd round pick that could be added to our system and with the result Gord has been getting that’s a lot of value right now. let this team die, keep the youth and the picks sell what you can (prospal, maybe girardi) to get more picks, and move on.

but after reading zip’s blog (and the excerpt here) i’m wondering if we’re looking more at o’sullivan than cogliano (if those edmonton rumors are true). risebrough, apparently our western scout specialist, was the man who originally drafted o’sullivan in minnesota, and i’m thinking maybe its patty o’ we’re looking at rather than cogs. pure speculation, but the dots connect easily.

for those who want to make a trade to salvage this year, might as well go kind of big or go home as far as i am concerned. cally, rozi, sangs/gilroy/girardi, 2nd rounder to florida for horton and mccabe.

not sure if florida would do this, but there are numerous reasons why this is both a buy and sell move for the rangers. horton is a 1st line player who can play center or wing. he is only 24, signed for 3 years after this at dirt cheap for what he produce (4 mil). McCabe has a huge shot and can play nasty, also only has 1 year left on his deal so we save a year in the mccabe rozi swap. Losing cally hurts because i love how he plays, but let’s be honest he is what he is which is a great team guy, energy guy who is topping out at 25G 45pts. Florida gets an upside move in either Gilroy or Sangs or steady girardi (who i think is gone after the year anyway), plus the pick . The reason i do it is we get a young stud, signed cheap for years, upgrade rozi and if we arent a contender this year we can sell prospal and get picks back close to the deadline. Cap wise this is a much better move than a Kovalchuk as well, obviously less offense but half the cost as well.

Sorry, Andrew Cogliano, but you have fully exited the interest of these comments.

how about getting dustin penner and jovonoski and the king needs a backup how about getting marty biron ..