Rangers News: McDonagh set to sign with Rangers
by b4mv01 on Jul 4, 2010 8:43 AM EDT
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PrintAccording to Larry Brooks in today's New York Post Prospect Ryan McDonagh has decided to leave Wisconsin and join the New York Rangersin their run for 9th place. It is speculated he will sign an ELC worth 875,000 per year but the bonus package is what is being worked out. According to Brooksie that is supposed to conclude swiftly. Here are some quotes from the article...
The Post has been told that McDonagh, who had been undecided between turning pro and returning to Madison for his senior season, was won over by the environment at last week's Rangers' prospect camp during which he mixed with fellow hopefuls and the team's front-office personnel, notably general manager Glen Sather, coach John Tortorella and special assistants Mark Messier and Adam Graves.
It also points out about how young our Defense could be next season with McDonagh in the line up...
Marc Staal and Dan Girardi, the 6-1, 212-pound, left-hand shooting McDonagh would join a defense corps featuring the 23-year-old Staal, 26-year-old Girardi, 20-year-old Michael Del Zotto, 33-year-old Michal Rozsival, 26-year-old Matt Gilroy and 33-year-old Wade Redden.
Now I do not even need to tell you how amazing this will be to have him on next years roster. Reports come out all the time about how he has a "man-body" and is ready to make the next step into the NHL. I for one am a very impatient person and already cannot wait for the puck to drop next season.
Editor Note by Joe Fortunato: There really are no secrets from this point out. We can expect McDonagh to get a nice long look in camp; and from what coaches have said we can expect him to make the team. If McDonagh makes the team it almost assuredly drops Wade Redden out of the picture.
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Good news: McDoughahghgah is on the roster, most likely with the big squad
“Who knows” news: will they really exile Redden?
Bad New: Gives cap space for Sather if he decides to exile Redden. ELLO FROLOV and ZHERDEV!
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by Scratch and Snif on Jul 4, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
this is great news an a lot of fronts because if you read the bottom of the article brooksie says that sather is also looking for an experienced ufa defenceman to be the 6th or 7th. that to me kind of reassures that they are really looking into banishing redden from the team. great news on a great american holiday
I don't know much about McDonagh other than watching him
in the frozen four. But is he gonna make the team in the first year he comes to camp?? i hope he does make it , but what are the chances his game is advanced to the point he is on the rangers and not the wolf pack next year??
All reports indicate that it’s at least been suggested to him that if he turns pro and signs, the spot is his to lose in camp. So you’d have to call the chances of being in NY “better than 50%”
REALLY
That is nice to hear that is great news , or really bad mabey its an indication of how top heavy our d is IDK
yeah
DB is being modest though, unless McDonagh really reallly dissapoints, he will have a spot on this team
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy 4th of July
I know last year, I was reading your news in Iraq. Thank you guys for giving me something to read and not lose my mind while being deployed. This is great news about McDonagh joining the squad. I really can’t wait to see them all play at Traverse City. This is the fist step in the right direction finally!
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
you and I tend to agree on the important issues
lol
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy 4th!
Excellent – couldn’t be happier – another step in the right direction with our prospects. The kids are gonna be alright!
Happy 4th everyone!
and great news on McDonagh.
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by Nick Montemagno on Jul 4, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions
Happy Fourth!
This is tremendous I am really pumped about this, and here’s to hoping that Grachev makes the team and has a helluva impact!
This is great news for the organization and us fans. Seems we read the signs coming out of camp correctly and I do expect him to either make the team or be one of the last cuts in camp. Even if he gets cut during camp I do think he will be here at some point this season. What I will disagree with Joe on is assuming it means Redden is the potential casualty from the roster. We would all love to think that but I wouldnt bet on it just yet. Let’s remember how dissatisfied Torts was with Gilroy during the year between being demoted and then benched for Anders down the stretch. Also with Sather he could use this as leverage and/or an excuse to not bring back Girardi.
Happy 4th.
If McDonagh makes the team it almost assuredly drops Wade Redden out of the picture.
Yeah, I don’t know about that.
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Happy 4th of July fellas.
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I will respond to the Redden thing to you although Leetchie this goes for you too
From what I have heard it would appear that Redden is the odd man out. For as rought of a stretch that Gilroy had last year leetchie, I think that Torts was giving Redden a final opportunity to prove himself.
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
that might be, but as i have said with these big contracts. i will believe he gets dumped when he is actually dumped. no more false hope w sather. ;-)
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
personally i would dump redden, deal gilroy and sign Colaiacovo for 2-3 years.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Colaiacovo’s about to re-sign. Thought I read that yesterday in the twitterverse.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
oh i saw they were talking about a 2 yr but it wasnt done?
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. I like your plan just as well with Grebeshkov of course.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
i like grebeshkov but doesnt he have a groin injury history at this point?
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If the 14 games he missed at the end of the season constitute a “history.”
http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=3141&hubname=nhl
He does have a bit of a injury history, but nothing consistent.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
thought one of his 09 stints was also “groin related”
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like ankle and MCL.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
what do you think of marc-andre bergeron?
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s a 3rd pairing, PP guy. Not terrible exciting. Given the kids are going to need those 3rd pair spots (at least to start), I’m not really a fan for this team.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Rangers on front page of ESPN NHL...
I don’t have access to insider but there is something in the Rumor Central and I don’t think that ESPN NHL would use their front page on the rangers, let alone a rumor, if they didn’t think it was mildly serious. So, if anyone has ESPN insider, wanna check it out?
I don’t think that ESPN NHL would use their front page on the rangers, let alone a rumor, if they didn’t think it was mildly serious.
Actually…like most of ESPN’s hockey coverage, it’s not that serious. Their rumor central mostly just links to other peoples articles that are actually starting rumors.
In this case, it’s that Brooks speculated the Rangers could still trade for a #1 center, with Brad Richards being the alleged target, but not until the season starts and probably not until the deadline.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I would love richards
he has one year left, i just hope when doing an extension he understands that an 8 million dollar cap hit is crippling to a team when trying to build a contender. Also mikko from minny has one year left, he is really turning into a first line player, although the minny fans think he will sign an extension i wonder if gabby has any pull with him and can get him to the big apple?
Koivu’s a much, much, much better option that Richards for next year.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
totally agree. said last night to db that i’ll overpay koivu next summer.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
o did you bring that up already
did’t see it i was in the minn forum talkin about him coming to new york a few days ago and they were not happy
Are you talking to yourself?
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
he just replies in the wrong spot. though he did talk to himself on filatov the other day with the grachev for filatov thing and then say hell no. lol.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
sorry i will work on that but when i click reply to a comment, sometimes it puts it right under, and sometimes it puts it way down the list so it looks like totally random dribble
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by giantsNYrangers on Jul 4, 2010 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Please let the Rangers send Redden down and let Mcd make the team.
We should have a very young D………..let them take they’re lumps and grow together already!!!
by giantsNYrangers on Jul 4, 2010 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
Just saw this in Brook's Slapshots...
“It is a fact, however, that Edmonton actually offered Boogaard - who is going to Russia this summer to train with Pavel Datsyuk -$7 million over four years.”
Damn the Oilers…it’s their fault (and obviously Sather’s dumbass) Boogaard’s contract was so frickin high
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theres no denying their involvement certainly drove the price higher than it should have been.
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Based on what?
Maybe that is the actual worth of perhaps the game’s most feared fighter. There are no reports of the Rangers making more than one offer or of them even being aware of the Oilers’ offer, though there are obvious similarities. The bottom line is, how can Oilers force Sather to “overbid” for Boogaard when the Rangers are outbid by them? They made that offer with the hopes of signing him at that price, not for Boogaard to sign here or anywhere else on a lesser deal.
Edmonton reps said they were involved in talks w/ Boogard until the money got “silly.” That means there was a bidding war going back and forth because thats how Free Agency works 98% of the time. And if you think Boogard is worth that amount of money just because hes a top fighter youre insane or you dont know much about him. In the games that he does play, and isnt a healthy scratch, he doesnt provide much at all.
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huh?
What does that mean
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes. TSN reported Edm offered 4 years, but pulled out when the money got silly and now Brooks pulls this gem out of nowhere. The above paragraphs in the story are Sather quotes, so…until I see something that says it wasn’t Sather giving that figure, I’m calling BullShit.
by NTB on Jul 4, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You can guarantee Edmonton was in on it…they turned around and threw money at Steve MacIntyre. Of course, they gave SteveMac 500k, so I’m not sure they were out there throwing 1.75m for an all fight and no game guy.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yea, i heard what NTB on the TSN broadcast when they said they were out “when the money got silly”
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Who’s to say what “silly” means? It could just as easily mean “exceeding our best offer of 7 mil over 4 years,” and with the money so close, Boogaard just preferred NY
Yep, one’s a bigger number than the other.
I’ll reiterate my point, though. The Oilers could have over 7 mil over 4 years. The Rangers offered a similar deal, 6.5 over 4. Yes, one number is bigger. But, over 4 years, if you think about it, one number is really not that much bigger. Therefore to the player, the difference in money is not enough to have him live in Western Canada over New York City for the term of the contract.
Because Boogaard was satisfied with the Ranger deal, and the Oilers would have needed to exceed their marginally better offer to sway him back to Edmonton, the money became “silly.”
the cost of living is also much higher
in New York.
But if Brooks reported that the Oilers bid that, I’ll believe him. People don’t like Brooks but he is spot on with his sources, he breaks basically every Rangers story
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
+1, i agree with you 100%.
Gotta be pretty sure the sources aren’t torts and sather, who he talks shit about in every article, but whoever they are they are very good sources
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Jul 4, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Happiness is..
having not one but TWO hard-hitting young defensemen to plug into your lineup, meaning it won’t all be on Staal to take on the Ovechkins and Malkins of the league.
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I think he meant eventually, since one of the two is McIlrath who’s a near lock not to be on the team this year.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m having trouble running the actual matchups from that year, but as a rookie, Staal was 5th of 8 defenseman in QualComp (as opposed to the 1st he’s been the last two years).
If he got those matchups, I’m doubting it was right out of the gate.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
and who is to say that mdonagh is gonna be as good as staal?
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Jul 4, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s nothing that says either Mc will be on that level.
But their ceiling is Staal’s level, so I see no harm in making a comparison now, especially when we’re talking about their futures as it is.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
NHLSourcesSay Rangers still trying to sign Guerin…his 1st choice is the Pens… Guerin waiting on Pitt.
Youth movement apparently means relative to Sather’s age.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
and with sather’s age i think he forgets if he bring the same team back they are all a year older anyway ;-)
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe the theory is i drop 1 33 yr old D for a 21 yr old and it’s ok to balance that with a soon to be 40 yr old Wing?
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
A RW mind you….on a team with Gaborik, MZA (probably), and Callahan already.
Sense – this doesn’t make any.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed. im not sure whether to buy the hobbit as a lock to start the year up here. unless we do drop redden his salary hit alone is problematic.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
how much is MZA’s contract worth?
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yeah that could be problematic indeed.
For how many years did he sign?
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2. it’s a 2 year EL deal but the bonuses are what make the cap hit 1.75
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
well he’s more woth the money than boogey… I think MZA will be a great player for us. I’ve seen him play in a few games in SEL and he looks really good.
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if he comes up i would like to see them play him with some bigger forwards. maybe dubi-aa-mza and lets aves-dru-cally play together.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
But who do you wanna have alongside Gabby and prospal?
(maybe Sather will solve that one with signing Kovy. lol)
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As of right now, you have Prospal-EC-Gaborik with the proposed lines.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
man i think i’ve had to many beers in the sun… i totally forgot about EC.
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well now we know ur excuse…got one for torts and sather? ;-)
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea but if i had to guess it would be that they’re probebly sitting in a lounge somewhere and tasting each others cigars.
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as good a theory as any of the other’s
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
last year of his deal is this coming year. FA 2011
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
no reason for dallas to deal him without getting a huge ransom payment. they are trying to unload ribeiro instead.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
and cut salary… no? I don’t think they’ll take a bad contract in return – although possibly Rozi and the deadline, because his salary is lower than his cap.
i see them moving mike to cut salary. they will probably deal richards at the deadline if they are out of it, but i would guess for picks/prospects/young players; no salaries.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
and actually they are only at 43.9 mil in salary for next year right now. the cap floor is 43.4, so they cant cut salary now anyway.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
They haven’t re-signed Grossman, NIskanen or Neal yet though
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
right which is why i said now. lol. Neal is the only one of those i see making any decent money. probably total they dont make more than 5 vs the cap.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I read that they’re looking to trade Gagne as well… Is it possible they’re trying to nab Kovy?
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Wrong Richards. We’re talking about Brad, not Mike. Thus Dallas, not Philly.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong team. mike ribeiro and brad richards for dallas. not philly. the flyers are talking about moving gagne probably to get a real goalie for once.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Smurf’s boy is speculating that gagne is about going after bobby ryan, which might be good for philly short term but would really box them in signing both carter and girouix next year.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
My boy?
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
yea, you and he who shall remain nameless. lol. we know your tight, no need to be ashamed, well yes there is ;-).
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I ask because I don’t remember reading anything like that, thus I thought maybe it was someone else.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
yea someone texted me that he was talking about it yesterday along w us being covertly in on kovy. i just laughed. the fuzz is always amusing.
by Michael Gleich on Jul 4, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahh…yeah I missed that one.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I still doubt that the Islanders are in on Kovy
mirtle I bet this whole thing drags out for a while. RT @helenenothelen Kovalchuk says no to Kings. Lombardi: “We took our best shot…”
But this is interesting.
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Another gem from Kovalchuk
ryanclassic “I want to go to a team that is willing to spend the money to win a championship.”
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s probably going to the KHL if all he cares about is money… The Kings are very close to making a formidable run for a few years, he may have put them over the top. I bet they offered him 8.5m… that’s more than Gaborik money, he should have been all over that.
well if he is all about the money
then the 100 million dollar deal that the Islanders threw out there should be enough for him.
I have a feeling that it was more about him wanting to squeeze out the Kings for some more. I think he’ll find an NHL home, who knows where.
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't count out the Isles,
Three reasons:
a) They’ve got a shit-ton of cap room
b) Kovalchuk’s presence should be a big boost to keeping Kabanov over here.
c) Kovy’s just the type of player to help Wang make his push for a stadium.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
a and c make sense, but im pretty sure kabanov is definitely staying here, no one in Russia wants him to come back, and he has made many references to hating russia and even ripping up his passport. Also he promised NY fans he would never leave for Russia
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Jul 4, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
He wants 8 figures to not put in 8 figures worth of work. Most, if not just about all of the elite forwards in the league backcheck, Kovalchuk does not. Until he realizes that you have to play two-way hockey in North America, I don’t think he’s worth more than Gaborik money, and that’s stretching it.
Malkin: 8.7M cap hit…
Crosby: 8.7M cap hit…
E. Staal: 8.25M cap hit…
Ovechkin: 9.538M cap hit…
Gaborik: 7.5M cap hit…
There are more high-paid players, but they’re paid so because they bring a lot more to the table than simply scoring goals. If he wants to be paid as much as they are, he can go to the KHL.
who would people rather, E Staal or Kovy at the same price?
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Jul 4, 2010 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Staal.
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by George E. Ays on Jul 4, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Staal
a proven player with playoff experience and a cup compared to a whiny Russian with all of what 9 games playoff experience and one win in those 9? Easily agitated by the games best agitators, Carcillo and Avery in both of those series…im most certainly taking Eric lol
wow interesting dont often think of staal as a top 5 to top 10 caliber player, gotta get him out of Carolina and into a decent market on a good team
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Jul 5, 2010 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
i figured Kovy would have taken the Kings offer (whatever that was) and try to win a playoff game…i mean championship lol
he's already won a playoff game
never a series though lol
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by Joe Fortunato on Jul 4, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
He should go to Washington.
They can afford him, and they would be sick with him.
Only thing is he would have to take a short term deal and less than he could make from NYI
no they can't...
they only have 14 players listed on their roster and 14 million in cap space…if they trade semin this year and sign kovy to a two year deal, in time for mike green to get ready to sign another rfa contract, then they could possibly do it
i was even thinking one year ala Hossa, but two could potentially work. And i think if they give him 8 on one or two year deal they could fill out their roster even with semin, but they could certainly trade him too if they wanted to
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Sat 05/12 | W 2 - 1 |
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