Rangers Analysis: Taking A Look at the Cap Situation

It just seems so long too. I think 2 years are plenty for Girardi. I don’t see him becoming a superstar, where we needed to buy his extra years of free agency. More likely, i see him regressing, getting passed over by our prospects coming up on D, and being a 3.25 mil benchwarmer.

I’ll probably get murdered for this, but if Rosi was making $2.5, no one would complain about him nearly as much. I just think that Girardi is going to have to do ALOT to not have me groan about how he’s overpaid everytime he makes a mistake.

Boogaard was making more than 1m at Minny too.

Girardi and Letang have put up very similar stats. Why wouldn’t they be paid in the same scope? [And Girardi is still paid less than Letang]

I dont know if you can compare Byers and Boogs. Byers can play hockey, Boogs can’t. On the other hand, Boogs can scare/beat the shit outta people, Byers doesnt come close to that level. Toughness is something we lacked last year and I am willing to at least gives the boogey man a shot to prove himself. Knocking out someone on the flyers for hitting gabby or spraying hank would be worth it to me (as long as a couple of extra dumb penalities didnt come along with it).

As for girardi i simply disagree and he is going to be a top-4 dman on this team for the entirety of that contract. Since we’re paying 6.5 mil for a 6th dman and 5 mil for a 4th dman right now, I am not sure how you can be nitpicking a 3.3 mil contract for someone who will carry 20+ mins.

Why would you expect him to have a huge drop in production? He hasn’t ever shown that in his career.

We paid 2.3 mil for callahan’s 37 pts last yr, was that a waste? They played similar amout of games and top-6 mins and prospal far outproduced him. 40-50pts from prospal this yr would be more than acceptable for me at 2.1 mil. He is a veteran leader and is on a 1 yr deal, i really like that signing.

Dar- im not sure if your being sarcastic but he absolutely has shown that in his career and has had large drop offs in production from yr to yr (but has always come back to produce in later yrs).

let’s let them play some before we judge who makes the third pairing better. gilroy has not played as much defense in his life as mcondagh has and, at the collegiate level, mcdonagh was light years more sound than gilroy.

im not saying dont play gilroy. the point was that a third pairing of eminger and gilroy would be pretty damn bad. if youre willing to suffer through a crappy third pair, why not let McD learn on the big club playing with gilroy and have eminger as the 7th dman. If either of them fails miserable or gets hurt, you have eminger to step in and take the minutes.

+1

1.87 goals scored against NYR when he’s on the ice and 2.43 goals scored against when when he’s off the ice…if im reading the site right

I agree that Gomez and Gabby would have been a really nice legitimate first line, on par with just about any first line in the league. He’s a speedy playmaker, and needs speed and talent around him. Think of him as Thornton with a little more speed, but a little less finishing ability.

from my understanding, they actually would have prefered to keep Gomez for as you said, his need to feed someone the puck, but his contract was the only one that was moveable….had Drury had not receive the NMC I think GOmer would still be a Ranger and Dru might have been the one to go to be traded

oh well….

they just wanted Callahan and Dubinksy.

Gomez was gone either way, and in the end McD is going to be one of the (many) bright spots on this New York Rangers blue line

and what you’re missing with MCD is that Wisconsin made him change his game around, depending on whatt they needed. The only things I have heard and seen in his time in the NCAA was a very skilled player.

Check out this article on him.

I particurally love this line:

In chaos, he is their anchor. In rage, he is their bodyguard. In disarray, he is their communicator. In battle, he is their swagger.

"He brings everything," senior center and fellow tri-captain Blake Geoffrion said. "He does it all."

If you’re compiling a list of players indispensable to the cause as the Badgers head into the NCAA tournament, the first cluster includes junior goaltender Scott Gudmandson, Geoffrion and McDonagh.