Reports: Rangers Trade Michal Rozsival to Coyotes for Wojtek Wolski

The Rangers confirmed the deal with a press release.

Love the deal. Wolski has been streaky, but has a huge upside & is only 25! Hopefully, he can find his scoring touch. Looking forward to seeing Valentenko up soon.

something else has to be brewing to get another dman. hopefully wolski and gaborik click

Rozisval was playing some solid hockey, provided a nice veteran presence on a team currently riddled with injury. A lot of cap hit from Wolski as well…a guy who appears inconsistent since arriving in Phoenix.

On paper…a good patch for the absence of offense, make the roster younger.

I suppose this means Del Zotto is getting ready to return…?

My favorite moment involving you was January 11, 2011 when you were traded to Coyotes for Wojtek Wolski, I’ll never forget it

I’m so happy I could cry

So many people to thank, the academy, Mom and Dad, God, my children, my wife, oh its just so indescribably beautiful!

How sather pulled this off no one will ever know.

Sather is really not doing that bad of a job as GM anymore.

Nah…I ain’t believing this. C’mon Jim I ain’t falling for this shit you gotta do better.

where the hell did this come from?

sather strikes again. great deal for many reasons. the penguins were high on wolski, and the ability to keep him from pittsburg is great. Thank you Mr. Maloney!!

5 for Howling has nothing up on the trade yet…I’d like to see their reaction

yay sather yay sather
hooray!

Locked up in his humidor. Unbelievable.

From Lebrun on twitter:

Sather on conference call says the cap space he gained with this deal allows him to look at other moves before Feb. 28

Mueller a highly skilled player(unfortuante injury woes as of late). Great move for the Rangers.

Don’t know what to think here – has to be another move in the works. The season just got a bit more interesting though.

Just not sure what to expect from Wolski… anyone have a decent scouting report? I mean, we can’t expect too much, right? Love that he’s so young, and hopefully he clicks here.
I guess it’s not a bad thing to get younger, at least.

Let’s get the powerplay quarterback and solidify that unit. No one left too boo though with Redden in Hartford Connecticut and Rozy out.

Posted the joke post. Hopefully it’s slightly funny!

anyone else just completely shocked?

yes yes yes yes

Are the Rangers fans on Facebook so stupid sometimes?

Hard to believe, but i’m actually applauding Sather on this. Getting rid of Rosival is just pure win. Yes, he played “better” this year. But you simply don’t want to be spending $5M of cap space on a 3/4 defenseman. I dont care if Wolski never lives up to his potential – worse comes to worse you ship him our for a pack of pucks to a team that needs to add to its cap (if those still exist). Sather’s dumping of all these old horrible contracts is really giving me a lot less to complain about.

1- Fantastic name… I mean c’mon.

2- Age and potential: 24 years old, has a lot of offense he can bring if he gets his confidence back. 1st round pick in 2004.

3- He has played both center and left wing, seems to have played a lot of LW with the ’Yotes.

4- He is capable of 50 points or more.

5- Did I mention his name?

6- Cap hit compared to Rozi… I for one will miss Rozi, I never got furious or impatient with him… he was paid too much for what he was but he was reliable. He is an RFA after next year, a 3.8 million cap hit… the Rangers really could have done worse.

again Sather good at trades bad at free agency
we sold Rosival at his highest sale value
I remember Wolksi when we played them

hey what do you guys think of Wolski?

Glen Sather: Slow-playing the NHL since 2000.

Like most of Sather’s trades, he keeps it quiet, off the rumor mill, and BAM! – there it is out of the blue….

While there are almost certainly more trades in the discussion stages, or possible even more advanced, this one raises some interesting possibilities…..

1 – The Torts ‘rhetoric’ about building with youth may be more fact than fiction – not smoke and mirrors. They’ve traded the ‘old man’ of the blue-line for a left-wing (where they’re really quite weak). If no further trades are forthcoming, they’re comfortable enough with McDonagh, Sauer and Eminger that they felt they could take the risk, esp with DelZotto and Valentenko and Kundratek available in CT (Torts said: ‘he (McDonagh) can definitely skate in the NHL’ – and that was after a so-so outing against Dallas. He was better vs. St. Louis).

2 – Prospal may or may not come back. Remember – he played left wing or center. Perhaps they felt a need to get someone (with Frolov both MIA and now down for the count) who had the skills to be able to play with Gaborik. WW meets those same needs, probably has higher upside and is almost 10 years younger. If he meshes with the team and possibly Gaborik – you’ve added a decent amount of talent that could become part of that “young core”.

For the life of me I can’t fathom why PHX made this deal. Perhaps they needed to reduce payroll (as others have said, Rozi’s salary is much less than his cap hit) and this does that, while helping keep them above the cap minimum. As far as talent goes…..I just don’t see Rozi being a d-man that will help them through the long haul of the playoffs – if they get that far. In short, I guess I don’t get it – if I were on the other side I doubt that I would have made this trade based on talent and need – but as said above there may be factors that none of us are aware of……

Definitely helps with the scoring potential for the NYR, though – and that’s not a bad thing.

LOVE this deal

i was hoping the rangers would’ve taken wolski over korp (who??) in the 04 draft

sounds like a don maloney-glen sather special relationship deal right there

thanks don!!!!

this trade SUCKS

I see a veteran coming in.

wow Phx really wanted to get rid of him a team that doesn’t score a ton of goals trades one if not the most talented offensive player on the team for a Vet D man…..Hey I will take it.

Gonna assume this is why Rozsival didnt finish practice and not because of his rib injury today

and Mueller is pretty good

just watched some highlights on him
I didnt see one wraparound attempt, so Im game

I know most of you are rejoicing over the unloading of slow, plodding, aging Roszival, he of the bloated contract and all, but this deal is by no means a “slam dunk.”
I really don’t think Wolski is the type of player that will flourish in Tortorella’s system… obviously hope I’m wrong. I just cannot see how this guy can stay motivated. He’ll show flashes of brilliance one shift, then disappoint the next. He also has a tendency to hold onto the puck too long in an attempt to make the perfect play and think that’s eventually going to drive Torts berserk. He is pretty damned good in the shootout, though, I’ll give him that. He does have skills.
He played fairly well after his acquisition from Colorado and helped add a dimension to Phoenix’s offense that was previously lacking, but his star quickly faded. He just looked lost out there this year. Not quite sure what happened.
Having said all that, I hope the “change of scenery” gives him a kick in the ass and he can at least contribute offensively for the balance of this year, but I definitely can’t envision Wolski sticking around for the long-term.

If Wolski works, that’s awesome. If he sucks, we can buy him out and it’s only a $466k cap hit next season and $666k after that. Rosi would have been $3mil and $1mil.

Enver Lisin part two! Runs away
In all seriousness though, We can’t possibly do wrong here can we? Less money, same years, worse case scenario plays as good as semi-prolov?

nevermind figured out who fans can boo even though they cant hear him from in the building. everyone can boo Joe Mic

WOOOOOHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rozi has been consistent lately but this is a great deal :) frolov is out and i think the rangers are realizing prospal probably wont be back. once cally gets back im going to LOVE our forwards. too bad we couldnt make that frolov to montreal trade before he got injured.. i hope he heals tho.

either way i wish rozi the best, hes seems like a good dude and he has been pretty solid lately. good luck in phx. WOJTEK WOLSKI

the only scary part of this is giving Sather cap space..gasp

I don’t mind the deal, Wolski is clearly a talent. But make no mistake, in the immediate future, the Rangers will miss Rozy. Our defense is very young, which is a double edged sword.

I always thought he got a raw deal from the fans. He was a good soldier here for a long time. Farewell and good luck in Phoenix.

Secondly i’d like to give myself a kick in the nuts for making that write up two months ago about possibly getting McCabe because i think our young D is perfect right now. (so please slats dont do that). I think adding MDZ and carrying 7 defensemen is the way to go right now. Platooning Eminger, McD, Mdz, and Gilroy would be fine IMO.
If Wolski can play with AA and Gabby then we could be in for a treat. I know he has skill but in my heart this feels like Enver lisin part two. With Prospal coming back (who knows when) this move is a warranted gamble because we are in a position to get some more scoring despite having 5 players in double digit goals. We will see, anyone know if he plays tommorow?

dubi stepan gaborik
wolski aa cally
avery drury mza
feds boyle step

:) run 4 lines like a machine. i like this a lot, were a deep team. now the defense is going to be risky. dont get angry when they make mistakes. their young but getting better. im excited for the future.

My dad calls me on the phone and tells me the Rangers made a huge trade. He says in a depressed voice, “are you sitting down?” I’m thinking, “Shit! Sather’s finally cracked and gotten rid of some good youth.” Dad says, “. . .Rosival for Wolski. . .” I reply (on the outside): “No way! Not Rosival!” On the inside I’m like, “FINALLY!!!! YES!!!!”

Honestly I think this is a good move. I wont rag on Rozi cause I felt he was having his best season here (not point wise mind you) but solid on D. He made a mistake or two but nothing worth screaming at the TV for. But it’s nice to see his salary off our cap an on our other farm team the Coyotes. If Wolski doesn’t work out then so be it. He’s a less cap hit, and he’ll be cheaper to buy out. But Torts, IMO, has really reformed this team and some of the players. I think the Redden demotion was a wake up call for some guys and I think Torts can whip some sense into him and put him in his proper scoring place. I can’t wait to see him play tomorrow night, and neither can the front office/Torts/Rangers/fans.

Yeah WW’s been inconsistent but he’s been good more recently than Frolov has and he’s younger and IMO has more upside. Good shootout specialist. Real good in the playoffs last year. I think Torts will be able to get his work ethic happening if that is an issue. We need guys like this, with this type of skill with the puck.

My question – how does this affect our D right now? Don’t we need a 7th D-man with the club in case one of our current 6 gets injured? Do we see MDZ this week back up? (I was sort of hoping he would stay down for awhile, he’s been fairly awful).

Is he playing tomorrow (tuesday) against MTL?

Is this thread larger than when Redden was sent down??? If so Id be very surprised

i heard a rumor that wolsky can win faceoffs. has anyone witnessed this?

here

hey it gets rid of rosys salary even though i like drury to bad we could not dump his salary also . now we need to get a d man to quarterback the pp..