The Rangers Should Consider Zherdev

There is no way in heck that the Rangers go after Zherdev. Torts hates him and he hates Torts. He is a Jekyll and Hyde player, feast or famine. We’ve already seen him tank the second half of a season and play the Invisible Man in a playoff series. Why would we want to see that again? Why would we bring in a player who would be a negative influence in the locker room?

I’d pass on this as well. Rangers seem to be at this point just evaluating who is on the roster in terms of who will still be here in October. My guess at this point is that very little dealing is done, and that the Rangers will stick with the hand they were dealt. At this point, it is probably the smart move.

why dont we bring back kovalev and pruhca too and go backwards zherdev is what he his thats why he goes from team to team let it go people move forward

would you rather he drop MDZ for Ales Hemsky or give a 4th round pick for Zherdev?

and if there aren’t, then stand pat

Just gonna point this out I liked Prucha. Lol

like john said the flyers and rangers never do business and probably don’t exchange christmas cards, so my feeling is that the flyers will realize how desperate the rangers might be and will blow the market up for a player like zherdev and ask for way too much. I’d rather look out west, or outside the division if sather wants to bring in outside scoring help. I say stand pat and maybe give Grachev a decent shot on the second or third lines just to see what he could do

We need help on the Power play and this guy is in the prime of his career. He puts up solid assist numbers and he is doing awful right now in Colorado. A change of scenery might do him good. Colorado seems to be willing to hear offers. What do you think?

one of the better “disappearers” in the league, could have turned into the russian dani briere…i remember voros and dubi liking the dude (some playstation talk?) and i don’t reacall any rangers players trash-talking about him so idk about his bad locker room influence.

we’ve also seen how torts can change his attitude towards players (avery). dealing for him for the right price is not a bad idea imo, but i’m one of the few Z supporters out there, so i guess that’s not an objective opinion, and most fans would vote against. he’s not a fan’s player (nor is he a coache’s player when i come to think of it)….

This POS did the ultimate turtle act, he wanted nothing to do with pressure/contact/playoff hockey and was invisible when it counted. At least Gabby puts up points consistently (if not goals). This turd has no place in this Rangers locker room. All he would be is a potential distraction to Torts, who needs to be focusing on getting more out of talented guys who will be here in the future (Wolski/Stepan/Zucc) and giving them more quality minutes. The only person benefiting from this would be MDZ, he’d get a bit of a reprieve from being Torts only whipping boy.

He’s been playing well lately. Has a history of success in New York. Plus he could be had for a second-rounder, maybe even a third if you want to low-ball the Sens…

If we’re going after underachievers, I would try and trade for Setoguchi in SJ. He’s got 15 goals isn’t a horrible defensive player and is an RFA this upcoming year. At 1.8 million I would like a player that works harder then Zherdev.

Why does this kid never get called up? He puts up better numbers then Grachev, he has NHL experience, and seems to have a lot of hussle. Could he be the spark we need?

thing is he was our trash and isn’t exactly Philly’s treasure…more like their trash.

I don’t see the point. I mean lets put an APB out for Enver Lisin while we’re at it

please stop mentioning Kovalev, for some reason him coming back to the Blueshirts looks more and more eminent by the day. Maybe if we stop talking about him we wont be crying when he plays and doesn’t perform like he used to. 53 games 14 goals 27 points = 2010 Chris Drury.

And there was a reason why Zherdev was invisible at the end of 08-09.
Most of you probably don’t know but the guy is an alcoholic at his young age.
He was staying in the same building with Kalinin and they were drinking buddies.
Plus genious Sather added another alcoholic Antropov at the deadline and guess where he was staying? Of course with Zherdev whose Ukranian girlfriend had moved out by that time.
Now put together all these factors and you’ll get a reason why he was so horrible at the end of the season.
Buttom line, get Zherdev and keep him away from Anisimov and Grachev:))

Forget the fact that Zherdev’s 1) already demonstrated significant inconsistencies when he was in NY the first time 2) basically a “poor-man’s Kovalev” 3) relationship with our current coach is a question mark 4) salary vs. play would certainly be an inequtiable return on investment …generally speaking, the bottom line is all of this talk about us now suddenly needing a “top six forward” to replace Gaborik SCREAMS of deperation and short-sightedness. Much as I hate to type it, Gaborik has marginally, at best, been performing as a top six forward this season, so why are we now suddenly bantering about the burning need for someone of this caliber – which Zherdev clealry is not, even on a good day??

Either this team’s “identity” is based on a a “grind-it-out”, “built for the future”, “not-individual-based” team concept or not. Period. If not for the recent skid of losses that’s made our play-off bid a question mark, would we still be panicking like this while sitting comfortably in 5th or 6th place? I don’t think so..or at least I hope not…To hear Tortorella express such panic after yesterday’s loss is yet another example of his inability to truly and accurately see the “big picture” when it comes to the organizaion. For someone who won’t even comment on something as basic as an individual player’s performance right after a game for fear of being over-reactionary, where does he get off speaking about personnel needs w/o at least sleeping on it or waiting to hear more about Gaborik’s concussion?? Very hypocritical…

The whole thing stinks like yesterday’s diapers! I’m sorry, Mr Sather, that there’s now a chance some of that tantalizing play-off revenue may not be available to pay for “loyal?? minor-leaguer” Wade Redden’s disgusting salary while he contemplates his future European career, but either put up or shut up about the whole “buliding-from within” BS. Like many fans have posted on this blog, given the progress the organziation has made in several key areas (youth, leadership, cap-reduction, etc.), this season would likely already be considered a “success” if it ended today – sans play-offs. So, I ask you, why should that opinion and our personnel plans change now?…

I am so down for taking a chance on zherdev

I am so down for taking a chance on zherdev

Espn reports:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6144455

Collective Sigh that Sather did not pick him up.

regardless of your opinion of him some of you guys are being irrational.

you would trade a 7th round pick for him? really? really?

well good thing ur not GM. im not saying go trade for him, but if he could be had for a 4th round pic, why not?

it cant hurt

Being that Phoenix is 8-2-0 in their last ten, Does the Rozy deal really have this big of an impact on the Coyotes? He is logging close to 20 minutes a game for them during this stretch. Do we miss him?

TSNBobMcKenzie Bob McKenzie
DAL trades James Neal and Matt Niskanen to PIT for Alex Goligoski.

Z can give us those in bundles. If he pulls another disappearing act, so be it. We’ve got a team full of guys who disappear. He’ll just be another name on the list. Z isn’t a long term solution to our scoring problem, but he’s one of the best quick fixes I’ve heard mentioned in a while. If Zherdev and Dubi can show some of the chemistry they had the first time around, maybe we can get in, and even sneak by someone. If it doesn’t work, atleast we tried. It comes down to Torts though. The Torts way hasn’t gotten us there so far. He’s gotta do what’s best for the team, and put his ego aside.

for that matter they should consider antropov .

. . . until we hear from Frankie C.

Frankie?

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………and miss the playoffs than see Nik Zherdev ever don a Ranger jersey again.

They’ve been on a solid winning streak since Newbury/Dupont/Weise have been back. Looking at stat sheets and highlights its tough to tell how Grachev is progressing, but he looks hot/cold with 5 shots one night followed by nothing the next. Still only 20, so he’s still got some time on his side. Hopefully they make the playoffs, should be good for his development.

Zherdez doesnt make us a cup contender so I pass on him. He has proven his lack of effort time and again. I would not want him infecting this young team. I’d take missing the playoffs this year if we can get younger talent by trading away Prospal, Christensen, Avery &/or Emminger. Some contender might think some combination of those guys could put them over the top. They dont put us over the top so trade em high.

What about M. Ribiero. I don’t have time to llook up his contract right now, but he is decent. Last 10 goals came when Dallas was either down by one or tied. I know he is 31 but what is the upside / downside. Especially since we had talks with Dallas.