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snag him. hes free. all we do is complain about no skill on this team.

we would be stupid not to jump on this.

ZHERDEV > NEWBURY.

plain and simple.

What could it hurt, he has an expiring contract we have the cap space and we need goal scoring. I know he does not mesh with Torts but maybe he could light a fire under his ass who knows its worth a shot. And if he doesn’t work out well sit him in the press box or whatever. the only drawback I could see happening is that Z could bring a bad attitude into the locker room and the whole team concept goes to shit but I dont think that would happen so, why not bring Zherdev back. Plus I would be cool to use my Zherdev jersey and actually have him on the team lol.

I’ve persuaded myself to say that we could use Zherdev a lot more than we could use some other players that are out there…he’s got the skill that we all need and if we could put him on a line with stepan and zucc who would do the gritty work to get him the puck and besides he’s cheap and wont cost us pick/prospects

The Buffalo Sabres placed captain Craig Rivet(notes) on waivers on Wednesday in a bid to clear their books of a defenseman who has spent much of the season struggling to get playing time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AjwhQPMbhlcVAXKqbuztmy17vLYF?slug=ap-sabres-rivetwaived

so if the Sabres can waive their capitan, why cant we?
i mean obviously Dru is in a slightly different situation…and Rivet is making half the money that Dru is (3.5m)…but why don’t we have the balls to do it….

who knows, maybe now that he’s injured it doesnt matter much…does his NMC factor into being able to waive him? Technically we’re not actually moving him if we waive him, are we?

didn’t see the (or Craig Rivet) there when i read that real quickly.

I want nothing to do with Zherdev. Been there, done that.
I’m just as frustrated as the rest of you with this team’s inability to score consistently, but I don’t think it’s worth taking on that kind of baggage. Reeks of deperation. And I can’t imagine Tortorella would be too crazy about bringing him on board, especially considering how many times he’s praised the character and “compete-level” of this team.

What it would cost to pick him up? Is it half his pro-rated salary for this year?

Well then you have to look at it like this:

For 500K, even though there is a past with this guy, is he not a better option than Lobster Newbury?

Yeah I guess I would reluctantly claim him too. Very reluctantly.

If he comes here and shows no effort or interest, bench him and scratch him. I think we relied on him too much at the end of his season here and now we wouldnt need to if he were to be same old zherdev

We already have Zherdev part Deux, only he wears #26 and he actually can score in the shootout. Otherwise they are the same player, once every 10 games they do something dazzles you, and then disappear again. No room for two of those guys. Pass. And Rivet isn’t playing on a team out of the playoffs, why do we want him????

I got mixed emotions
I liked Zherdevs talent, hated his attitude and when he disapeared
but he has ALOT of skill and score

I just dont see it happening, Torts hated this dude

why are we even talking about Alice Kotacowlick?

yeah, let’s just claim everyone on waivers.

Why do Ranger fans constantly want to add proven losers

The Rangers need to be dumping, not adding.

The younger the roster is post deadline, the better the Rangers will play.

If you had to chose one, who would it be?

Gaborik is out and we don’t know when or if he’ll be back. The young’ns are good but if we make the playoffs we’re going to need some more scoring, whether it be Kovalev, Zherdev or someone else

If he can dominate on the 4th line, what is the downside to replacing Kris Newbury? So what if he doesn’t have to work as hard to score goals… he still scores those goals

I see the argument, that he comes cheap on cap hit, nothing in players or picks, and has an expiring contract, and can this PP really not use a guy with those tools dishing and shooting the puck? That PP can’t get any worse, and can use a selfish shooter. I am just having flashbacks to the end of that season where Torts was pulling his hair out with him.

I’d prefer they try and go KHL route, maybe Maxim Afinegenov. Put up good points in ATL last year. Not sure if he’d clear waivers with douche bag Snow on the prowl, but where’s the downside to trying.

Zherdev is one lazy player that can screw up the hard work others put in. Think he enters the zone…dangles the puck…. loses the puck… goes back half as fast as he did to play D and forcheck…Rangers give up a goal on the play… Everyone in here needs a memory check…

Water, sex and Zherdev, because they all come free

I wasn’t too keen on the idea of trading for Zherdev because I didn’t like the idea of giving something up for him… and I didn’t think it was in any way possible that the Flyers would do a trade with us, especially when both teams are in the playoff hunt. The other factor being how high the market price is… but this is a moot point now that he is on waivers.

I was also critical because Zherdev and Torts didn’t exactly ‘mesh’ well. Zherdev’s play and attitude fits into Torts’ system like a… well it just doesn’t work well, and there is evidence of it from their time together here.

That being said if we can pick him up on waivers, play him in a limited role (Powerplay, 3rd line) against soft competition I see no reason not to go for it. We need a little more skill injected into the lineup and if this falls into our lap there is no reason why we shouldn’t do it. The rewards outweigh the risks now, no reason why the Rangers shouldn’t roll the proverbial dice on this one.

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The New York Rangers are expected to be major players at the deadline. Sather has been talking about possible deals with the Senators, Panthers, Sabres and Maple Leafs

Your like school boys hot for their ex-girlfriend when she wears a low cut top or shakes her ass. You forget that the relationship was mostly horrible and she left you with crabs, with the exception of two or three minutes when you played “just the tip”. You also conveniently forget that up until yesterday she was banging your worst enemy and he got rid of her because it wasn’t that good. Seriously, move on people. (As a disclaimer to the thought police, you can substitute the ex-girlfriend for ex-boyfriend or make this a same sex couple, just trying to show parallel in human nature, not denigrate anyone/thing).

To pass on Zherdev, been there done that with him and it didnt end well. But for all the complaints of his last stint here, his reputation for loafing it and the idea that he doesn’t fit with the “new grinding identity” I look at the Rangers offense for the last 20 or so games and think the “new identity” is basically producing the same results results right now as the old non-identified teams of the recent seasons. And “right now” is the operative term, Zherdev shouldn’t be anything more than a solution for “right now”. So, what the hell if he’s unclaimed might as well take him. Would people rather see them sending assets of any kind to get McCabe who’d be playing a role of giving the offense and PP a shot in the arm?

……….NO. We don’t need other teams’ cast-offs. Christensen and Eminger are quite enough thank you. U know what Zherdev’s most famous offensive weapon is? Its disappearing for weeks at a stretch. If he can’t succeed on the deepest, most successful reg season team in the league what makes you think he will make a lick of difference back in NY? He’s an unengaged floater who occasionally strikes but is mostly useless.

PASS.

and didn’t trade him?
He’s an absolute trading material considering his talent and the length of his contract. A 3rd rounder at least? C’mon.

The Stars have inquired about the availability of some the Rangers younger players including Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinksy, Michael Del Zotto, Artem Anisimov, Derek Stepan and Evgeny Grachev. At least two of those players would have to be included in a potential Brad Richards blockbuster trade, Broussard’s sources say

“Broussard reports that some role players including Matt Gilroy, Steve Eminger and Vinny Prospal could also be included in the deal. It is now come to attention that it may take only one of the Rangers young stars to get the deal done”

Man the rumors are heating up, can’t wait to see what happens

This would be so stupid. Zherdev’s brand of lackluster, disappearing act hockey has no place on Broadway. Maybe back in the grim forgettable late nineties, early 00’s but not in the Era of Tort Reform.

Why poison our hardworking lineup with this floating, perimeter playing waste of a good hockey player?!

As I’ve stated earlier, I’d rather see us fall out of the playoff race than sign somebody like Zherdev.

And……….why is anyone thinking the Rangers could be dumb enough to trade away our assets for a guy shelved with a concussion whose starting the downslide of his career?

I hope that last tidbit is Eklund nonsense and not something Glen is trying to cook up.

The only player to score more goals then him, since Z left Broadway, was Gabby last year.

Zherdev put up 23 goals next to his +6. He’s not the liability he gets made out to be. The worst thing that can happen if we pick him up, is he doesn’t score. If thats the case, he’ll fit right in. It’s worth taking a chance on. We need what he can bring BADLY.

I submit the following:

1 – When Niki won his arbitration hearing, Darth Sather breathed heavily into his mask, and declared that he would walk away. And he did.
2 – During that entire free agency summer period, nobody bit on Zherdev. Not one NHL GM or team. Zero. None. If he was THAT good, wouldn’t SOMEBODY have taken a flier on this guy ?
Answer: Nope.
3 – Zherdev and his ridiculous agent(s) head for the KHL, where he posts a positively mediocre season. If he had all THAT TALENT, shouldn’t he have positively dominated and posted record numbers??
Ooops – not so much.
4 – The Flyers take a flier on him, at a significantly reduced price (roughly 1/2 that arb. award of only 1 year earlier. And now he’s a healthy scratch for how many games in a row?? And he and his agent are “unhappy with his situation” ? He didn’t deliver on a consistent basis, showed the same attributes that landed him completely out of the NHL for a year, and he’s unhappy?? YGBFKM

I don’t think it matters how much people think the NYR “need” him. Sather doesn’t. And he won’t. That bus left the station 2 years ago with bad feelings all around. It got a thousand miles away and ran off a steep cliff.

No more Broadway Sequels. Sorry.

Chris Brousard is tweeting that James Dolan had a sitdown with Carmelo Anthony and he will be suiting up for the Rangers and will play left wing. He also reports that Albert Pujols is open to a trade to the New York Rangers and has no problem becoming an enforcer on the 4th line so we can protect Prust and keep him out of fights.

shit I can scratch myself and be more productive.