Rangers News: Drury WILL be Bought Out, Avery & Wolski Will NOT
by Nick Montemagno on Jun 9, 2011 3:16 PM EDT
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PrintTo follow up on our earlier report of the Rangers possibly buying out the remainder of captain Chris Drury's contract, Larry Brooks of the New York Post has in fact confirmed that the report is true and that GM Glen Sather called and informed Drury that he will be bought out. Brooks also confirms that Sean Avery and Wojtek Wolski will not be bought out.....
General Manager Glen Sather has informed Chris Drury that the Rangers will buy out the final season of his contract, The Post has learned.
Drury, the team captain whose 2010-11 was ruined by injuries that limited him to 24 games during which he was reduced to a bit player, had signed a five-year, $32.5M free agent contract on July 1, 2007. It was the same day the Rangers signed free agent Scott Gomez to a seven-year, $51.5M deal.
The Post has also learned that the team will not buy out either Wojtek Wolski or Sean Avery, each of whom ended the season with tenuous futures on Broadway.
And again, buying out Drury will open up $3.3 million in cap space for the Rangers.
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I’m surprised they’re not buying out Avery as well. I really don’t want to see dreck like Wolski on next years team, but I can’t see anyone being dumb enough to trade for him considering how much money he’ll make next year.
Wolski = to be traded. Avery = reward for getting Richards to come here. SOMEONE has to play LW on the 4th line.
Who would be interested in a stiff like Wolski?
if only you could eat some of that contract but NHL rules prohibit that.
for one year there are probably takers (even if it’d for nothing then you take all his $3.8M off the cap). I agree, I said for a while that he’s a (talented) stiff. but if the Rangers announce he’s being bought out then they have ZERO chance of trading him. right?
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i got 2 Drury jerseys for sale both blue.cheap.
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by MyMarriageIsVeryMessier on Jun 9, 2011 9:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't buy jerseys of over-priced FAs
Stick with the homegrown talent baby!
Couldn't agree more...
Cally and Dubi are next on the list as long as we tie them up in the next few months.
The only jersey I refuse to get is Hank’s… it’s just too much pressure wearing the franchise on your back.
I have a mike York, ridley, miller, amounte jersey for sale. CHEAP!
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by bleed'n blue on Jun 11, 2011 2:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That’s Amonte . Damn bill gates
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by bleed'n blue on Jun 11, 2011 2:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like this better then just buying them all out
and after 2011-12 WW & Avery will be off the books for good.
Conversely, I think a 4th line of Avery-Boyle-Prust is a solid line of pests that will hustle and generate some offense. And if Richards comes to town then why not WW-BR-Gabby on the 1st line? if Wolski can’t score on a line with those two then he never will and his $3.8 will create cap space for next summer
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you need SIZE on that first line....
…or at the very least grit. You need Brooks Laich on that first line.
Laich will get $4M+ and he’s not worth it..
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by NYRangerFan718 on Jun 9, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He’ll get 5 if we get Richards and Burke panics.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 9, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
brooks laich is not a 1st line player…pass
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I wonder if just getting rid of Dru this way, through buyout
is just to open up enough dough to re-sign Dubi and Callahan. Would we have enough to re-sign both of them and give Richards a $7mil/year deal, I dunno.
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Would we have enough to re-sign both of them and give Richards a $7mil/year deal, I dunno.
We should. Between this and the cap increase, it shouldn’t be a problem.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 9, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I can see Brooks Laich unless
The Rangers do not secure Richards. My fear is what Richards will want in terms of Money and years, That scars, albeit he would solve a major need on the PP and first line center. I would love Richards but he all fails and we get Laich, that would be a great asset as well. He is younger and would be cheaper but for the Rangers to fulfill their needs, a trade would most likely follow. I can see some sort of deal for an elite player. Who knows!! Maybe Sather is revisiting the idea to trade for Patrick Sharp, Chicago throws in Mike Scott to take over for Boogard role.
It looks more and more like the signing will be 1-Richards, 2-Enforcer 3- Some sort of trade of a current roster player and a player in the system for a winger
Laich with Cally and Dubi would be an intense line..talk about grit..
pass..
i will never ever want brooks laich on this team for reasons posted about 7,000 times on different threads. plus anisimov (you know, big guy, russian) has a ton more upside than laich and is younger as well
I don’t see Chicago trading Sharp, they’ll try to make another cup run with him while he’s cost controlled. Next UFA, I would venture to guess he’ll be let go, that’s when they can gun for him, if so inclined.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 9, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if Emperor Sathertine informed Drury of the buyout before or after the story broke this morning.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jun 9, 2011 4:11 PM EDT reply actions
Hello, Colony Grill? Hi, Glen Sather here. I’d like to order a large pepperoni and mushroom pie, and an order of garlic knots. Oh, also, could you tell Chris Drury he’s not gonna be a Ranger anymore. On second thought, cancel the pie and the knots. Thanks a bunch though.
by BuckarooClub on Jun 9, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rumor has it
that Sather called Brooks and told him he could break the story but he’d also have to break it to Drury.
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Could he also pass the message along to Wade, that he’ll be using the bus again this year?
I’m certain the only reason Wade hasn’t retired is he needs the cash to support his addiction. I just hope he doesn’t get any of the kids hooked while on the bus.
by MyMarriageIsVeryMessier on Jun 9, 2011 4:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Enough with Brooks Laich
He’s no more an answer to what the Rangers need than Matt Cullen was a few years back.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Jun 9, 2011 5:17 PM EDT reply actions
Thank goodness, I am willing to give Wolski another year
Tremendous talent + Contract Year =(Usually) Production
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Agreed. Give the kid a shot he's still young
And really good hands
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has talent ill give him a year he has a short leash w/ me cuz hes seem to have no heart during the playoffs n when the Rangers needed him most after callys injury that stands out more than an off year (gaborik) seemed everyone stepped up except for him ….only way sharp goes anywhere is by FA period cuz with hossa, kane, toews, campbell, keith those large contracts to be able to keep sharp isnt likely and yea i c them taking one more good shot at a cup before they take a sleight step backward…..sorry drury but we have a Richards to get
by Anthony Tamburro on Jun 9, 2011 7:49 PM EDT reply actions
replace jason spezza
with paul stastny and i’m all for it
stastny-wolski-gaborik FTW
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I'd like that too but
we need a real center and we don’t have one.
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+1
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All facts, but Spezza has also been more productive over his career. Stastny has yet to break the 30 goal mark.
Spezza also has the benefit of playing with a possible Hall of Famer (Alfredsson) and Dany Heatley, both point-per-game players.
Stastny hasn’t had that luxury, the closest being Chris Stewart, or when he lined up with Hejduk and Ryan Smyth before he was traded
“had” as far as Heatley is concerned.
And Spezza hasn’t played 65 games in either of the past two seasons. I think he’s a better scorer than Stastny, but you need your guy actually on the ice to be effective.
+1, I rather have Stastny as well.
Personally I rather let AA and Step develop, but thats just me.
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oh god no
if Gaborik is “injury prone” what is spezza considered?
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oh god
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Maybe even more so than Gaborik
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by Kevin Power on Jun 10, 2011 11:46 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
More productive throughout his career than Gaborik and anyone we have on our roster… not to mention a player that will make everyone on our roster more productive… including Gaborik.
until he goes on an extended scoring slump (like his 18-20 game streak he had last season), which is his MO and everybody will be screaming for his head on a pike
Also
Guy is creepy looking and has a weird laugh
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Sure, he slumps (like plenty of other players in the league) but that means he also streaks. He’s averaging more than a point per game throughout his career.
I bet the next thing will be “Well, he was on Heatley and Alfredsson’s line for his best 3 seasons”. To that, I say look at the players around him this year. It’s no wonder he went on a terrible slump… Ottawa doesn’t have much.
So put him with Gaborik and either Wolski/Dubinsky/any other player that can produce in front of the net and he becomes a point per game player again… Something this frnachise is badly missing.
Then there’s the arguement that we have to give up assets to get him… Well, no matter who we bring in, we’ll have to make room. Gabby/Dubi/Cally/AA/WW/Boyle/EC/Prust/Avery/Stepan/MZA/Feds… I count 12, plus the person you bring in and that doesn’t even include any of the hopeful kids we didn’t play last year or any other free agent pickup.
The one negative is his contract – 4yr/$8m… But signing BR would be similiar to that ($7m-$7.5) and for longer on an older player (who ha salso had injury problems in the past).
Ultimately, I think Spezza is just as good of a fit as BR (who might not even want to come to NY) and is a much better offensive fit than Statsny (although I like that Paul is more physical and a better two-way center).
His laugh is more than enough reason NOT to go after him.
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I’ve had nightmares about that laugh 8k
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exactly
Imagine all of the intermission interviews with Jon Giannone and he laughs at all of his corny jokes? Think of the horror that will inflict
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by Kevin Power on Jun 12, 2011 12:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
In the event that’s true, they’re much better off just sitting tight w/ what they have, letting the kids progress one more year, and going full-bore after Patrick Sharp (and maybe Alex Semin or Ales Hemsky also) next season.
They’ll have more cap room with WW and Avery gone, they might get lucky and get Redden to void the contract this summer (which frees up the summer overage next year for even more room). It’s not a strategy that will work forever, but next years UFA class is deeper at forward, and thus better than overpaying anyone that isn’t Richards.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 9, 2011 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I want Richards here but not if he doesn’t want to and comes only for the money. been there, done that, many times over.
Agreed with both of you.
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trade for Statsny or Sharp and tell the D to throw the freakin puck at the net so the big guns can score on rebounds.
Chicago won’t trade Sharp while he’s cost controlled.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 9, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Summer
I would be fine with sitting tight if Richards doesn’t work out. I think our team with D (which is set for practically 8 years if we want) and a solid group of forwards and forward prospects will have a great window either 3 or 4 years out and then for 5 years. With Richards maybe it is 2 to 3 years out… otherwise I would look to maybe trade for Pavelski or Statsny if a good deal, maybe Jussi Jokinen or Leino if it is a good deal, especially JJ as he plays a two way game and can be a 1st/2nd line guy and in 4 years would still be good depth on 3rd line. Otherwise we would have some money to spare (probably at least 7.7 million after signing RFAs and assuming Weiss on the 4th line) and so maybe look to take a bad contract on a trade and get a better prospect or something
I'd take a run at Stephen Weiss
get him out of Florida and play him with Gabby and he could be a 65-70 point guy.
I said that 2 years ago and got luke warm responses from other fans. he gets around 60 pts on a horrible panther team. put him with Gaby and who knows? a couple of problems though: panthers need to spend as they are currently way under the cap floor, they love Weiss, he loves them (for whatever reason), and he’s a bargain at $3.1M per for the next 2 years. It would take a boatload to trade for him given the issues I mentioned.
If I all these rumors are true
Which I believe they aren’t because I think Brooks just wanted to steal Jessie’s thunder on the story about Drury, then how about we get Wisnieski at a reasonable price. Re-up Cally Dubi, AA, and Boyle. Forget about adding another forward. Bring up a kid to play, Zucc, Krieder(probably not), Grachev etc. Force feed them ice time, and hang around with 7 million open in space all year, once the deadline comes BOOM…Grab a guy like a Grabovski from Toronto or some other team that looks like their season is in the tank. All that would require us to do is stay afloat until January/ February. Maybe even get lucky to experience Stastny go to blows with management and want out. Maybe get him cheaper. Lots can happen during the season, why not sit on some cash and attack a team looking to deal.
Not a bad plan at all. I just commented regarding ‘opportunity cost’. If you save the space you put yourself in a good position to do something like you mentioned
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jun 10, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Grachev is not really deserving of a spot on the team
he’s putting up third liner type stats in the minors. He has been a dissapointment so far.
Grachev needs to come out of the gate fast this year or the “bust” term will start to be used. I did really come on strong at the end of last year. He played a more 2 way game as opposed to “forcing” the scoring part. maybe he learned how to play on the pro level now.
by Richter1994 on Jun 10, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that you Evgeny?
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I was just about to ask you guys if there’s any truth behind a couple things I just saw on Twitter saying that we tried to trade for Richards rights but he wouldn’t waive his NTC?? is that legit or just bs chatter…?
by Mr. Avery to you on Jun 10, 2011 3:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
just as long as Spezza is not plan B,I don't mind Richards not here either
he’s a good player, but he’s not the missing piece to put this team over the top.
what makes everyone here think Colorado will trade Stasny?
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I guess because they have Duchene who has 1 year left on his cap friendly deal (same with Johnson) and Stastny make a boatload and didn’t have a great season last year.
Plus they have 13 players this year that are either UFA or RFA and even more next year. in fact besides Stastny they only have one player signed beyond next season.
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jun 10, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
But I think they would be smart to hold onto both. You really can’t build around just one player and as good as I think Duchene is right now and will be down the road, he’s not quite Crosby or Ovechkin territory either. Keeping Stastny and Duchene along with Erik Johnson on the blueline is a good start for that team that looks like it took quite a big step backwards last year.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Jun 10, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh I agree, if I were them I would as well but not sure what financial constraints they are up against.
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jun 10, 2011 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
good now cally will be the captain why is everbody so ga ga over laich and weise how about making a run at kaberle cause mccabe is done
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how about making a run at kaberle cause mccabe is done
Because we need someone to shoot on the power play?
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by Kevin Power on Jun 11, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Kaberle’s been a turnstile this playoffs.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 12, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of Cally?
Rumors are circulating on FB that Torts has already told Cally he’s the next NYR captain…can anyone confirm that this has been done even though Drury’s buyout is not finished? Thanks! :)
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