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billysbballz
Typical Rangers and Jeff Gorton is following suit from Glen Sather philosophy of trading away draft picks as if they have an abundance of them. The Rangers have one of the worst farm systems in the league and I think this was an overpay especially if they don’t have the cap room to retain him.
theruns
Their farm never ranks highly and yet they continue to develop talent and have one of the best young home grown cores in the league.
They do a great job with the picks they have, and they do really well in Europe.
acarneglia
It also helps that players love playing in New York. Vesey could have signed in Buffalo or Nashville, but he wanted to play in New York
metseventually 2
Yeah- yet almost their entire team I home grown and they have 82 points in the hardest division in hockey.
billysbballz
So the Rangers save the picks they would have lost in a Shatty deal and send them to Detroit for Smith instead. I know they would have sent a 1 and a 2 plus a prospect like Ryan Gropp rather then a 2 and 3 and no prospect but the Rangers need there picks and it sure looks like a steal for Detroit.
anthonym
The Rangers needed to bring in an NHL defenseman. Dan Girardi is out two weeks with an ankle injury and Kevin Klein has been bothered by back spasms. Having to play Steven Kampfer is not going to get it done.
acarneglia
They didn’t need to go out and make a trade. You have Clendening as the 5th defenseman. Yeah you’ll be playing with someone like Kampfer for a few game. Klein will be back soon and it’s not like Girardi will be out months
JT19
Agreed. Because if everyone is at full health and playing well, who sits? McDonagh and Holden are their top 2. Skjei is playing well and deserves to continue playing and then you have Staal, Klein, Girardi, and Smith. One of those guys is going to be an expensive scratch. If the Rangers are able to move one of Girardi or Staal at the end of the year and keep Smith, then I like the deal. But if Smith is just rental then this is an overpay.
billysbballz
Yes overpay unless Gorton finds someone to take staal or girardi which won’t happen!
JT19
If I was Gorton, I’d call up Las Vegas at the end of the year and see if they’d be interested in either (also assuming either one is willing to waive their NMC/NTC). No expansion draft stipulation attached to it (unless Las Vegas really wants Girardi/Staal), just ask for a mid to late round draft pick for them. Would give Las Vegas a veteran defenseman, albeit on an expensive contract, who could provide a bit of leadership and defensive prowess. Granted, this probably all depends on who will be exposed in the expansion draft and/or Las Vegas is interested in from other teams.
billysbballz
That would never happen! And you think they would give a pick for staal or girardi?
They have zero trade value with those awful contracts and staal has concussion concerns!
JT19
Again, depends on who is exposed for the draft and who Las Vegas decides to select. I agree it would probably never happen because of their contracts and injury history (and the fact that Klein is probably going to get exposed and represents a cheaper option than Girardi), but hey, you never know. Las Vegas might be interested if it means reaching the cap floor or if they feel they could use a veteran defenseman. Plus, the actual money owed on the Girardi/Staal contracts will start coming down (Girardi’s actual money owed starts going down next year and Staal’s in two or three years I think). So while the cap hit is still the same, Las Vegas will be paying less money than the cap hit.