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Rangers Have Made Vladislav Namestnikov And Pavel Buchnevich Available

July 15, 2019 at 7:48 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 8 Comments

With the Rangers needing to clear up some cap space following their acquisition of winger Artemi Panarin earlier this month, defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk and Brendan Smith have come up as speculative candidates to be bought out during the second buyout window.  However, as Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post notes, they are looking at the trade market as well and have made wingers Vladislav Namestnikov and Pavel Buchnevich available.

Namestnikov struggled in his first full season in New York and came up well short of the 48 points he produced with the Lightning and Rangers in 2018-19. He had just 11 goals on the season, not the type of production that they were expecting when they signed him to a two-year, $8MM contract last summer.  However, on an expiring deal, there should be teams with some interest that believe a change of scenery could help him get back to his Tampa Bay levels.

Buchnevich’s presence here is a little more interesting.  The restricted free agent had a career-best 21 goals last season and has emerged as a capable middle-six winger for New York.  While he is going to salary arbitration, it seems unlikely that he’d be able to command the contract that Namestnikov has.  Since he still has three years of team control remaining, GM Jeff Gorton should be able to command a strong return if they do indeed move him.

Cyrgalis also mentions Chris Kreider as a potential trade possibility although for a different reason entirely.  If they can agree on a contract extension, then he clearly wouldn’t be made available.  However, if they wind up still being far apart on a new deal, then it’s certainly possible that he could find himself on the move.

As things stand, the Rangers have a little over $7MM in cap space, per CapFriendly.  However, defenseman Jacob Trouba will basically take up all of that with Buchnevich, Anthony Deangelo, and Brendan Lemieux still needing new contracts as well.  Their second buyout window won’t open up until Trouba and Buchnevich both sign.  If Buchnevich was to go to his hearing on July 29th, his reward wouldn’t come until the end of the month which would give Gorton about two and a half weeks to deal with his cap crunch.  That makes the Rangers a team to watch for in the coming weeks.

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  1. david klein

    6 years ago

    Namestinov is crap but making Buch available is utterly insane and would be a terrible mistake.

    Reply
  2. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    6 years ago

    Avangard Omsk might be interested.

    Reply
  3. Marner#16

    6 years ago

    Neither one is anything special

    Reply
  4. WalterNYR

    6 years ago

    Namestikov is ok but overpaid and getting any kind of draft pick would be fine. For Buchnevich you need a real return but with their cap situation they cant take back any real salary. Tough spot.

    Reply
  5. The Mistake of Giving Eugene Melnyk a Liver Transplant

    6 years ago

    If they trade Buchnevich, do they still get the second buyout window?

    Reply
  6. unfazed

    6 years ago

    i would definitely not trade any of these 2 at this time.

    Reply
  7. bigcat20

    6 years ago

    Why buyout Smith ? Gonna need him on 4th line for toughness. He has good hands, drew many penalties and provides the physicality we lack with forwards. Could be our Maroon

    Reply
  8. richied66

    6 years ago

    Trade Kreider beleskey and fasth

    That’s an extra 8.5 million. Plus the 7 million gives us 15.5 million.

    7 of that goes to Trouba and 8.5 to spend on 2-3 quality players

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