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Bathgate66

NYR interested in Vancouvers Markus Naslund and or Minnys Pavol Dimitra ? & What the hell is going on with Jaromir ?

NY PJ1

Bathgate66 wrote:

NYR interested in Vancouvers Markus Naslund and or Minnys Pavol Dimitra ? & What the hell is going on with Jaromir ?

i wish i fricking knew....

dimitira eh?

stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

NYR interested in Vancouvers Markus Naslund and or Minnys Pavol Dimitra ? & What the hell is going on with Jaromir ?

whatwhat WHAT???
lol
where'd you hear this?

not big on Naslund but Demitras nasty..I'll take him on the wing

Bathgate66

stickboy wrote:

whatwhat WHAT???
lol
where'd you hear this?

not big on Naslund but Demitras nasty..I'll take him on the wing

todays Newsday.


Steve Zipay .

http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang035750438jul03,0,1472933.story

stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

todays Newsday.


Steve Zipay .

http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang035750438jul03,0,1472933.story

gotcha


I saw somewhere a few days ago that Sather and Rucinsky were talking again and Martin was quoted as saying if he came back to the NHL from Europe he would only play for the Rangers

kenshunt

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242396&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_nhl

Markus Naslund 2yrs

and Kalinin

Bathgate66

stickboy wrote:

gotcha


I saw somewhere a few days ago that Sather and Rucinsky were talking again and Martin was quoted as saying if he came back to the NHL from Europe he would only play for the Rangers

im sure this is only if Jags is still here,....


no ?

ButchNJ

Bathgate66 wrote:

im sure this is only if Jags is still here,....


no ?

Sather just said that the Rangers and Jagr are going to move on.....

4:54pm ET - Sather about Jagr: "I talked to Jaromir today and waited for a call for the last couple of days and nothing happened, so we decided they were going to move on."

4:53pm ET - Jagr will not be signing with the Rangers, Rangers GM Glen Sather just confirmed.
from thefourthperiod.com

stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

im sure this is only if Jags is still here,....


no ?

I would think so

I could do without him tho and maybe let some younger legs take his spot

xavier mcdaniel

stickboy wrote:

I would think so

I could do without him tho and maybe let some younger legs take his spot

http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang0704,0,5525930.story

NY PJ1

wow talk about a whole new team,, i wasnt expecting this

khalnin is a good sign at 1 year

naslund im on the fence about


but it is what it is,,,,,i need time for this to set in

Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

wow talk about a whole new team,, i wasnt expecting this

khalnin is a good sign at 1 year

naslund im on the fence about


but it is what it is,,,,,i need time for this to set in

Naslund is a better signing than Khalinin, no question.

NY PJ1

here's the big question ,,,who is gonna get the C


drury?

NY PJ1

Rygar wrote:

Naslund is a better signing than Khalinin, no question.

yea no doubt ,he is still awesome


but by signing him we lose our captain,,so its gonna take time


he had 30 something goals last year

i gotta go check their stats

Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

yea no doubt ,he is still awesome


but by signing him we lose our captain,,so its gonna take time


he had 30 something goals last year

i gotta go check their stats

What's the story on Shanahan?

stickboy

NY PJ1 wrote:

here's the big question ,,,who is gonna get the C


drury?

def.

if not him then Scotty Gomez

NY PJ1

Rygar wrote:

What's the story on Shanahan?

sather said their is still a chance we might sign him

Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

sather said their is still a chance we might sign him

There's your captain, provided he signs, of course.

NY PJ1

Rygar wrote:

There's your captain, provided he signs, of course.

well yes if he stays ,,but if not ..we shall see

rival.

man, stuck in a meeting at work with no internet for the 2nd half of the day... come home too all of this activity.

as J said, this needs time to settle in. i really don't think many of us were expecting them to make the moves they made.

as far as captain? shanny/drury/straka.

if shanny comes back it's his, if not it is going to drury. a small part of me wants to see straka wear the C (if he signs of course).


what other moves can this team possibly make or look to make?

Bathgate66

NY PJ1 wrote:

sather said their is still a chance we might sign him

the latest press conference call with sather mentioned that he would not be back with the NYR.
He also said they have parted ways .

Rygar

Bathgate66 wrote:

the latest press conference call with sather mentioned that he would not be back with the NYR.
He also said they have parted ways .

NY PJ was talking about Shanny there (I'm assuming you thought he was talking about Jagr).

Bathgate66

Rygar wrote:

NY PJ was talking about Shanny there (I'm assuming you thought he was talking about Jagr).

indeed i was
thank you for setrting me straight

serves me right for taking a shortcut and not reading every post.


thanks again.



todays latest blueshirt bulletin :

July 03, 2008
Extreme Makeover Nearly Complete
The Rangers' makeover is nearly and fundamentally complete with today's signings of Markus Naslund and Dmitri Kalinin, along with the announcement that Jaromir Jagr will not be returning to New York and confirmation that Martin Straka will play back home in the Czech Republic. Naslund is a year younger than Jagr but has diminished faster with age. Nevertheless, accepting for two years ($4 million per year) close to what Jagr wanted per year (also over two years), Naslund replaces Jagr as the Rangers' veteran sniper.

The former 48-goal, 104-point scorer has been in the 25-goal, 55-60 point neighborhood the past two seasons. He stands to benefit from playing with Scott Gomez, thriving in the presence of a playmaking center -- as a left winger, one can now envision a top line of Gomez centering Naslund and Nikolai Zherdev. He has hardly ever missed games in his career despite a 5'11-195 pound frame. He captained the Vancouver Canucks over the past eight years. He listed the presence of countryman Henrik Lundqvist as a selling point for placing New York at the top of his free agent list. He hails from the small town of Ornskoldsvik in northern Sweden that has sent Anders Hedberg, Peter Forsberg, Niklas Sundstrom, and the Sedin twins, among others, to the NHL.

Kalinin became an emergency replacement on defense after the Rangers depleted their blueline corps in acquiring Zherdev yesterday. He is a two-way defenseman of the type Ranger management is enamored with, though he is less of an offensive factor than Wade Redden or Michal Rozsival. He uses his 6'3-206 pound stature as a physical tool, but is not a punishing hitter. The big problem with him is that he has been plagued by injuries in two of the past three seasons, shoulder and knee woes limiting him to only 46 games last season. Drafted 18th overall in 1998 by Buffalo, he turns 28 in a few weeks.

The move away from Jagr brings an end to a short three-year era when the Rangers were built around the Czech superstar. He was the first veteran import to produce positive results for the Rangers in a decade, taking a team that was predicted to finish last coming out of the lockout and leading them to three straight playoff appearances. He was not only the team's driving force on the ice, he was its personality off of it as well. I for one will miss his humor and honesty in the locker room and at the practice rink.

With Jagr, Straka, and Sean Avery gone, the personality of the team has undergone a drastic change. Gomez and Chris Drury, along with newcomers Naslund and Wade Redden, will be the veteran leaders of a team that, beyond them and a handful of others, is largely made up of youngsters and grinders. The door is still open for Brendan Shanahan to return and resume his leadership role and his voice in the locker room, but otherwise the Rangers will not only look different this coming season, they will sound and feel completely different.

Although no terms have been announced yet for Kalinin, the reasonable assumption is that he will make in the neighborhood of $2 million -- slightly less than what he made last year. Along with Naslund's $4 million cap hit, that leaves the Rangers with about $2 million in maneuverability. That means Shanahan would have to take a serious pay cut to return, as would Paul Mara, who has reportedly received an offer to return from the Rangers to complete the corps of defensemen.

Posted by Dubi on July 03, 2008 at 07:48 PM | Permalink | Comments

Rygar

Bathgate66 wrote:

indeed i was
thank you for setrting me straight

serves me right for taking a shortcut and not reading every post.


thanks again.



todays latest blueshirt bulletin :

Hmm. I was hoping Montreal would go after Naslund since Sundin is a) going back to the Laffs, b) going to Vancouver (who can really afford that asinine offer now!), or c) retiring. Good grab by the Raggies.
Looks like you guys can't afford Shanahan now though if you made an offer to Mara.
Double hmm...
Get me Bob Gainey on the phone, post haste!

stickboy

so... as of now
an imaginary roster:

a 3-d line?
Dubinsky, Dawes and Drury
the z line, lol
Gomez, Zherdev and Nazzy
Prucha, Callahan and Korpikoski
Betts, Holweg/Orr and Fritsche
and you still have Rissmiller, Voros and Sjostrom

Staal and Redden
Girardi and Rozi
Kalinin and Mara/Malik
and perhaps Pock and maybe Sanguinetti?

doesnt look too bad on paper

Bathgate66

stickboy wrote:

so... as of now
an imaginary roster:

a 3-d line?
Dubinsky, Dawes and Drury
the z line, lol
Gomez, Zherdev and Nazzy
Prucha, Callahan and Korpikoski
Betts, Holweg/Orr and Fritsche
and you still have Rissmiller, Voros and Sjostrom

Staal and Redden
Girardi and Rozi
Kalinin and Mara/Malik
and perhaps Pock and maybe Sanguinetti?

doesnt look too bad on paper

niiiice

is david liffiton ( D ) ready yet?

NY PJ1

mara close to 1 year deal

NY PJ1

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242465&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main thanx to rygar

jagr to russia

Bathgate66

Jagr signs with Avangard Omsk



THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW -- Russian club Avangard Omsk says it has signed Jaromir Jagr, a day after the New York Rangers parted ways with the star winger.Avangard announced the signing on its website today but did not disclose the terms of the contract.Jagr had long been reported to be considering lucrative offers from Russia. Rangers general manager Glen Sather said Thursday the club could not wait any longer for Jagr to decide where he wanted to play.Jagr played for Avangard during the NHL's lockout season in 2004-05.On Thursday, the Rangers signed former Vancouver captain Markus Naslund to replace Jagr.

Rygar

Jagr the commi?
Don't you mean Jagr the shunned?