B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

xavier mcdaniel

Jwmcc wrote:

Reading the papers and a few of my friends so far everyone else hates this move.

based on what?

Bathgate66

im completely frazzled with the latest signings and such.

where exactly do we stand at / under / or over the cap space at this juncture ?

do we have any more latitude to make / sign any more players ?

have we " cleaned up the home kitchen " w/all of our restricted free agents ? ( ie : Callahan was up for this if i remember correctly )

Losing Gomez' gargantuan contract served us well, but going and gettingthese latest signings may have wiped that out.

I remember someone posting a website dedicated to NHL Cap Spaces and the Teams. Can we get a repeat post of this?

Thanks fellas .

pjscreamer

Hey bats can't believe I would acually be voting in dis thread but to answer your ? about $ as much as da kid hates his info about players moivement he does have info for Salary cap for each team via tweets link under the info
ww.hockeybuzz.com

Bathgate66

:shock: :shock: :shock:




according to blueshirtbanter which has this on its website FSNY IS REPORTING Rangers restricted free agent’s Nikolai Zherdev and Ryan Callahan have filed for salary arbitration.

Arbitration hearings will be held between July 20th and August 4 in Toronto.

Bathgate66

pjscreamer wrote:

Hey bats can't believe I would acually be voting in dis thread but to answer your ? about $ as much as da kid hates his info about players moivement he does have info for Salary cap for each team via tweets link under the info
ww.hockeybuzz.com

see this is where the new york yankee brotherenship kicks in , automatically and without interuption.

its almost like a reflex, an involuntary action where the pinstripes bleed thru.

thanks bro .

Rygar

Bathgate66 wrote:

see this is where the new york yankee brotherenship kicks in , automatically and without interuption.

its almost like a reflex, an involuntary action where the pinstripes bleed thru.

thanks bro .

Paul Mara is a Canadien. Should I be glad, or sad?

Bathgate66

Rygar wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

see this is where the new york yankee brotherenship kicks in , automatically and without interuption.

its almost like a reflex, an involuntary action where the pinstripes bleed thru.

thanks bro .

Paul Mara is a Canadien. Should I be glad, or sad?

he's a big bearded redheaded yankee fan now, as far as I know.
( he even takes less $ to stay here )
sorry pal, but that was a stellar addition,...
anyyhow
GREAT site for capspace:



http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=22

Rygar

Bathgate66 wrote:

Rygar wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

see this is where the new york yankee brotherenship kicks in , automatically and without interuption.

its almost like a reflex, an involuntary action where the pinstripes bleed thru.

thanks bro .

Paul Mara is a Canadien. Should I be glad, or sad?

he's a big bearded redheaded yankee fan now, as far as I know.
( he even takes less $ to stay here )
sorry pal, but that was a stellar addition,...
anyyhow
GREAT site for capspace:



http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=22

So...glad?
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284314

Bathgate66

Rygar wrote:

[GREAT site for capspace:



http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=22

So...glad?
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284314[/quote]



well, good for you guys.
i always liked him, decent work ethic,
good guy and all,
going to montreal always presents that extra level of pressure,
naturally being the team of teams and another original 6 'er,...

Rygar

Bathgate66 wrote:

well, good for you guys.
i always liked him, decent work ethic,
good guy and all,
going to montreal always presents that extra level of pressure,
naturally being the team of teams and another original 6 'er,...

And ridiculous expectations and National Enquirer-quality media.
Anywho, good to get some experience on the blue line.

Bathgate66

As Rodent pointed out, if (and we should ) resign Ryan Callahan, then we need Left wingers, we are filled up on righties...

HailHailVitalogy

Bathgate66 wrote:

As Rodent pointed out, if (and we should ) resign Ryan Callahan, then we need Left wingers, we are filled up on righties...

we will, there was too much hype about him in the playoffs and towards the end of the year...they would be STUPID if they didn't

Bathgate66

From todays Slapshots :




Finally, that ought to be some fun reunion in Montreal between Scott Gomez and newly hired assistant coach Perry Pearn, don't you think?

Bathgate66

Gaborik worst UFA 2009 signing ?

Gaborik Worst 2009 UFA Signing

John Grigg at The Hockey News explores the worst 2009 UFA signings and says the Rangers signing Marian Gaborik is at the top of the list...

1. Marian Gaborik, LW, New York Rangers – five years, $37.5 million
After managing to move one onerous contract out of town (Scott Gomez), GM Glen Sather simply took on another. Gaborik will count for $7.5 million towards the cap (tied for seventh in the league), more than any other player signed this summer. Unfortunately for Rangers fans, you can expect him to not put up numbers worthy of such a cap hit. Gaborik will be a point-per-game player, but expect that to mean 60 points or so on average. He’s electric on the ice, but can’t stay healthy. Even more discouraging, Gaborik demonstrated a me-first attitude while working to get back to the battling-for-the-playoffs Wild when he admitted to not watching Minnesota games and worrying only about his return. A health risk and a seemingly selfish player; not a good mix.



...this is without a doubt a high risk, high reward signing for the Rangers, but my gut says that it's going to work out for them

Bathgate66

Cally re- signs , avoids arbitration, Korpi gone to the desert.

Lauri Korpikoski, a RFA, will join Petr Prucha, Nigel Dawes, and Al Montoya as former Rangers to join GM Don Maloney in Phoenix.

The Rangers acquired winger Enver Lisin in return, also a RFA, who split time between Phoenix and their AHL-affiliate San Antonio last season.

In 48 NHL games last year, Lisin scored 13 goals along with eight assists.

While Korpikoski seemed to be playing his best hockey under new Head Coach John Tortorella, this move may have been precipitated by salary cap as he was most likely to command a little less than $2 million per year.

Lisin will be worth slightly more than $1 million.

The Russian winger is not without a bit of baggage (pardon the pun.)

After being drafted early in the second round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Lisin would spend two seasons in Russia before joining the NHL in 2006.

Bouncing around a bit from the AHL and NHL, Lisin was eventually suspended by the 'Yotes for failing to report to the AHL during a demotion. That summer he would sign with a Russian team, but eventually reported to camp that fall.

While he may compete for a spot on the NHL roster, this move may hint a bit more at the future of Nik Zherdev and perhaps leaves a glimmer of hope for Dany Heatley who is apparently itching to join the Blueshirts.

rival.

big save by keeping cally.


any rumors about zubov making a return to broadway?

Bathgate66

singularity wrote:

any rumors about zubov making a return to broadway?

i have read about these rumours.
As much as I loved Sergei from that 1994 squad, i question if this might be same old same old, as far as monie$ and older aged veterans returning to broadway .

also read from the bulletin :

this move ( Korpikowski out ) may hint a bit more at the future of Nik Zherdev and perhaps leaves a glimmer of hope for Dany Heatley who is apparently itching to join the Blueshirts.

Bathgate66

RFA Corey Potter was signed today. The defenseman will compete for a top-six spot with the big club this season. Here's the official release:
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with defenseman Corey Potter.

Potter, 25, made his NHL debut last season with the Rangers on December 7 against Calgary. He recorded his first NHL point with an assist in his next game on December 27 vs. New Jersey, and finished with two points (one goal and one assist) in five games.

Potter spent most of the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), registering 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points, along with 82 penalty minutes in 67 games. He established a career-high in goals and tied his career-high in points. He led all Hartford defensemen in goals, and ranked second among team defensemen in assists and points. Potter recorded nine multi-point efforts during the season, including his first career multi-goal game on February 13 against Lake Erie.

In addition, Potter finished tied for second on the Wolf Pack in postseason scoring with four points, and ranked second on the club with three assists in six playoff contests with Hartford.

The 6-3, 200-pounder has skated in 177 career AHL games with Hartford, registering 17 goals and 57 assists for 74 points, along with 205 penalty minutes. He established career-highs in games played (80), assists (27), points (32), plus/minus rating (plus-33), and penalty minutes (102) during the 2007-08 season. Potter led the team and ranked second in the league in plus/minus rating. He also ranked third among team defensemen in points and assists, and tied for third in goals.

In 2006-07, Potter made his AHL debut with Hartford on February 7 at Providence, and collected an assist in the contest. He began the season with the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), recording six goals and 13 assists for 19 points, along with 56 penalty minutes in 43 games. Potter led all team defensemen in goals and points at the time of his recall to Hartford on February 5. He notched his first professional point with an assist on October 26 at Florida.

Potter has also skated in 18 career AHL postseason contests with Hartford, recording two goals and eight assists for 10 points, along with 49 penalty minutes. He collected two assists in his professional playoff debut during the 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs on April 18 against Providence.

The Lansing, Michigan native was originally the Rangers’ third round selection, 122nd overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Bathgate66

Youth Movement is ON
As usual, it appears as if the Rangers will begin training camp with essentially every spot on the depth chart filled by free-agent and trade acquisitions. But head coach John Tortorella cautions that appearances might be deceiving.



"I appreciate that [GM] Glen Sather has done whatever he could to improve the team through free agency and trades, but I don't think we can ever lose sight of how important it is to have young kids on the team who have come through the organization's system," Tortorella told The Post yesterday by phone from an off-season outpost.

"I don't want to put a number on it, but I can tell you that it's my objective to come out of training camp with a handful of young guys who were not here last year. The candidates for jobs will identify themselves by the way they show up for camp and play at camp, but I promise that these kids are going to get every opportunity to make our team."

Change is the off-season byword for the Rangers. Again. For after last summer's radical reconstruction that featured the exits of Jaromir Jagr, Brendan Shanahan, Martin Straka (and Sean Avery, for that matter), this summer has featured another extreme makeover in which nine players on the 21-man playoff roster already have left the organization, with a 10th, Nikolai Zherdev, on his way out.

"I like Scott Gomez and I think he's going to have a great year in Montreal after not having such a great couple of years here, but we needed to move Gomer's contract in order to get some flexibility with our cap situation," Tortorella said. "I could have worked with Scott, it wasn't personal, but trading him opened doors for us, and it opened the door where we could sign [Marian] Gaborik.
You need game-breakers to win in this league. That's what Gaborik is. He's a dynamic player who we're going to lean on in every situation, five-on-five, power play, penalty killing. The only way we could afford him under the cap was to trade Scott, so that's how that call was made."

The Rangers needed to trade Gomez, at $7.357M per for the next five years in order to accommodate Gaborik at $7.5M for the next half-decade, but in doing so the club created a first-line vacancy in the middle and the question of whether the Blueshirts have a center on the roster capable of complementing their elite, game-breaking right wing.

"As an organization, we are currently exploring options to add a top-flight center, but I don't know that it's imperative for us to do that before we get a chance to see what we have in camp," Tortorella said. "If we go into camp with this roster, [Brandon] Dubinsky is definitely going to get the opportunity to play that spot.

"I'm not sure whether he can handle it, but I want to see him there. I'm also looking forward to seeing what [Artem] Anisimov can do, though it's probably too much to ask of a [21-year-old] rookie to play in that role. But I'm not ruling it out, either.

"That first-line center spot is wide open. It's a critical position on our team. Maybe we can fill it from within and maybe we won't be able to. We'll see, but either way, we will fill it."

Tommorrow: Tortorella on the power play

HailHailVitalogy

ill tell you what...Dubinsky better get signed