and somehow the pens are gonna get ryan suter :roll:
I swear super Mario has something on the league or something. This team always seems to get what they want when they want it. Staal doesn't want to stay, np, we'll just get suter instead. :(
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A grinder, a penalty-killing specialist, and a heart-and-soul player. All three of those accurately describe Brandon Prust. However, one description that most likely won’t be accurate for Prust after July 1st is a ‘forward for the New York Rangers’.
According to multiple reports, Prust and the Rangers weren’t close in negotiations for a new contract, and the two sides seemed reluctant to budge from their latest offers. According to the reports, Prust was looking for a three-year contract that would pay him $2.2 million per year. Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather was willing to give Prust a three-year deal, but he wasn’t willing to give the forward, who made $800,000 last year, more than $1.8 million per year.
Since being acquired from the Calgary Flames halfway through the 2009-10 season, Prust has become a big part of the Rangers’ identity. The London, Ontario native has added grit, toughness, and a willingness to block shots before it became a prerequisite to play for John Tortorella. Prust’s style of play earned the respect of his teammates, and made him a fan favorite at Madison Square Garden. In 2010-11, Prust was voted by the fans as the winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, given to a player who goes “above and beyond the call of duty.”
(Icon SMI)
Although Rangers’ management and Prust haven’t been able to come to terms on a deal, the respect and admiration between both sides appeared to be evident before the reports surfaced. In talking about Prust, Sather said, “I like him, the team likes him, everybody likes him.” In Prust’s end of season interview, he indicated that he wanted to return to the Rangers, saying that he “loved it here, and we have a good thing going.” There was also a little bit of foreshadowing in that end of season interview. When asked about what would happen if the Rangers didn’t meet what Prust felt his market value was, the forward said, “money is a factor, but it isn’t the biggest factor for me.”
As much as the Rangers would like to have Prust back, they made the right move by not signing him to the three-year/$6.6 million contract. Even though he was at the head of the Rangers’ own free agents that they wanted to bring back, the need that they have to address in order to take the next step is offensive help. If the Rangers were to re-sign Prust to that contract, they would be overpaying for a grinder and potentially limit the number of options of help they would have to look at via free agency.
While Prust has been valuable to the Rangers, the notion that he is irreplaceable isn’t valid. The Rangers will be able to find a grinding-type forward through free agency that can provide what Prust gave to the Rangers over the last two and a half seasons. Sather has said that he plans to be “aggressive” in free agency, and one name that is at the top of the list as a replacement for the fan favorite is Zenon Konopka, who made less than Prust last year and probably won’t ask for (or get) more than $2 million per year on the open market.
Whether or not Prust will get the contract he wants remains to be seen. However, that deal won’t come from the Broadway Blueshirts.
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i don't know who has less of a brain... prust or his agent.
took a little more cash to go to the non-contending canadians? fan favorite in NY indeed, but another classic case... if he really wanted to stay he would have.
i don't know who has less of a brain... prust or his agent.
took a little more cash to go to the non-contending canadians? fan favorite in NY indeed, but another classic case... if he really wanted to stay he would have.
green disease.
i hear ya 100% ,but a guy like prust has to take every single year and as much as possible
he can't sign 2 years instead of 4 ....he needs to max out his free agency because this was probably his last chance to sign a very good contract
sucks but its the nature of the beast
which is exactly why we signed asham...big difference is he doesn't kill penalities but he is the same type of player ....for half the contract prust got
asham has now been on every team in the division and is the player you hate until he is on your team
he can play that 4 th line role well....and has played with rupp in jersey and pitt
i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
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i loved Haley to death and so did many other icelanders fans. he's a excellent 4th liner player. he put up crazy goal for his role in the minors. ranger fans won't miss prust one bit.
Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
i loved Haley to death and so did many other icelanders fans. he's a excellent 4th liner player. he put up crazy goal for his role in the minors. ranger fans won't miss prust one bit.
yea he jumped boyle.... another guy u hate until he is on your team
our 4th line is set.....now we need some scoring :?
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J, if we were gonna sign asham, we could've signed parros for 925,000! Same type of player but way better bang for your buck. He's a lot smarter then that asham! So now we have a line of asham, Haley and Rupper, for what? Could've added asham and Haley's contracts for Pruster, mite have had to tinker a little but could've made it work. I'm hearing Nash to rangers still. Heard he wants only ny or Toronto. That's what I'm hearing. Dubi, jt miller, erixon, 1st rd should be enough. Or Thomas maybe u can convince zucc to go there, plenty of playing time in columbus for him. There's a deal there to be made as long as its realistic. Glad slats ain't caving in. But still shaking my head at the signings yesterday.
i loved Haley to death and so did many other icelanders fans. he's a excellent 4th liner player. he put up crazy goal for his role in the minors. ranger fans won't miss prust one bit.
yea he jumped boyle.... another guy u hate until he is on your team
our 4th line is set.....now we need some scoring :?
i vaguely remember that.
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fathead back in a devil's uniform, no surprise there. but was surprised it was a two year deal and not a one year. guess that is why he hired an agent to try and drain as much cash as possible from a bankrupt team.
parise close to announcement, probably within 48 hours of hearing. i am thinking of flying to vegas and putting cash on minnesota.
fathead back in a devil's uniform, no surprise there. but was surprised it was a two year deal and not a one year. guess that is why he hired an agent to try and drain as much cash as possible from a bankrupt team.
parise close to announcement, probably within 48 hours of hearing. i am thinking of flying to vegas and putting cash on minnesota.
once he signs... players are gonna roll
minnesota would be great.....
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You won six Stanley Cups in your career, but the one with the Rangers is the one that stands out. What did it mean to end that 54-year drought for that franchise?
There's just so much meaning in that Cup. Obviously it's an Original Six team, a 54-year drought, the generations of fans, the fan base, it just runs so deep with meaning, not only for the organization and the players but for the people. I think it really transcended hockey in general. It became bigger than the game. The storylines were incredible. It was a tremendous moment for sports and, like I said, I think it transcended hockey and put it where it really kind of captured a lot of people's imaginations.
In the conference finals in '94, you famously guaranteed a win in Game 6, then backed it up with a hat trick. Were you nervous at any point about not being able to deliver on your guarantee?
No. No. I didn't think of it in that regard. I realized how close we were to winning a cup because of my experience in the past. I felt we could beat New Jersey because we'd proved it to ourselves six times in the regular season, where we won all six matches. We found ourselves in an incredible series against a team that was playing really well, but I still believed we could win the series. I think as the event unfolded and you're getting ready to play the game, you just prepare the way you always have and get ready to play the game and shut out all outside distractions. You get ready to play the game and your preparation gives you the confidence to go out there and play your best. I think as a group, that's what we tried to do. We relied on our preparation and all the work we put in all year. We relied on our conditioning and we relied on the fact we believed in each other and we went in there and, collectively, we found a way to win the game.
The '94 Stanley Cup finals went to a Game 7. What was going through your mind as the final seconds of that game ticked away and as you finally got to lift the Cup?
It was an incredible journey. Coming to New York was the start of a new chapter in my career. I was excited to be a part of this team and come to New York and try to accomplish something that hadn't been done in a very long time. You know, we win the Presidents' Trophy [in '91-92], the next year we miss the playoffs and the next year we won the Stanley Cup, so it was an eventful three years as far as emotions were concerned, so when we were finally able to accomplish our goal and win the Stanley Cup, it was an incredible feeling.
You won five Cups in a seven-year span with the Oilers. Do you think we'll ever see a team as dominant as that one was?
I don't think, the way the NHL is set up right now, it'll be possible. I think teams are built through the draft right now and you develop your own players. You can obviously make trades but mostly trades are more about correcting free agents and moving money, so basically you have to rely on your scouting staffs and player development. By doing so, it means that your players have come up the ladder over the years and if you get to the point of winning the Stanley Cup, they're going to be paid handsomely for it. Obviously, when you get to that point there, because of the salary cap, it'll be hard to hang on to a Stanley Cup-winning team for many years after winning the Cup. I believe it'll be hard for anybody to have a dominant run of five Cups in seven years like we did in Edmonton.
Last year, you ran in the New York City marathon. How important is it to you to stay active after retirement?
Because I played professional hockey for so long and was involved in hockey for so long, that discipline and staying in shape and being in shape matters. I think one of the big things about playing a professional sport is being so in tune with your own body and being in shape. That's a real gift to be in connection with your body in that regard. Since retirement, and getting older, it's not as easy, but I still think it's an important part of your mental makeup to be in good condition and feel good about yourself and have the energy to do things you've always liked to have done.
One of the things you're also involved in is The Messier Project and developing a new helmet that's safer. How do you think the NHL will address the problem of concussions going forward?
I don't think there's a day that goes by that the NHL is not always trying to improve its game, whether it's through player protection, player safety, trying to make the game more exciting. We're all looking for ways to protect our players better and one of the ways I'm trying to do it is by addressing the fact that we're using basically the same technology in our helmets that we've had for the last 50 years or so. If you really look at it objectively, there's no excuse for the lack of initiative to build better technology. That's where I'm trying to help and I think the M11 has proven that we can do that. The bigger initiative for The Messier Project is trying to educate all the people in hockey, the parents and coaches and teams and organizations, what to look for, the proper protocol and the right way to play. I think that will stem from the grass-roots level and hopefully trickle up to the NHL level and we've made an incredible footprint in the last three years and will continue to do so.
This year's Rangers team faced a very similar situation in the playoffs to your team in 1994. Did that bring back any memories for you?
I don't like to compare years, teams, players. I never have. I purposely tried to stay out of the way at this time of year out of respect for the players and what they've accomplished. They've earned the right for the attention to be turned towards them. Like we like to say, my ship sailed a long time ago. It's not my turn, it's their turn, so I've tried to keep the focus on those players.
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I swear super Mario has something on the league or something. This team always seems to get what they want when they want it. Staal doesn't want to stay, np, we'll just get suter instead. :(
jackets are not being serious in their choice of players in return
we would ..for the right deal
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A grinder, a penalty-killing specialist, and a heart-and-soul player. All three of those accurately describe Brandon Prust. However, one description that most likely won’t be accurate for Prust after July 1st is a ‘forward for the New York Rangers’.
According to multiple reports, Prust and the Rangers weren’t close in negotiations for a new contract, and the two sides seemed reluctant to budge from their latest offers. According to the reports, Prust was looking for a three-year contract that would pay him $2.2 million per year. Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather was willing to give Prust a three-year deal, but he wasn’t willing to give the forward, who made $800,000 last year, more than $1.8 million per year.
Since being acquired from the Calgary Flames halfway through the 2009-10 season, Prust has become a big part of the Rangers’ identity. The London, Ontario native has added grit, toughness, and a willingness to block shots before it became a prerequisite to play for John Tortorella. Prust’s style of play earned the respect of his teammates, and made him a fan favorite at Madison Square Garden. In 2010-11, Prust was voted by the fans as the winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, given to a player who goes “above and beyond the call of duty.”
(Icon SMI)
Although Rangers’ management and Prust haven’t been able to come to terms on a deal, the respect and admiration between both sides appeared to be evident before the reports surfaced. In talking about Prust, Sather said, “I like him, the team likes him, everybody likes him.” In Prust’s end of season interview, he indicated that he wanted to return to the Rangers, saying that he “loved it here, and we have a good thing going.” There was also a little bit of foreshadowing in that end of season interview. When asked about what would happen if the Rangers didn’t meet what Prust felt his market value was, the forward said, “money is a factor, but it isn’t the biggest factor for me.”
As much as the Rangers would like to have Prust back, they made the right move by not signing him to the three-year/$6.6 million contract. Even though he was at the head of the Rangers’ own free agents that they wanted to bring back, the need that they have to address in order to take the next step is offensive help. If the Rangers were to re-sign Prust to that contract, they would be overpaying for a grinder and potentially limit the number of options of help they would have to look at via free agency.
While Prust has been valuable to the Rangers, the notion that he is irreplaceable isn’t valid. The Rangers will be able to find a grinding-type forward through free agency that can provide what Prust gave to the Rangers over the last two and a half seasons. Sather has said that he plans to be “aggressive” in free agency, and one name that is at the top of the list as a replacement for the fan favorite is Zenon Konopka, who made less than Prust last year and probably won’t ask for (or get) more than $2 million per year on the open market.
Whether or not Prust will get the contract he wants remains to be seen. However, that deal won’t come from the Broadway Blueshirts.
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thank you for your 110% effort every game...you will be mised
we signed asham to replace him
we just couldnt give him4 years 10 mil
asham is alot cheaper and the same type of player
save the money for other places
just hate to lose good team guys who are fan favorites
took a little more cash to go to the non-contending canadians? fan favorite in NY indeed, but another classic case... if he really wanted to stay he would have.
green disease.
i hear ya 100% ,but a guy like prust has to take every single year and as much as possible
he can't sign 2 years instead of 4 ....he needs to max out his free agency because this was probably his last chance to sign a very good contract
sucks but its the nature of the beast
which is exactly why we signed asham...big difference is he doesn't kill penalities but he is the same type of player ....for half the contract prust got
asham has now been on every team in the division and is the player you hate until he is on your team
he can play that 4 th line role well....and has played with rupp in jersey and pitt
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i loved Haley to death and so did many other icelanders fans. he's a excellent 4th liner player. he put up crazy goal for his role in the minors. ranger fans won't miss prust one bit.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
yea he jumped boyle.... another guy u hate until he is on your team
our 4th line is set.....now we need some scoring :?
i vaguely remember that.
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parise close to announcement, probably within 48 hours of hearing. i am thinking of flying to vegas and putting cash on minnesota.
once he signs... players are gonna roll
minnesota would be great.....
wtf is the problem??
I don't want to trade those guys for Nash
thats the point...supposedly they aren't demanding them anymore..which was a main part of the problem
really making a splash so far....we got 3 3rd/4th line guys :fp:
Okay it seemed like you were upset they didn't want them
oh no total opposite
Kreider should never get traded ....same with Mc D ,,,,
stephan maybe ..depends on who it is
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glad he is out west
wow
guess ny just didnt pan out for him
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You won six Stanley Cups in your career, but the one with the Rangers is the one that stands out. What did it mean to end that 54-year drought for that franchise?
There's just so much meaning in that Cup. Obviously it's an Original Six team, a 54-year drought, the generations of fans, the fan base, it just runs so deep with meaning, not only for the organization and the players but for the people. I think it really transcended hockey in general. It became bigger than the game. The storylines were incredible. It was a tremendous moment for sports and, like I said, I think it transcended hockey and put it where it really kind of captured a lot of people's imaginations.
In the conference finals in '94, you famously guaranteed a win in Game 6, then backed it up with a hat trick. Were you nervous at any point about not being able to deliver on your guarantee?
No. No. I didn't think of it in that regard. I realized how close we were to winning a cup because of my experience in the past. I felt we could beat New Jersey because we'd proved it to ourselves six times in the regular season, where we won all six matches. We found ourselves in an incredible series against a team that was playing really well, but I still believed we could win the series. I think as the event unfolded and you're getting ready to play the game, you just prepare the way you always have and get ready to play the game and shut out all outside distractions. You get ready to play the game and your preparation gives you the confidence to go out there and play your best. I think as a group, that's what we tried to do. We relied on our preparation and all the work we put in all year. We relied on our conditioning and we relied on the fact we believed in each other and we went in there and, collectively, we found a way to win the game.
The '94 Stanley Cup finals went to a Game 7. What was going through your mind as the final seconds of that game ticked away and as you finally got to lift the Cup?
It was an incredible journey. Coming to New York was the start of a new chapter in my career. I was excited to be a part of this team and come to New York and try to accomplish something that hadn't been done in a very long time. You know, we win the Presidents' Trophy [in '91-92], the next year we miss the playoffs and the next year we won the Stanley Cup, so it was an eventful three years as far as emotions were concerned, so when we were finally able to accomplish our goal and win the Stanley Cup, it was an incredible feeling.
You won five Cups in a seven-year span with the Oilers. Do you think we'll ever see a team as dominant as that one was?
I don't think, the way the NHL is set up right now, it'll be possible. I think teams are built through the draft right now and you develop your own players. You can obviously make trades but mostly trades are more about correcting free agents and moving money, so basically you have to rely on your scouting staffs and player development. By doing so, it means that your players have come up the ladder over the years and if you get to the point of winning the Stanley Cup, they're going to be paid handsomely for it. Obviously, when you get to that point there, because of the salary cap, it'll be hard to hang on to a Stanley Cup-winning team for many years after winning the Cup. I believe it'll be hard for anybody to have a dominant run of five Cups in seven years like we did in Edmonton.
Last year, you ran in the New York City marathon. How important is it to you to stay active after retirement?
Because I played professional hockey for so long and was involved in hockey for so long, that discipline and staying in shape and being in shape matters. I think one of the big things about playing a professional sport is being so in tune with your own body and being in shape. That's a real gift to be in connection with your body in that regard. Since retirement, and getting older, it's not as easy, but I still think it's an important part of your mental makeup to be in good condition and feel good about yourself and have the energy to do things you've always liked to have done.
One of the things you're also involved in is The Messier Project and developing a new helmet that's safer. How do you think the NHL will address the problem of concussions going forward?
I don't think there's a day that goes by that the NHL is not always trying to improve its game, whether it's through player protection, player safety, trying to make the game more exciting. We're all looking for ways to protect our players better and one of the ways I'm trying to do it is by addressing the fact that we're using basically the same technology in our helmets that we've had for the last 50 years or so. If you really look at it objectively, there's no excuse for the lack of initiative to build better technology. That's where I'm trying to help and I think the M11 has proven that we can do that. The bigger initiative for The Messier Project is trying to educate all the people in hockey, the parents and coaches and teams and organizations, what to look for, the proper protocol and the right way to play. I think that will stem from the grass-roots level and hopefully trickle up to the NHL level and we've made an incredible footprint in the last three years and will continue to do so.
This year's Rangers team faced a very similar situation in the playoffs to your team in 1994. Did that bring back any memories for you?
I don't like to compare years, teams, players. I never have. I purposely tried to stay out of the way at this time of year out of respect for the players and what they've accomplished. They've earned the right for the attention to be turned towards them. Like we like to say, my ship sailed a long time ago. It's not my turn, it's their turn, so I've tried to keep the focus on those players.