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Rygar · July 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

even brian leetch broke his ankle

the man made his living on the ice

Then slipping on ice getting into / out of a nyc cab .

:eek:

That's bad luck :P
Bob the Builder didn't want Souray fighting because he didn't want him injuring himself, which he did. Regardless of the injury I have a lot of respect for a guy who'll stand up when the captain is being run.

stickboy · July 2007

man I'd love to have him but I dont see how Souray fits in capwise and I thought he had already reached an agreement with the devils no?

NY PJ1 · July 2007

stickboy wrote:

man I'd love to have him but I dont see how Souray fits in capwise and I thought he had already reached an agreement with the devils no?

no money right now,,need to trade salary like malik to have a shot

see above article

devs?? i dont know what happend w/ that

Bathgate66 · July 2007

what the fuck ?

Bulletin
July 06, 2007
Rangers Take Henrik to Arbitration
Amid rumors that Henrik Lundqvist was closing on a long-term contract with the Rangers, the team today filed for club-elected arbitration with their star netminder. But John Dellapina reports in Blueshirts Blog that their rationale was to protect Lundqvist from being poached by an offer sheet from a rival team. This comes in the wake of Edmonton, one of the small market teams the CBA was supposed to protect, signing Thomas Vanek to an insane offer sheet that will pay him $10 million this year, $8 million next year, and $32 million over the subsequent five seasons.

Buffalo, another small market team the CBA was supposed to protect, having already lost Chris Drury, Daniel Briere, and Dainius Zubrus to free agency, announced that they will match the offer sheet rather than take four first round draft picks in compensation. That might not be their best possible move for Vanek, a first round draftee himself (fifth overall in 2003). The 23 year old Austrian winger scored 43 goals in his second season after topping 20 as a rookie. (For more on the Vanek situation, see here and here).

Edmonton's move breaks the taboo against long-term offer sheets and opens a huge can of worms for general managers. Previously, with the exception of one relatively minor move, GMs opted not to target RFAs, even when the compensation in terms of draft picks would have been considerably lower that the Vanek case. They also chose not to extend tactical offer sheets when a team was sure to match in the hopes of wreaking havoc with a rival's ability to build a better team due to cap limitations. While some accused them of collusion, they argued self-protection -- they didn't want to open themselves up to retaliation by playing that game.

Well, let it be known that it was the Oilers, not the Rangers, who opened this can of worms, and that it was the Flyers, not the Rangers, who caused salaries to jump through the rook with their offer to Briere. Of course, the next time the NHL wants to blame someone for escalating salaries, they will still blame the Rangers, as they did for the Joe Sakic offer sheet, even though it was the skinflint Blackhawks who first made that play when Keith Tkachuk was a Winnipeg RFA, and even though it was the skinflint Bruins who blew out the entry level salary cap with their Joe Thornton contract.

Finally, before we head into the weekend, we'd like to extend an offer one last time for the Blueshirt Bulletin cook-out on August 4th at the Connecticut home of Mitch Beck. We hope to have some special guests at the event for attendees to talk hockey with -- no announcements at this time, and no guarantees at this point either, but we're working on it. You must be a subscriber to attend. If you are interested, please contact us at Blueshirt@mindspring.com.

NY PJ1 · July 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

what the fuck ?

Bulletin
July 06, 2007
Rangers Take Henrik to Arbitration
Amid rumors that Henrik Lundqvist was closing on a long-term contract with the Rangers, the team today filed for club-elected arbitration with their star netminder. But John Dellapina reports in Blueshirts Blog that their rationale was to protect Lundqvist from being poached by an offer sheet from a rival team. This comes in the wake of Edmonton, one of the small market teams the CBA was supposed to protect, signing Thomas Vanek to an insane offer sheet that will pay him $10 million this year, $8 million next year, and $32 million over the subsequent five seasons.

Buffalo, another small market team the CBA was supposed to protect, having already lost Chris Drury, Daniel Briere, and Dainius Zubrus to free agency, announced that they will match the offer sheet rather than take four first round draft picks in compensation. That might not be their best possible move for Vanek, a first round draftee himself (fifth overall in 2003). The 23 year old Austrian winger scored 43 goals in his second season after topping 20 as a rookie. (For more on the Vanek situation, see here and here).

Edmonton's move breaks the taboo against long-term offer sheets and opens a huge can of worms for general managers. Previously, with the exception of one relatively minor move, GMs opted not to target RFAs, even when the compensation in terms of draft picks would have been considerably lower that the Vanek case. They also chose not to extend tactical offer sheets when a team was sure to match in the hopes of wreaking havoc with a rival's ability to build a better team due to cap limitations. While some accused them of collusion, they argued self-protection -- they didn't want to open themselves up to retaliation by playing that game.

Well, let it be known that it was the Oilers, not the Rangers, who opened this can of worms, and that it was the Flyers, not the Rangers, who caused salaries to jump through the rook with their offer to Briere. Of course, the next time the NHL wants to blame someone for escalating salaries, they will still blame the Rangers, as they did for the Joe Sakic offer sheet, even though it was the skinflint Blackhawks who first made that play when Keith Tkachuk was a Winnipeg RFA, and even though it was the skinflint Bruins who blew out the entry level salary cap with their Joe Thornton contract.

Finally, before we head into the weekend, we'd like to extend an offer one last time for the Blueshirt Bulletin cook-out on August 4th at the Connecticut home of Mitch Beck. We hope to have some special guests at the event for attendees to talk hockey with -- no announcements at this time, and no guarantees at this point either, but we're working on it. You must be a subscriber to attend. If you are interested, please contact us at Blueshirt@mindspring.com.

this scares me 2 years from now,, we might have problems

stickboy · July 2007

I think thats why you wont see the Rangers trade Montoya just yet.
Its crazy in a matter of a yr after the lockout the NHL goes back to its spending ways.

2010 we'll have another lockout :rolleyes:

NY PJ1 · July 2007

stickboy wrote:

I think thats why you wont see the Rangers trade Montoya just yet.
Its crazy in a matter of a yr after the lockout the NHL goes back to its spending ways.

2010 we'll have another lockout :rolleyes:

yup ur right

Bathgate66 · July 2007

Some 'D' can make dreams come true

Saturday, July 7, 2007

By TOM GULITTI
STAFF WRITER

This has been a week for Rangers' fans to dream.

Sunday's free agent signings of centers Scott Gomez and Chris Drury were a big score for the Blueshirts and instantly raised the expectations for 2007-08.

Ending the nine-year playoff drought in 2005-06 and pushing Buffalo in the second round this past season were enough to make almost everyone in Rangers' nation happy. After spending nearly $87 million on Gomez and Drury, however, they're thinking they've got as good a shot at the Stanley Cup as anyone in the Eastern Conference -- and they might be right.

Drury and Gomez both have winning track records and adding them to the mix with Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan -- assuming he re-signs -- gives the Rangers a stronger core of players who know what it takes to win four rounds in the spring.

Offensively, they should have a balanced top two lines that rival any in the league. There might be a small doubt as to whether Gomez will fit as well with Jagr as Michael Nylander, but Gomez is one of the best set-up men in the league and should flourish now that he's free of the Devils' defensive system.

In net, Henrik Lundqvist already has established himself as one of the best in the game. Getting him signed to a long-term deal is essential.

The big question mark that remains, however, is the Rangers' defense. It was their weakness again last season and, though Lundqvist was able to cover up for it on many nights, it came back to haunt them in the playoffs.

Rumors persist that general manager Glen Sather is pursuing Sheldon Souray. Finding the cap room and signing Souray certainly would help, particularly on the power-play point. He's not the kind of shutdown defenseman the Blueshirts are lacking, though.

Having Marc Staal -- their 2005 No. 1 pick -- fit in quickly in his first year as a pro would be a big boost, too, but Sather probably will have to go outside the organization to address this problem if the Stanley Cup dreams are to become a reality.

stickboy · July 2007

Souray still remains unsigned?

Gary Carter · July 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

what the fuck ?

Rangers Take Henrik to Arbitration
Amid rumors that Henrik Lundqvist was closing on a long-term contract with the Rangers, the team today filed for club-elected arbitration with their star netminder.].

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. that DP contract isnt looking so bad now isnt it rags fans

stickboy · July 2007

metsfan531941 wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. that DP contract isnt looking so bad now isnt it rags fans

But John Dellapina reports in Blueshirts Blog that their rationale was to protect Lundqvist from being poached by an offer sheet from a rival team.
so the DP contract still looks bad!

NY PJ1 · July 2007

metsfan531941 wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. that DP contract isnt looking so bad now isnt it rags fans

THAT CONTRACT WILL ALWAYS BE A JOKE

we had no choice read the articles
now we can discuss during the season

canttake a chance on a ridiculous offer sheet by another team

besides we couldnt give him the money he deserves this year
henry just needs to be patient

NY PJ1 · July 2007

post 7,000

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT FOR THE SEASON

rival. · July 2007

metsfan531941 wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. that DP contract isnt looking so bad now isnt it rags fans

signing a goalie to a 15 year contract was a fucking joke. one of the worst moves in professional sports history.

i actually feel bad for him... no one deserves to be on that shit team for that long.

Bathgate66 · July 2007

i know we have ( had ) little wiggle room capwise, so its purely a protective matter i suppose . they'll give him a longer term up the road,....

on a Bulletinsidenote:

Larry Brooks has a lot to say about Kevin Lowe, none of it good, in his Sunday column in the Post, including a claim that Lowe raided Buffalo rather than the Rangers (for Henrik Lundqvist) because of his friendship with Glen Sather. Brooks also has an update on several player situations in a separate article, including the Rangers, because of their tight salary cap position, possibly going for a one-year arbitration award for Lundqvist in the $2.5 million range that they would have to make up for in subsequent years in a long-term contract. Sidearm Delivery has a translation from the original Russian of a Sport Express interview with Alexei Cherepanov. And Hockey's Future lists Ranger draftee David Skokan as the #3 Slovakian taken in the draft, but projects him as a long way from the NHL. Haven't heard back from the Rangers yet on Artem Anisimov's contract, but Brooks talks about him as if he's a certainty to be in training camp.

NY PJ1 · July 2007

singularity wrote:

signing a goalie to a 15 year contract was a fucking joke. one of the worst moves in professional sports history.

i actually feel bad for him... no one deserves to be on that shit team for that long.

that about sums it up

xavier mcdaniel · July 2007

when's rick dipietro night at the coliseum...

Gary Carter · July 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

THAT CONTRACT WILL ALWAYS BE A JOKE

yeah it will be a joke cause he will be the most underpaid #1 goaltender in the league for the next 14 years

singularity wrote:

i actually feel bad for him... no one deserves to be on that shit team for that long.

hey he wanted to play here, he actually likes it here unlike that dickhead named smyth and the loser named blake

im really interested to see if the isles and rags play at the stadium this year.

NY PJ1 · July 2007

metsfan531941 wrote:

yeah it will be a joke cause he will be the most underpaid #1 goaltender in the league for the next 14 years

u say 14 years like its a month

very few goalies play 20years let alone 20 good years

14 plus 5 or 6 he played =20 YEARS!!!!

LOL 14 MORE YEARS,, U CANT BE SERIOUS??

Gary Carter · July 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

u say 14 years like its a month

very few goalies play 20years let alone 20 good years

14 plus 5 or 6 he played =20 YEARS!!!!

LOL 14 MORE YEARS,, U CANT BE SERIOUS??

he will play 10 good years and probably be paid out the rest. wang is an ass and wont be the owner for much longer

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