you know that buyout time is over right ?

I don’t think they do. So I guess they are in cap hell. They’re in worse shape than the Leafs.

0 healthy scratches is bold

2nd buyout phase in relation to arbitration. Either way this is terrible.

2nd buyout window guys, NYR have not yet signed all their RFA filed for arbitration

Also bold having $8m+ in dead cap two years in a row.

Any team can just buyout two players and not dress any extras to make it work. The point is that it isn't ideal and GM's tend to not want to do that.

Are the Rangers in cap he11? yes. Can they make like one or two trades to make it work? Yes.

"Cap he11" doesn't mean there is no solution in sight and the owner might as well fold the team because there is no way they'll ever be able to fit under the cap. Just means they don't have the luxury that most teams have of doing nothing and still being fine.

i wanted the devs to offersheet trouba with the intent to secure an overpay, if they os deangelo now that'd be awesome for the rivalry lol

also evolving wild has deangelo at 6 year 4.6MM, not sure the signings are realistic, also not my team just my observation

Woulda been wild if the Devils signed trouba to a big offer sheet (obv the 2 firsts and 2nd and 3rd or higher the only ones Rangers wouldnt instant match) and JG walks away with flipping the 20th pick and Neal Pionk for 2 firsts from a fringe playoff team + a 2nd and a 3rd...

Rangers have over 1.766m to make call ups if needed, it'll probably be Shestyorkin, Fox and Andersson on rotation as needed.

8m in dead cap doesn't really affect us as the only players in my scenario that would have to be resigned next summer are Strome and Fast (once again assuming trades of Kreider/Namestnikov, there's your 8m there).
By the time any notable RFAs are up for a new deal, that number is down to less than 3.5m, with lundqvist, shattenkirk also off the books, 20m to sign Buch (if needed anymore), Chytil, Howden, Andersson, Lemieux, Shesterkin and Rykov should be enough.
By the time it'll be to resign Fox, Kravtsov and Kakko, the new TV deal should be in place which is supposed to increase the cap dramatically. Plus natural increase (and probably a larger one with the Seattle expansion.

Would trading help? Obviously, but it isn't a necessity as some are implying.





Whoever signs DeAngelo to that deal has bigger problems than just the compensation. Rangers wouldn't match that at all.

yupp like I said, just what the projection was

Ahh there is a reason teams try to only buyout players as a last ditch resort. I personally would rather just trade Namestnikov and Beleskey and maybe trade/sign Deangelo to a bridge just to make it work this year, rather than buyout two players in one year. 7M in dead cap is such a waste and cap space is paramount.

I'd at least buy out Smith. He isn't even in the lineup most nights. Staal can at least still be a shutdown presense. Buyout Smith and trade Namestnikov for a 4th rounder and your pretty much done.

I agree, the buyout should be the last resort. But if teams are not willing to trade for Namestnikov/Shattenkirk for reasonable prices, they should go the buyout route for Smith/Staal as they can fit a good team still. LHD is suspect depending on how Hajek returns from his shoulder injury and Rykov adjusts to NA ice. But overall I like the look of the team still.

Not a true cup contender yet, which is why it'd be really good to maximize Names value playing with Panarin and Kravtsov and letting the KZB line go against weaker competition hopefully inflating Kreiders numbers as well. I know most don't want another sell off, but it's best for the NYR long term to get their final assets. 2020 is a very deep draft so if we could get a mid 1st for kreider it'd be worth it. Was pissed that they didn't make the trade with Colorado when Newhook, Caufield and Krebs were available at 14 (colorado picked 16th so any one of those would've been great for the pipeline, I wanted Newhook too who went 16th)

Just referencing having 0 healthies, what if someone gets hurt in warmups? need at least one healthy scratch, more likely 2 or 3.

Well, as I said they have 1.76m in cap space, you can call up both Nieves (700k) and Andersson(894) and be under the cap (just under but under)

you can call them up when the zamboni is cleaning the ice between warmups and the game starting?

lol do you really want me to go into edit to put them on scratched? would that make you happy? or can you just accept the fact that they have room and get over it