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JT_Miller

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Forum: Armchair-GM6 mars 2018 à 16 h 9
Sujet: Why not all three?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>boonsy</b></div><div>you don't sign 3rd line players to long contracts when they have 3+ years of arbitration left. Skjei has 4 or 5 years of arbitration left and you want to give him $5million for 1 good season and 1 ok season. Hayes hasn't proven himself to be more than a 3rd line center. this year was his chance to prove he could be #2 Center and he failed. The rangers typical sign players (stepan and Mac) to 4 year deals when they have 2 years of arbitration left. You're buying out only the first year of UFA for hayes and spooner, that doesn't make sense even if they were top 6 forwards.</div></div>

I wouldn't say Hayes failed at all. AV has deployed him in many different situations and given him tougher assignment this whole season and last season and he has had a bounce back year compared to last season. Since he first signed with the Rangers out of college he is third out of all rangers skaters in primary points per 60 with 1.64 only behind Nash (1.78) and Grabner (1.65). Also out of his first 293 games played he has had 162 points, 99 of which are primary making about 61% of all the points he produces primary. So id say he is trending upwards to being a solid 2C, if he isn't already there. (<a href="https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2018/3/4/17068950/kevin-hayes-new-york-rangers-vladislav-namestnikov-free-agency" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2018/3/4/17068950/kevin-hayes-new-york-rangers-vladislav-namestnikov-free-agency</a>) Regarding the contract, fine, go ahead and sign Hayes to 7 years but he will be 33 when that deal expires and do you really want to have him at that age. 4 years would mean he would be 30 when his deal is up, just coming out of his prime. Also handing out longer term deals will block all of the young talent the Rangers will (hopefully) have coming up through the draft and their trades.