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by Patrick Hoffman on 06/17/09 at 10:12 AM ET
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From Puck Central:
If I’m Glen Sather, here’s what I do between now and October to have a better team for the 2009-10 NHL season.
1) Attempt to move up in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (NYRs currently have the 19th overall pick) or trade that first round pick if it can significantly improve the Rangers offense. [Example]
2) If I’m not able to move up & choose with the 19th overall pick, I choose the best player available. Currently the Rangers need forwards because they have many defensive prospects in the system. But, making a trade in the future is always possible. In my opinion, you always choose the best player available, I don’t endorse drafting based on organizational needs for the most part. So, if the best player available is a defenseman, that’s the player that you pick. Then, down the road it’s always possible to trade that player or another defenseman in the system for a position that is needed.
3) Try to trade Redden, Drury, Gomez & Rozsival - in that particular order. All four players have contracts that are a burden to the Rangers roster and getting rid of any of the four would be a major help. The main goal is to clear salary cap room, getting something of value in return would be a bonus!
Click here for more. Certainly looks like a lot of people want to be Glen Sather these days. I wonder why?
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I agree that you should always draft the best available player, and if there are any questions or a toss-up between a few players, go with the best defenseman at that position.
You can never have too much defensive depth. See the Ducks in ‘07 and ‘09, and the Wings in ‘07 (not enough depth in back kept them from overcoming the injuries they had), ‘08, and ‘09. And while I don’t think they have as much raw talent through their D depth as the Ducks and Wings, the Pens still had great defensive depth in ‘08 and ‘09, considering they were able to call on solid veterans like Sydor and Boucher, and got good contributions from one of their young guns in Letang.
Winning a Cup with a defense like Carolina had in ‘06 is the exception, not the rule. Heck, even the Pens D of ‘09 (and ‘08) is less star-studded than most of the defenses Cup winners have had since the end of the ‘80s.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 06/17/09 at 10:58 AM ET
I think you’re commenting in the wrong thread, Nathan.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 06/17/09 at 11:20 AM ET
No, he was referring to the point that I made that the Rangers should draft the best player available w/ their 19th pick - even if it means it’s another defensive prospect 
Posted by PuckCentral.net from NJ on 06/17/09 at 12:14 PM ET
I think you’re commenting in the wrong thread, Nathan.
Wrong. But thanks for watching out for me…
No, he was referring to the point that I made that the Rangers should draft the best player available w/ their 19th pick - even if it means it’s another defensive prospect
Correct, thanks! I should’ve just posted the comment directly to your blog!
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 06/17/09 at 02:21 PM ET
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The Rangers are victims of poor salary cap management. They’ll need quite a bit of luck to unload just one of their ridiculous contracts and find room for the offensive weaponry that they need.
If Rangers were to buy out Drury, they would save approximately $5.7M on the cap for 2009/10 season according to my calculations. It’ll take six tears with varying cap saving results, because the buyout calculation has to be done every year, but it might be worth the expense if trade options fail to materialize.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 06/17/09 at 10:39 AM ET